So far in 2025, U.S. installments of Orthofix’s 7D Flash navigation system increased 66% year over year, CEO Massimo Calafiore said during an Aug. 5 earnings call. “7D earnouts in the first half of this year were ahead of the…
Robotics
Neurosurgeon Michael Fromke, MD, led Miami-based HCA Florida Kendall Hospital’s first robot-assisted transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion. The surgery was done at the L4 to L5 level with the hospital’s newly added robot for spinal and cranial procedures, according to an…
Stryker reached a key milestone with its Mako robotics, Jason Beach, vice president of finance and investor relations, said in a July 31 earnings call. During the second quarter Stryker reached 2 million procedures with Mako robotics, Mr. Beach said,…
Hillsdale (Mich.) Hospital added the Velys spine navigation platform. The navigation platform supports surgeons in a range of back and neck procedures, according to a July 22 news release. “I have done more than 500 spinal navigation cases since starting…
LEM Surgical, a robotics company for spine and hard tissue surgery, added leaders from Globus Medical and Medtronic to its team. Dave Demski, who was CEO at Globus Medical, joined LEM Surgical’s board of directors, according to a July 23…
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Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Hospital has added 10 handheld, wireless robotic systems to support its orthopedic surgery program. The TMINI miniature robotic system, developed by Think Surgical in partnership with Zimmer Biomet, enables precise bone preparation and implant placement during total…
Zimmer Biomet has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Monogram Technologies, an orthopedic robotics company. Zimmer will pay $4.04 per share in cash to acquire all outstanding shares of Monogram’s stock, corresponding to an equity value of about $177…
New generations of spine robots in the market have significant advantages compared to their predecessors, Suken Shah, MD, said. Dr. Shah, of Wilmington, Del.-based Nemours Children’s Hospital, spoke with Becker’s about the unique challenges in pediatric spine surgery and how…
From new milestones and product developments, here are five key updates in the spine and orthopedic robotic space during the second quarter. 1. LEM Surgical’s Dynamis robot for spine surgery earned FDA 510(k) clearance. The robot is the first multi-arm…
The first cases using Velys Spine were completed at Mayo Clinic Rochester (Minn.) and Medical City Frisco (Texas), Johnson & Johnson Medtech said in a June 26 LinkedIn post. Isador Liberman, MD, and Arjun Sebastian, MD, performed the debut surgeries.…