Replies to post #26014 on Titan Medical Inc (TMDIF)

[RockoTaco]

The IREP technology that Titan uses for SPORT is also designed for microsurgery capabilities. If SPORT can also offer a platform for Microsurgery all I can say is WOW!

http://www.titanmedicalinc.com/titan-medical-inc-enters-into-exclusive-license-agreement-with-columbia-university-for-novel-single-port-robotic-surgery-system/

I'm not going

[Noemotionseller]

Microsurgery is any surgery that requires a microscope or "better than your eyes" ability to see and do the work. My wife did a fellowship in microsurgery and is a plastic surgeon. She mostly used her skill on hands and nerve/vascular repair. Some have thought to use the robotic platform as a replacement for a microscope. If a platform has a digitally enhanced 3d screen then it is possible to envision using the robotic platform for a multitude of exterior "microsurgeries". The conference is for microsurgery and endoscopic though and thus their are many talks.

http://www.ramsesrobotics.com/

If you notice the last youtube video it shows them using the DaVinci on a hand type of surgery. Not endoscopically as we are used to seeing. Academic for now, but it may be an advantage to a surgery center that doesn't want to purchase a $5-600K+ microscope in addition to a robot. The better the optics the more this is possible. I think Titan will have what it takes.