Replies to post #47387 on Titan Medical Inc (TMDIF)

[Bristol19]

If everything we have seen and heard about SPORT is true, Titan can put a working, quality robot in play within 2 years.
Then they begin to make money and incorporate the incremental advances in technology as they become useful, efficient, and cost-worthy. That's what all technology does. Titan can be competitive right now on price and size. That is what is important.

In-OR virtual surgery modeling and utilizing multiple imaging data sets, and automated surgery is still 10+ years off as VERB is "imagining" it. I work with academic surgeons and we are working on just image analysis and software pre-surgical planning ideas; it is slow going. Real world experience and demonstrated need, let alone proving it improves outcomes takes time. Surgeons plan complex surgeries before ever getting to the OR, and then everything changes anyway. Too much info is a time-sink and a distraction, both of which are negatives when a surgical procedure needs to get done, especially if it is straightforward.

SPORT, if it truly works (ie. snake arm type manipulators), could step into the picture right now.
Verb is not just going to show up with the universe's greatest surgical robot all of a sudden. But they will attract investment if they show PR pieces like that. So could we with a well done video just showing what SPORT can do right now.

[URspider]

I agree with what the Verb video is hyping is cool, but not unique or useable in the current everyday surgical environment. I spoke to my wife, an academic surgeon, who agrees with my outside perspective. Nevertheless, the "packaging" of Verb is what Titan needs to start thinking about putting a public face together. If Verb were to go public, people would be lining up to invest solely on the brand hype. Titan needs to work with brand/hype as well as working on development. A dynamic and competent CEO is needed to make a go of this. Wonder when we will see a new CEO announcement.