Stryker is working on more applications for its flagship surgical robot, CEO Kevin Lobo said in an Oct. 31 third-quarter earnings call.

Think Surgical raised $100 million from a new investor to accelerate commercialization of its surgical robots.

Brian Blackwood, MD, completed his 3,000th joint replacement using Stryker's Mako robotic arm.

Burke Health, a Waynesboro, Ga.-based community hospital specializing in orthopedics, has installed the ExcelsiusGPS robot to assist surgeons performing spine procedures, NBC affiliate WRDW reported Oct. 20.

The Spine Center at Valley View, a nonprofit health system in Glenwood Springs, Colo., installed Medtronic's Mazor X Stealth robot.

Presbyterian Santa Fe (N.M.) Medical Center is now offering robotic assisted knee replacement surgery using the Rosa Knee System, the Santa Fe New Mexican reported Oct. 17.

Becker's reported on multiple hospitals, health systems and ASCs adding spine and orthopedic robots during the third quarter.

Goodyear, Ariz.-based Abrazo West Campus is one of nine hospitals, and the first hospital in Arizona, to receive the new Loop-X spine robot, according to an Oct. 4 report from NBC 12 News. 

Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory, N.C. added Stryker's Mako robot for total knee, partial knee and total hip replacement in August, the Hickory Daily Record reported Oct. 2.

From a robotic surgery platform in space to a $21.3 million expansion, here are 12 robotic updates Becker's has reported on since July 5. 

Robotic surgical assistant knee system Rosa has made its debut at Fargo, N.D.-based Essentia Health, according to a Sept. 28 report from Valley News. 

Kornelis Poelstra, MD, PhD, surpassed 1,220 robotic spine surgeries, according to a Sept. 27 news release.

Thorsten Seyler, MD, a physician at Duke University in Durham, N.C., performed the first revision knee replacements using Smith+Nephew's Cori surgical system. 

McGinley Orthopedics is crowdfunding $40 million in investments.

Robotics is still in its infancy in spine surgery, but the technology is expected to play a key role in the future of how spine procedures are performed. 

The Atlantic General Hospital Orthopedic Surgery unit in Berlin, Md., is set to receive a Stryker Mako robotic arm in mid September, according to a Sept. 8 report from OC Today.

Johnson & Johnson is planning to develop its own spine robot to rival the platforms launched by Medtronic, Globus Medical and emerging device companies, company executives said Sept. 7 during the 2022 Wells Fargo Healthcare Conference, according to Seeking Alpha. 

Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill (N.J.) installed Globus Medical's ExcelsiusGPS robot for spine surgery.

Becker's reported on seven hospitals, practices and ASCs that added orthopedic robots in August.

Ganymed Robotics, which focuses on orthopedics, added former Medtronic and Smith+Nephew leaders to its board of directors.