Christopher Nook’s Post

Recently, our CEO, Chris Nook, wrote an article about how leadscrews are revolutionizing the medical equipment industry. He highlighted how leadscrews ensure precise, quiet and reliable motion in applications from robotic surgery to diagnostic imaging. This article was published in Linear Motion Tips! Check out the article here: https://hubs.li/Q02DSRHZ0 #Helix #LinearMotion #LeadScrews

What if there was a cost-effective and efficient way to get #lifesaving surgery into remote locations? On this #NationalRuralHealthDay we look at Microbot Medical and their remote #endovascular robotic technology that could one day allow for #telesurgery and greater access to treatment for those who need it most. #roboticsurgery

What 10 things will kill your soft tissue robotics company ❓ I get asked this as much as any other question... Here in this blog post you will find my personal top 10 reasons (not an exhaustive list) but what I think are the 10 killer issues that will drive your soft tissue robotics company into the ground. Blog post here >> https://lnkd.in/dxUxMPcT In an effort to be more helpful than just the doom sayer - I do conclude each one with a nippy little "here's something I suggest..." Ideal for anyone interested in Intuitive #intuitive Medtronic Robotic-Assisted Surgery #medtronic Johnson & Johnson MedTech #ethicon Ronovo Surgical #carina Medicaroid #hinatori MicroPort MedBot #toumain Moon Surgical #maestro Distalmotion #dexter and many other soft tissue #surgicalrobots #roboticsurgery #surgicalrobotics

REGISTER for the inaugural Bookout Center symposium for Robotics, Imaging, and Digital Surgery. Join us on Oct 7 as we disseminate research, clinical, and industrial advancements in the fusion of #robotics, #imaging, and #digitalsurgery Brought to you by The Bookout Center, our annual symposium is stream lived from the DeBakey CV Education studios here at Houston Methodist. Themes include: Expanding Autonomy in Surgical Robotics: Opportunities in Percutaneous and Endoluminal Procedures (Nobuhiko Hata), Towards Autonomous Robots for Healthcare (Ron Alterovitz), and Reducing Invasiveness and Increasing Autonomy: Building the Medical Robots of the Future (Alan Kuntz). Register at: https://bit.ly/4eqkPP2

Tomorrow-Thursday at 12PM EDT, we are hosting 3 webinars with leaders from Medtronic, Intuitive, and Virtual Incision, for a special "Surgical Robotics Week"! Join us all week as we learn: - How #InutitiveSurgical continues to engage users - i.e. #surgeons and #OR staff, to ensure that the touch point between human and machine remains - Intuitive - The fascinating and exciting intersection of people and technology. And what it means in real terms today, and how that will be the driver of what #surgery looks like tomorrow, in 10 years and, just maybe, 100 years from now. - How the two-pound #SurgicalRobotic system was built and what this achievement could mean for future designs. Gain insight into how an optimized user experience can amplify care team abilities and improve patient outcomes. REGISTER HERE: https://lnkd.in/eqGpVVRg Tom Salemi

I had the pleasure of interviewing Chris Jeffery, the founder of Convergence Medical and the inventor of the world's first arthroscopic surgical robot, the V01. You can check out my interview on the SmartTRAK / BioMedGPS, LLC blog! #arthroscopy, #orthopedics, #robotics, #sportsmedicine

🚨🚨🚨 Surgical robotics and surgical staplers >> read it now https://lnkd.in/dDRQ9UuE If you are in #medtronic Medtronic or #johnsonandjohnson Johnson & Johnson MedTech You are getting hammered on the shift to robotic stapling. As much as you push “people will stay with us because they love our staplers” market numbers speak differently. In this blog I explain all about surgical staplers on robots and why if you’re in this space you need one yesterday !!! And what’s coming. #surgery #laparoscopy #surgicalrobotics #roboticsurgery

VirtaMed and Atracsys LLC (Smith+Nephew Group) announce strategic collaboration to propel innovation in medical training and simulation We are thrilled to share our strategic partnership with Atracsys LLC (Smith+Nephew Group), a pioneer in optical tracking solutions to drive advancements in medical simulation and training. Atracsys LLC (Smith+Nephew Group) and VirtaMed are committed to bringing the best technology forward and helping customers create exceptional value in surgical simulation. The collaboration aims to explore innovations and new training modalities, focusing on robot-assisted and navigated surgery and leveraging the strengths of both companies to provide healthcare professionals with realistic, immersive, and guided training experiences. The incorporation of digital twin applications and advanced simulation algorithms also holds the potential to speed up and scale up research and development efforts for partners in the healthcare industry. "This collaboration marks a significant step forward in shaping the future of medical simulation and robotic surgery”, says Raimundo Sierra, CEO of VirtaMed. “By combining our expertise, we aim to explore innovative solutions that redefine training standards for healthcare professionals”, adds Youri Marko, Business Director of Atracsys LLC (Smith+Nephew Group). #VirtaMed #Atracsys #HealthcareInnovation #SurgicalSimulation #DigitalTwins #MedicalTechnology #FutureOfSurgery #BetterSurgeries https://lnkd.in/d-YuNg-B

Empowering healthcare with robotics and automation: Faster, safer, and more precise care for all.

I like this conversation that Steve Bell posted this morning. Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic, Olympus Corporation and Stryker are in a situation where a series of decisions will need to be made and owned as the early days of digitally enabled minimally invasive surgery has presented clear choices. We are at a point where being remembered for what a leader did not do will be more challenging for what they did do. While we both continue to include Distalmotion and Moon Surgical in the same sentence often, it should primarily be by association of timing through FDA, nearly ready to commercialize status, stack & scope agnostic, and after both of them, the vintage-ready platforms start to disappear leaving a 5+ year gap between the "haves" and "have nots". They provide different solutions. Both required. Distalmotion represents a breakthrough in wristed, robotic, minimally invasive open architecture systems for ASC's, Out Patient and even in hospital mid to high acuity cases. Moon Surgical represents the massive opportunity in Lap 2.0 and an unlock for new devices to be developed as well as a path forward for a Medtronic or Johnson & Johnson to leverage their minimally invasive business and not be left empty handed. Great thinking Steve.