Smith+Nephew’s knee robot play is faster, smaller and more accessible

Smith+Nephew is taking the road less traveled with its ortho surgical robotics (Medical Design & Outsourcing)

British medtech giant Smith+Nephew chose a different path in the ortho surgical robotics space. One of its top robotics program leaders explains how it could make all the difference.
Faster, smaller and more accessible — those are the three descriptors that Sara Schneider uses to describe Smith+Nephew’s Cori robotic knee surgery system, which launched over the summer.
As the director of robotics program management at S+N, Schneider faced the challenge of making the design and en...