Medtronic News Latest Medtronic news, funding rounds and robotics & AI coverage. 14 articles tracked by The Robotics Media.
Medtronic is a U.S.-headquartered global medical device company that operates major franchises in surgical robotics including the Hugo soft-tissue robot and Stealth AXiS cranial and ENT navigation platform.
Medtronic Wins FDA Clearance For Robotic LigaSure Maryland On Hugo — Sep 17, 2026 — The FDA has cleared LigaSure RAS Maryland, the first robotic-driven version of Medtronic's vessel-sealing platform, for use on the Hugo robotic-assist...Medtronic Backs Cornerstone Robotics With $700M For Two-Platform Surgical Robotics Push — Sep 3, 2026 — Medtronic will invest about $700 million in Hong Kong's Cornerstone Robotics and distribute its CE-marked Sentire surgical system alongside Hugo RAS,...J&J's Monarch Robot Wins FDA Clearance For AI Bronchoscopy Upgrade — Aug 21, 2026 — The FDA cleared Johnson & Johnson MedTech's Quest 3 software update for its Monarch bronchoscopy robot, adding AI-driven pre-procedure planning and 3D...ForSight's JASPER Hits 26-For-26 In Robotic Cataract Milestone — Aug 8, 2026 — Israel's ForSight Robotics says its JASPER surgical platform has now completed 26 first-in-human cataract cases with 100% robotic completion, moving t...FDA Clears Momentis Anovo For Multiport Surgery, A First For Robotics — Jul 26, 2026 — 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 — Jul 25, 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...Candid Health Raises $120M Series D To Automate U.S. Medical Billing — Jul 23, 2026 — Candid Health closed a $120M Series D led by Sixth Street Growth, tripling its valuation from 2025 to scale an AI-powered revenue cycle platform now u...Medtronic Unveils Touch Surgery Aide, Real-Time AI Platform For The OR — Jul 22, 2026 — Medtronic will demo Touch Surgery Aide at SRS 2026, an NVIDIA-powered real-time AI platform for robotic surgery, alongside FDA-cleared Instrument Exit...Gentherm Wins FDA Clearance For ThermAffyx Warming And Securement Platform For Robotic Surgery — Jul 21, 2026 — 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...UCSF Health Teams With Kleiner Perkins To Launch Health-AI Accelerator — Jul 18, 2026 — UCSF Health, Kleiner Perkins and Doerr Capital launched Converge, an accelerator that pairs healthcare AI startups with UCSF clinicians for real-world...Stereotaxis Closes Robocath Acquisition, Merging Magnetic and Mechanical Catheter Robotics — Jul 10, 2026 — Stereotaxis (NYSE: STXS) has completed its $20M cash-and-stock acquisition of French robotic-catheter maker Robocath, folding the R-One+ platform into...Vinmec Launches Vietnam's First Connected Robotic Surgery Network — Jul 2, 2026 — Vingroup's Vinmec Healthcare System has activated nine surgical robotic platforms across five Vietnamese cities under a single clinical and training f...Medtronic Files Hugo 510(k)s For US General And Gynecologic Surgery — Jun 10, 2026 — Medtronic has submitted FDA 510(k) clearance applications to expand the Hugo robotic-assisted surgery system into US general and gynecologic procedure...Surgerii Robotics Raises $100M Series D To Take SHURUI Single-Port Surgical Robot Global — Jun 6, 2026 — Beijing-based Surgerii Robotics closed a $100M Series D led by Loyal Valley Capital to accelerate global commercialization of its SHURUI single-port e...