Titan Medical partnered with the Institut Hospitalo Universitaire de Strasbourg in France and the hospital's Institute of Image Guided Surgery to support Titan's SPORT Surgical System feasibility and validation studies, the Market Insider reports.
Here are six highlights:
1. Titan Medical is currently developing the SPORT Surgical System, a single-port robotic surgical system.
2. The SPORT Surgical System includes a surgeon controlled patient care equipped with a 3D vision system and multi-articulating minimally invasive instruments.
3. The surgical system also includes a surgeon workstation, providing surgeons ergonomic interface and 3D endoscopic views.
4. Studies are expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2017 and continue into 2018.
5. The Institut Hospitalo Universitaire de Strasbourg with its Institute of Image Guided Surgery is dedicated to digestive disease management.
6. The Institute of Image Guided Surgery develops innovative surgery to deliver personalized patient care, combining minimally invasive techniques and medical imaging methods.