robotic surgery

Technician preparing surgical robot
By  Anthony Vecchione 02:34 pm January 13, 2025
Cornerstone Robotics (CSR), a surgical robotics company, announced it raised more than $70 million in Series C funding.  EQT led the round, with participation from Qiming Venture Partners, Alpha JWC Ventures, the Innovation and Technology Venture Fund, eGarden Ventures, CTS Funds, K2VC, and Long-Z Capital.  WHAT IT DOES CSR manufactures advanced surgical systems. In 2024, the company obtained the...
The NaoTrac by Brain Navi
By  Adam Ang 01:47 am November 25, 2021
Brain Navi Biotechnology, a Taiwan-based startup that creates navigation robots, has secured a CE mark for its robotic-assisted surgical robot for brain surgery. WHAT IT DOES Founded in 2015, Brain Navi mainly designs and develops medical devices that can assist surgeons during medico-surgical interventions. One of its products, the NaoTrac, is equipped with a high-precision navigation system...
By  Adam Ang 05:49 am June 16, 2021
Smith+Nephew has announced the launch of its latest robotics platform, along with a suite of technology solutions called Real Intelligence, in Australia and New Zealand. WHY IT MATTERS First launched in the US in 2020, the FDA-approved CORI Surgical System is a handheld robotics solution for unicompartmental and total knee arthroplasties. Compared to its NAVIO Surgical System, this latest...
CMR Surgical, Versius, Microsoft, robotic surgery
By  Tammy Lovell 12:08 pm June 1, 2021
Cambridge-based med tech firm CMR Surgical is collaborating with Microsoft on a proof of concept to store health data. Clinical data from CMR’s surgical robot, Versius, was stored onto a 75x75mm Microsoft Project Silica glass platter. The new archive storage technology from Microsoft can be safely preserved for more than 10,000 years. Data from hundreds of surgical robotic procedures can be...
By  Sara Mageit 03:46 am October 2, 2020
CMR Surgical has announced the introduction of its surgical robotics system, Versius at Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI), part of the Manchester University NHS FT. Versius becomes the first surgical robot to be used to perform minimal access surgery at Manchester Royal Infirmary and will initially be used to perform colorectal cancer surgery. WHY IT MATTERS Colorectal surgery is commonly used to...