In Brief: Integrated Surgical Systems/Howmedica
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Integrated Surgical Systems/Howmedica: Sign software development contract which will add Howmedica's ABG line of hip prostheses to ISS' Robodoc surgical assistant system. Robodoc consists of a "surgical robot" and a computer workstation, Orthodoc. Development of the software is expected to be completed by the fourth quarter, the Sacramento firm says. ISS currently markets the Robodoc in Europe and expects to file a premarket submission for the device with FDA "this year"...