In Brief: Intuitive Surgical
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Intuitive Surgical: U.S. clinical trials of a three-armed, tele-robotic instrumentation system for use in minimally invasive surgery will begin in the second quarter of 1998, Lonnie Smith, president and CEO, reports at a Dec. 2 session of the BancAmerica Robertson Stephens conference in New York City. The device, which would have broad applicability throughout the body including coronary bypass surgery, is intended to transform macromovements by the human hand into micromovements by remote controlled instruments inside the body...