Robotics Opportunities: Today and Future

Robotics is shifting the

basis of competition
• Innovation at the system level,
Robotics
rather than simply instrumentation
Consolidation
• Connection between OR
and broader environment
Medical records
• Potential bridge to the OR for imaging
and imaging records
integration Broader and diagnostic companies
Robotics specialties
Proof
Lower
of Concept procedure costs
3D
visualization
Enhanced
dexterity Improved
surgical
Increased instrumentation
Laparoscopy
precision /
dexterity
Less
Surgeon
invasive Faster
Less comfort Improved
recovery
bleeding Less safety
measures
Open infection
Surgery Lower learning
curve to minimal
Better visualization invasiveness
Access
in hard-to-reach
Lower equipment anatomy
cost
Visualization
Multiquadrant
Less pain maneuverability
Patient
Traditional
appeal
technique

Better
Tactile feedback cosmesis

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