This year is proving to be a pretty good year for many medtech companies. The majority of the largest 40 have seen their stock prices rise by double-digit percentages in 2014, according to a Qmed analysis. Meanwhile, only eight have seen ...
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Intuitive Surgical stock fell 11.5% in value on Wednesday after a disappointing quarterly earnings report and the FDA raising cancer concerns over how robotic hysterectomies are performed. The Sunnyvale, CA–based maker of da Vinci ...
The arms of Intuitive Surgical's da Vinci Xi Surgical System, as shown on its website. Few, it seems these days, are happy with Intuitive Surgical. Following on the heels of the debut of its latest Da Vinci Xi robotic surgery offering, ...
The Whipple procedure, used to remove tumors from pancreatic cancer patients, is one of surgery's most extensive and challenging operations. Now, surgeons are using a minimally invasive robotic surgical system to perform the surgery. ...
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Globus Medical, a musculoskeletal implant manufacturer, has announced the acquisition of Excelsius Surgical, the developer of a next generation surgical robotic positioning platform for spine, brain and therapeutic markets. The company ...
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Canada-based Titan Medical has recently commenced tissue testing that was successful in assessing and measuring the functionality of the SPORT (single port orifice robotic technology) surgical system. The company will perform a sequence ...
Blue Belt, next generation surgical orthopedic instruments developer, has received 510(k) approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its Stride Unicondylar Knee implant system. With the clearance, the Stride implant ...
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CircuLite has received an approval from the Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products to begin the CE Mark trial of the Synergy IC Circulatory Support System (SICSS), which is designed for interventional cardiologist cannula ...
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Blue Belt Technologies has treated the first three US patients for unicondylar knee replacement (UKR), using its NavioPFS orthopedic surgical system. The UKR procedures, performed at the US-based Community Regional Medical Center, ...
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The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted a patent No. 8,332,072 to Titan Medical for the development of surgeon console that incorporates force feedback. The Amadeus surgical system is designed to deliver multiple benefits ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration(FDA)has granted 510(k)approval to Blue Belt Technologies'orthopedic surgical system for use in Unicondylar Knee Replacement(UKR)procedures. Using the company's patented technology,the CE-marked NavioPFS ...
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HealthTrust Purchasing Group has awarded a contract to RF Surgical Systems to provide its RF Assure Detection system to its member facilities. Under the agreement, HealthTrust's member facilities including1,400 not-for-profit and ...
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