Patenting Surgical Robots
May 9, 2017 | Terry Sharrer
Over the past 30 years about a thousand patents have been issued or pending for developing surgical robots. Of the 100 or so competitors, Intuitive Surgical (Sunnyvale, CA) leads the pack in patenting with its da Vinci machine, but the expense of such machines, compared to traditional laparoscopic techniques has been a persistent question. The potential remains, however, for surgical robotics to advance minimally invasive procedures and thereby turn surgery into a distributed business. MORE
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