Titan Medical Inc (TMDIF)

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Shortly before going public, Intuitive Surgical was sued for patent infringement by Computer Motion, Inc, its chief rival. Computer Motion had actually gotten into the robotic surgery field earlier than Intuitive Surgical, with its own system, the ZEUS Robotic Surgical System. Although the ZEUS system was approved in Europe, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had not yet approved it for any procedure at the time that the FDA first approved the da Vinci system. The uncertainty created by the litigation between the companies was a drag on each company's growth. In 2003, Intuitive Surgical and Computer Motion agreed to merge, thus ending the litigation between them.[8] The ZEUS system was ultimately phased out in favor of the da Vinci system. Computer Motion was lead by Chairman Robert Duggan from 1990 until 2003, when the two companies merged.[9]

The previous CEO of Computer Motion was Robert Duggan who is worth 2.1 billion dollars.

For those of you who do not think Medtronic bought the 18 million shares of Titan. Perhaps it was Intuitive. Or Intuiitive could just infringe on Titan's patents and then just buy them out. They did it once. Why not do it again?

Again, it is ALL about the patents. Someone is going to buy out Titan. Just trying to determine the right price. McNally will eventually sell out. Count on it!!!

Everyone got rich when Intuitive merged with Computer Motion. You don't think it will happen again??

Computer Motion was approved in Europe!!! And yet, they realized it was more profitable to merge with Intuitive. More PROFITABLE!!!!

IGNORE THE NOISE AND HOLD ON TIGHT!!!