Titan Medical Inc (TMDIF)

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MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT AMADEUS COMPOSER IS VERY SIMILAR TO INTUITIVE DA VINCI AND MAYBE THEY DO NOT WANT TO GO TO A LEGAL BATTLE WITH INTUITIVE MAYBE THEY FOCUSING MORE ON (SPORT) SNAKE LIKE ROBOT WHICH IS SOMETHING NEW HERE IS A PART OF ARTICLE OF WHAT INTUITIVE HAD TO GO TROUGH BEFORE THEY LAUNCHED DA VINCI

Intuitive Surgical was in the midst of a fierce legal battle with its competitor, Computer Motion. The series of events was offset by a lawsuit filed by Computer Motion for nine patent infringements. Intuitive Surgical then filed three lawsuits of its own and made a final blow by teaming with IBM to sue its competitor for infringing on its voice-recognition technology. Computer Motion lost the case for this integral component of all its devices including Zeus, its version of da Vinci. It faced a major problem since it would have to stop selling in the event that it could not receive a proper license from its competitor. On March 7, 2003, Intuitive Surgical merged with its main competitor, ending a four-year legal power struggle that detracted from product advancement and funds.Intuitive Surgical paid $150 million for Computer Motions and laid off around 90% of its employees following the merger. Intuitive now owns and will market Computer Motion's products (Zeus Surgical System, Hermes Control Center, Aesop Robotic Endoscope Positioner, and Socrates Telecollaboration System).