Intuitive Surgical News
Latest Intuitive Surgical news, funding rounds and robotics & AI coverage. $46M raised. 15 articles tracked by The Robotics Media.
About Intuitive Surgical
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets robotic-assisted surgical systems used by surgeons to perform minimally invasive procedures. The company was founded in 1995 in Silicon Valley by Frederic Moll, Robert Younge, and John Freund, building on remote-surgery research originally funded by DARPA at SRI International. It completed its initial public offering on Nasdaq in June 2000.
Its flagship product line is the da Vinci Surgical System, now in its fifth generation (da Vinci 5, FDA-cleared in March 2024), which lets a surgeon control wristed instruments and a 3D camera from a console. The company also makes the da Vinci SP, a single-port variant introduced in the US in 2018, and the Ion Endoluminal System, a robotic bronchoscopy platform for lung biopsies launched in 2019. SimNow is the company's virtual-reality surgical training and simulation software, used to practice procedures on da Vinci systems without a patient.
Intuitive Surgical trades on Nasdaq as ISRG and is one of the largest medical technology companies by market capitalization. As of fiscal year 2025 it employed approximately 17,000 people and reported revenue of roughly $10.1 billion.
Key facts
Products by Intuitive Surgical
- da Vinci 5 (Robot, 2024) — Fifth-generation robotic-assisted surgical system with force feedback, FDA-cleared in March 2024.
- SimNow (Software) — Virtual-reality simulation software that lets surgeons practice and maintain robotic surgery skills.
- da Vinci SP (Robot, 2018) — Single-port robotic surgical system that operates through one small incision, launched in the US in 2018.
- Ion Endoluminal System (Robot, 2019) — Robotic-assisted bronchoscopy platform used for minimally invasive lung biopsies, launched in 2019.
Funding rounds
Latest Intuitive Surgical news
- Virtuoso Surgical Wins FDA Clearance for Robot That Removes Bladder Tumors Whole — Virtuoso Surgical won FDA De Novo authorization for a robotic endoscope that removes bladder tumors intact through the urethra, creating a brand-new d...
- FDA Seeks Industry Input on Autonomous Surgical Robots Before Writing New Rules — The FDA has published a discussion paper on evaluating autonomous and remote-controlled surgical robots, setting a January 5, 2027 comment deadline an...
- Glasgow Children's Hospital Launches World-First Robotic Surgery Program — Royal Hospital for Children Glasgow became the first children's hospital to own a surgical robot exclusively for pediatric care, completing over 30 op...
- Guyana's Largest Public Hospital Hits 100 Robotic Surgeries in Five Months With India's SSI Mantra 3 — Georgetown Public Hospital Corp. completed 100 robotic-assisted surgeries since its May 26 launch, using SS Innovations' SSI Mantra 3 system across th...
- Farrer Park Hospital Brings New Multi-Port Surgical Robot to Singapore — Farrer Park Hospital has started using the Edge MP1000, a multi-port endoscopic surgical robot, aiming to widen access to robotic surgery in Singapore...
- Intuitive Surgical Rolls da Vinci 5 Force Feedback and 100+ Updates Into Europe — Intuitive Surgical is bringing CE-marked Force Feedback instruments, Intuitive Telepresence and more than 100 system updates for the da Vinci 5 platfo...
- FDA Draft Guidance Rewrites Premarket Bar For Surgical Robots — The FDA has published its first comprehensive draft guidance for robotically-assisted surgical devices, setting non-clinical, clinical and labeling ex...
- J&J's Monarch Robot Wins FDA Clearance For AI Bronchoscopy Upgrade — The FDA cleared Johnson & Johnson MedTech's Quest 3 software update for its Monarch bronchoscopy robot, adding AI-driven pre-procedure planning and 3D...
- FDA Clears Momentis Anovo For Multiport Surgery, A First For Robotics — Momentis Surgical's Anovo becomes the first robotic surgical platform to support natural orifice, single-port and multiport access on one system after...
- Intuitive Sketches AI-Enabled Future Of Surgery At SRS 2026 — Intuitive Surgical used the Society of Robotic Surgery 2026 meeting to lay out its long-term AI vision — from da Vinci 5 case guidance to SimNow train...
- Gentherm Wins FDA Clearance For ThermAffyx Warming And Securement Platform For Robotic Surgery — Gentherm's ThermAffyx Patient Safety System, cleared by the FDA on July 20, combines active warming with anti-slip securement in a single pad for the...
- Intuitive Surgical Q2 2026: $2.89B Revenue, 468 da Vinci Systems Placed — Intuitive Surgical reported Q2 2026 revenue of $2.89B (+19% YoY), placed 468 da Vinci systems (246 da Vinci 5) and reiterated 13.5%–15.5% da Vinci pro...
- Vinmec Launches Vietnam's First Connected Robotic Surgery Network — Vingroup's Vinmec Healthcare System has activated nine surgical robotic platforms across five Vietnamese cities under a single clinical and training f...
- Intuitive Pushes 100-Update Wave To da Vinci 5 Starting In June — Intuitive Surgical is rolling out more than 100 software, instrument and UX updates to its da Vinci 5 robot starting June, including new telepresence...
- Surgerii Robotics Raises $100M Series D To Take SHURUI Single-Port Surgical Robot Global — Beijing-based Surgerii Robotics closed a $100M Series D led by Loyal Valley Capital to accelerate global commercialization of its SHURUI single-port e...