Titan Medical Inc (TMDIF)

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One big advantage to the snake arms is that they don't cross over constantly like the Intuitive arms. Any surgeons (or OR personnel) out there care to opine?

My wife said that at her hospital, the da Vinci arms end up crossed over so the surgeon's right hand is working in the left space of the surgical site and vice versa. Titan appears to keep everything clean and organized as if you are working with your own hands in front of you, with left hand on the left and right hand on the right. She also said that if those are indeed Microline end effectors, that is also a good thing. Great reputation in the field. She said one-time use scissors are ideal for ensuring best sharpness at all times, and other reusable ends are fine for a specified number of cases. From my days in Clinical Engineering, that sounds like a reasonable assessment to me (but I trust her professional opinion more than my dated judgment call).