Titan Medical Inc (TMDIF)

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I hadn't seen this before... it is about 2 months old. The chain of messages tends to focus on the past team, like so many do... but one particular post seemed to be thoughtfully written about his view of the SPORT system.
From:
https://www.medtechy.com/boards/companies/titan-medical/154

"I had the chance to see Titan Medical's SPORT robot in person at the World Gynecology Robotics conference in New York this weekend, and I wanted to share what I saw to answer some of the questions that have been posted here over the past months.

It was definitely strange seeing the Davinci system and a potential competitor sitting just tens of feet from one another. SPORT is surprisingly polished, which suggests that it is closer to being done than one might think. In my opinion, its movement and functionality suggest that it might be more of a competitor with general laparoscopy than with Davinci.

The patient cart is on a movable boom that could be side or center docked with the patient. Although they didn't move the boom during the demos, it looks like it has the freedom of movement to be repositioned to different ports without moving the base or repositioning the patient.

SPORT's surgical instruments are the real game changer in my opinion. It was frankly an amazing experience to lean over and watch these, thin, high tech snake arms deftly flex in every which direction. The combined camera and arms could fit inside of a venti coffee cup when fully extended. Each snake arm has an interchangeable tool at the distal wrist, and it looks like they already have your basic surgeon's toolkit available (grasper, scissors, monopolar energy, etc). The arms are long enough to be able to reach areas that are difficult to access laparoscopically.

The 3D vision system is crystal clear, and is mounted on on a movable arm that expands out from the insertion tube. It looked like they're using a stock 32" 3D display with passive glasses as a display, which is definitely a departure from the way the Davinci works. In my opinion, operating by looking at the freestanding display combines the best of conventional laparoscopy with the depth-of-field that is typical of the current robotic systems. It was actually kind of funny...as I stood behind the operator that was sitting at the surgeon console, the 3D effect made it look as if one of the snake arms was going to reach right through his head and touch me. Since the displays use passive and not active glasses, everyone in the OR can wear a pair of cheap glasses and have the same depth-of-field as the surgeon.

Without the opportunity to go hands on with the system, it is difficult to discern more detail. But, from what I saw, I think that their SPORT system is going to be very relevant in the OR when it gets approved. If they can deliver SPORT at the price that they've promised, it could enable more cases that are traditionally done straight stick to move over to robotic and benefit from the better visualization, flexibility, and ergonomics of this platform.

(Two points: I do own a small amount of Titan stock, and also I didn't get a hands demo, so my remarks are based on just seeing their prepared demo)"