Titan Medical Inc (TMDIF)

[Bristol19]

Have a lttle mercy. Sounds like he lost his shirt with Spider/Surgibot.

For our surgeons out there, Surgibot mentions energy ligation forceps. Is that something that SPORT is likely to offer?

Also, any guesses as to what SPORT might be doing about surgical clips? This has always seemed a BIG question to me. It also probably requires partnership with a clip manufacturer.

Look at the 2013 daVinci instruments catalog link: http://www.intuitivesurgical.comproducts871145_Instrument_Accessory_%20Catalog.pdf

A quick read shows 42 instruments. Dozens of other trocar, port, caps, etc. of supplemental parts.
Roughly 11 are cardiac specific. Forget about those for now.
The rest cover General, Urologic, and Gynecologic surgery.

There are 3 clip applier sizes alone. 10 instruments are listed for nephrectomy which SPORT will do supposedly.

What will SPORT need as a minimum to get rolling for their indications? Seems to me the design and production of a suitable effector suite for SPORT (and auxiliary components) is a MAJOR TASK; some of these are cautery too, so require the additional engineering for effective and safe electrical operation.

Does anyone know what the minimum set was that daVinci had in its earliest commercial phase? They started with prostatectomy, I believe.

I'm sure that "you don't need them all". But, on the other hand there must be some minimum set, and anything extra means another port on the patient.