Probably the most disappointing press release I have seen from this team.
Dr. Advincula: "Single-port robotic surgery could become a reality for many patients." Many? What's that, like a couple dozen? Are we in Trixie territory? "The future of single-port robotic surgery is bright." What about Titan's piece of it? At a large training center, has he had hands-on experience with ISRG's single port option? For a long term SAB member, he seems surprisingly non-committal to our specific technologies.
Dr. Burke, on the other hand, happens to coincidentally share his name with another member of our SAB, but the one in the article is from Stony Brook University Hospital; our SAB member is from the Columbia-affiliated Valley Hospital, according to his bio on the Titan web site. Surely the web site featuring a 53-week old "What's New?" section is kept more up to date with regard to SAB members, so these must be two separate guys. At least Dr. Burke had slightly more convincing input regarding SPORT's capabilities.
I also wonder if it would have been advantageous to wait for the dust to settle further from yesterday's PPS fiasco. Down 17%; that's worse than Trixie's bloodbath the day before. Maybe we should make sure we have a solid baseline before trying to build it back up.
Not sure why I feel so negative today... Something just isn't sitting right with me on this entire situation. Maybe I need to move up from these little 32 ounce coffee cups to something more substantial to kick off my mornings.
