A ‘black box’-style recording device developed by robotic surgical platform industry leader Intuitive Surgical (NSDQ:ISRG) may be able to objectively measure surgeon’s proficiency during robotically-assisted surgeries, according to a new report. The dVLogger, developed by Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company, is designed to capture both anonymized video and movement data from the da Vinci robotic surgical platform after being…

Intuitive Surgical (NSDQ:ISRG) today presented results from the first clinical trial of its new flexible robotics platform, touting that the system was found to be safe and effective at sampling lung tissue. Findings were presented at the American College of Chest Physicians CHEST annual meeting this week and published in the CHEST Journal. The new robotic-assisted,…

EBTEC Corporation, a division of EDAC Technologies LLC (Cheshire, CT), has acquired three LASERDYNE Fiber Laser Machining Systems. Once installed at EBTEC’s new expanded 83,500 square foot facility in East Windsor CT, this new laser technology expands the company’s four existing fiber laser system output to meet the growing needs of its aerospace and commercial…

Shares in Intuitive Surgical (NSDQ:ISRG) rose today after the robotic surgical platform maker handily topped expectations on Wall Street with its 3rd quarter earnings results. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company posted profits of $297.5 million, or $2.55 per share, on sales of $806.1 million for the 3 months ended September 30, for bottom-line growth of 34.3% while…

Intuitive Surgical (NSDQ:ISRG) paid $6 million to acquire a 60,000-square-foot building in Durham, N.C. just a few miles down the road from rival surgical robot maker TransEnterix (NYSE:TRXC), according to a Triangle Business Journal report. The new acquisition joins a smaller facility Intuitive has in the region at N.C. State University’s Centennial Campus, according to the report. The…

Intuitive Surgical (NSDQ:ISRG) inked a license on the miniaturized robotic sealing and stapling technology developed by JustRight Surgical that includes an unspecified equity investment and joint product development program. Louisville, Colo.-based JustRight raised an $11 million Series B round early last year and later won 510(k) clearance from the FDA for its 3mm pediatric vessel-sealing system. “We…

Intuitive Surgical (NSDQ:ISRG) is reportedly refusing to sell any more of its da Vinci robot-assisted surgery platforms in Pakistan until the two it’s already got on the market there are brought back on line. The Sindh Institute of Urology & Transplantation in Karachi asked to acquire a da Vinci system, according to The News of Pakistan,…

Update: Removed information claiming benefits of robotic hernia surgeries at request of Intuitive Surgical, which said that the data came from an inaccurate source and was not valid. Intuitive Surgical (NSDQ:ISRG) said today it won FDA clearance for inguinal hernia repairs with its da Vinci Xi robotic surgical system. Inguinal hernias occur when tissue presses through…

Intuitive Surgical (NSDQ:ISRG) said today it won FDA 510(k) clearance for its new da Vinci X robotic surgical system, with a planned release of the platform later this year. The newly cleared da Vinci X system offers access to multiple robotic-assisted surgical technologies at a lower price than previous models, the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company said. The…