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Versius surgical robotics techniques. | Supply: CMR Surgical

CMR Surgical Ltd. this week introduced that it closed 2023 with a report variety of Versius surgical robotic installations in a single quarter.

Based in 2014, CMR Surgical mentioned it closed the yr with its Versius international set up base greater than 50% larger than in 2022. The Cambridge, U.Okay.-based firm reported greater than 17,000 procedures accomplished with the surgical robotic in the course of the yr for progress of greater than 60%.

Versius is a small-scale surgical robotic that includes collaborative arms and bedside models for direct affected person entry. It additionally options affords of port placement to greatest swimsuit the wants of every affected person, mentioned CMR Surgical in a launch.

It designed Versius to allow surgeons to carry out extra minimally invasive procedures. The robotic assists surgeons accessing the lungs, thymus, and esophagus.

Surgeons worldwide efficiently use Versius

“Our staff are skilled in doing complicated urological robotic assisted surgical procedures for a few years, and from the primary 100 circumstances utilizing Versius, I can say that switching from the surgical robotic we had been beforehand utilizing to a Versius robotic proved very straightforward and extra environment friendly in a number of respects,” commented Thierry Rousseau, president of the Medical Committee at Clinique Urologique Nantes-Atlantis.

“The flexibility of Versius has enabled us to carry out complicated procedures resembling prostatectomies with ease, enabling us to adapt the surgical robotic into our current surgical observe with simplicity,” he mentioned.

Enlargement over 2023 included new markets resembling Greece and Indonesia. As well as, CMR Surgical raised $165 million in September to help Versius.

Latest highlights embody the newest Versius set up in Germany, famous CMR. There have been greater than 140 around the globe so far.

CMR Surgical goals to speed up robotic adoption

CMR Surgical mentioned it plans to launch new applied sciences to additional help the utilization of Versius in 2024. These applied sciences embody imaginative and prescient, instrumentation, and digital enhancements. The corporate asserted that it goals to enter extra new markets in the course of the coming yr.

New Chief Business Officer Massimiliano Colella is charged with main the additional acceleration of Versius installations, mentioned CMR Surgical.

“As we enter our fifth yr because the launch of Versius, this can be a tremendously thrilling time for CMR and our clients as we see the momentum for Versius, and robotic-assisted surgical procedure develop exponentially,” said Supratim Bose, CEO of CMR Surgical.

“Versius is a really differentiated product that’s serving to extra hospitals around the globe provide robotic-assisted surgical procedure,” he declared. “Moreover, the launch of recent superior applied sciences for Versius – throughout each {hardware} and software program – might be a game-changer this yr.

“We’re already seeing Versius show its use in complicated surgical procedures, and with new merchandise in the marketplace, we sit up for working with our clients to increase the procedures which might be carried out utilizing Versius, and welcome new hospitals in current and new geographies, in order that extra sufferers can profit from robotic-assisted surgical procedure,” Bose mentioned.

Editor’s observe: This text was syndicated from MassDevice,  a sibling website to The Robotic Report.