Titan Medical Inc (TMDIF)

[66Mustang]

What is the actual advantage of 3mm (1/8") instrumentation? Are there really surgical situations any of you docs might expect to encounter in which the 1/4" end effector diameter would be too bulky? I can only think of the "smaller incision" argument but that doesn't really apply to SPORT anyway. Is 3mm technology really better? Or will it require more work and greater attention to detail during the procedure because of smaller graspers etc.? Just curious...

And if it's better, is there any reason (maybe patents, of course) that SPORT couldn't adopt smaller end effectors? Or maybe 2mm instruments! (I feel like the guy on Something About Mary... "You know that 8 Minutes Abs?
This is gonna blow that out of the water! SEVEN Minute Abs! No, no, not 6... )