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Stryker to add rotator cuff repair tech with ZuriMED buy
1+ hour, 41+ min ago (195+ words) Rotator cuff augmentation is one of the fastest-growing areas in sports medicine, according to Stryker. ZuriMED received Food and Drug Administration clearance in late 2024 for its FiberLocker system. During or after rotator cuff tendon repair, a polyester patch is applied…...
Abbott wins CE mark for new LAA closure device
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (334+ words) Abbott is aiming to capture share from Boston Scientific in the market for devices that seal the heart’s left atrial appendage to reduce stroke risk. Heart device makers have stepped up investment in LAA treatments in recent years to address…...
Siemens Healthineers, Philips awarded ARPA-H funds for stroke robots
1+ week, 4+ day ago (403+ words) The federal program aims to get stroke patients treated faster through autonomous mechanical thrombectomy. Several organizations will share up to $175.3 million in funding to develop robots. ARPA-H funds research into new technology platforms that are tackling complex healthcare problems. The…...
Vitestro secures FDA nod for robotic blood draw device
1+ week, 5+ day ago (289+ words) The Food and Drug Administration hailed the potential of the first-of-its-kind device to counter the U.S. phlebotomist shortage. Using imaging, robotics and artificial intelligence, Aletta finds veins, guides needle insertion and collects blood samples. The device uses multiple forms of ultrasound…...
Medtronic on the future of AI-assisted surgery
3+ week, 6+ day ago (771+ words) Medtronic’s George Murgatroyd says an advanced computing platform that works with the company’s Hugo robot will power AI algorithms that can assist surgeons as they operate. Medtronic wants to improve the safety, quality and efficiency of surgery with an advanced…...
MMI to expand study of robotic microsurgery for Alzheimer’s
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (368+ words) The FDA is allowing MMI to enroll more patients in a feasibility trial studying use of the Symani robot for microsurgery to restore drainage paths in the lymph nodes of Alzheimer’s patients. MMI is studying whether restoring drainage pathways in…...
Time runs out for Vicarious Surgical
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (306+ words) Shareholders approved a plan to dissolve the robot developer, at one time a well-financed contender to challenge surgical robotics leader Intuitive, and liquidate its assets. Vicarious is shutting down 12 years after it was formed with the ambitious goals of improving…...
J&J gets FDA authorization for Ottava robot, teeing up competition with Intuitive
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (315+ words) While Johnson & Johnson will go head to head with Intuitive in the U.S., analysts questioned whether its robotic surgery system will take meaningful share from the market leader. Ottava is the first soft tissue system to integrate robotic arms into the…...
Medtronic adds real-time AI to Hugo robot
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (308+ words) The computing platform will make its debut at the Society of Robotic Surgery meeting this week, as Medtronic challenges Intuitive in the U.S. robotic soft tissue market. Medtronic’s Hugo robot received FDA clearance in December for use in urologic procedures, becoming…...
DePuy Synthes adds spine implants with Expanding Innovations buy
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (11+ words) MedTech Dive...