Replies to post #65418 on Titan Medical Inc (TMDIF)

[RockoTaco]

Actullay Google Glass is making a comeback and surprise it is in healthcare - also, the decisions regarding hospital software implementation is being decided at a levels above the OR surgeon. You can look at autopilot on planes (still the safest way to travel) or the auto-pilot on cars/trucks and realize that it has been proven to be a safe feature - same will apply to surgery.

This is not directed at your post but I am surprised at the number of people that don't understand what VERB is set out to accomplish - for all those that think Verb is a surgical robotics company (and if you are invested in this space) do yourselves a favor and do some research on VERB - you will be fascinated at what they are doing and it will give you a better understanding of how the Titan/JNJ/Verb pieces will fit together.

[66Mustang]

As Scott Huennekens indicated, this vision extends out 10, 20, and 30 years. And part of it is to make robotic surgery ubiquitous enough that it becomes much more affordable, and can be deployed into remote areas that currently don't have access to surgery at all. I don't know if it would ever get to the point of the robot doing patient prep, initial incision, etc., but if you were in a remote area and in need of life-saving surgery, would you allow a robot with a solid track record to do it, or just wait to die in a few weeks? To the autopilot analogy, if you are stranded on a remote island with no long-term means of survival and your only hope was some autonomous aerial craft, do you take the chance flying or stay put for sure death? I think the long term vision is fairly comprehensive for the planet and all its residents, but I am also quite confident that it will be an extremely profitable model long before it achieves that level of global saturation.

And maybe the two can tie in together! Autonomous aircraft delivering surgical robots to remote areas for life-saving surgery!