Tag: growth

  • AUA 2007 Recap for Intuitive Surgical

    This past week, Intuitive Surgical participated in the 2007 AUA (American Urological Association) Meeting held in Anaheim, California. As noted, this years AUA Meeting was clearly the most prominent in the history of Intuitive Surgical. We had a very strong showing with increased booth & program activities, higher visibility amongst leading academic & community urologists,…

  • Robotic Prostate Surgery- 1st quarter update

    The 1st quarter of 2007 was my busiest for da Vinci Prostatectomies (dvP) for prostate cancer (52 operations), as well as my busiest total robotic surgery 3 month period (60 operations). My dvP volume increased 63% from the previous year and 24% from the previous quarter, which was then a record. My total robotic surgery…

  • Robotic Surgery Growth: Cardiac surgery started in the Czech Republic

    First heart surgery performed by robots in CzechRep – Prague Daily Monitor First heart surgery performed by robots in CzechRep By Prague Daily Monitor/ČTK / Published 16 March 2007 Prague, March 15 (CTK) – The first robotic heart operation was performed in the Czech Republic in Prague’s Na Homolce hospital this week, hospital spokeswoman Jitka…