Titan Medical Inc (TMDIF)

[66Mustang]

Probably the best place to start is with the video on the web site. They used to have a couple other videos kicking around, but there is still one showing a partial nephrectomy on their web site. It is worth a look. My wife was the first OR nurse in NH to be trained on the da Vinci system way back when, and knows the ins and outs of robotic surgery quite well. She was impressed by what she saw in the videos. I suspect SurgTech on this message board can also offer a viable professional opinion of the technology; I'd actually like to hear his thoughts on this as well (ST? Your thoughts, please? When you get a chance...). The basic technology is there and appears sound. They need the last round of fine-tuning of the hardware for the FDA's new Human Factors guidelines, and the software will need to be finalized and fully V&V tested. I wouldn't mind seeing a few more of their pending patents approved soon; I don't know if pending means merely applied for, or if it means applied, initially reviewed without rejection, and just waiting for paperwork to come back.

There is work to be done but they are probably 85% there, without regard to the earlier Amadeus sidetrack. Just a ballpark figure from what I know. I've been playing with medical devices since 1982, and in the development world since 1993, so I have some basis for my guesstimate. It's the accounting and finance side that I'm weak on... which is why I think all of us contributors here make a darn fine team!