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CMR Surgical picks J&J veteran to lead efforts in Asia, Middle East, Africa

New CMR Surgical President and CCO for Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa, Sushobhan Dasgupta. [Image from Sushobhan Dasgupta on LinkedIn]CMR Surgical announced that it appointed Sushobhan Dasgupta as president and CCO for Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa.

Dasgupta offers more than 30 years of experience across diverse medtech markets globally. Notably, he spent three decades with Johnson & Johnson MedTech. Now, the veteran of the industry — and the region — comes to CMR to help drive operations around its surgical robot in the region.

Most recently, Dasgupta served as vice chair and global president at Shalby Limited, a healthcare group in India. There, he had responsibility for driving Shalby’s acquired orthopedic implant business, based in California. He also provided strategic oversight to the company’s base hospital business.

Dasgupta’s 30-year tenure at J&J MedTech included stints as a member of the J&J Orth…

CMR Surgical enhances surgical robot with new imaging tech

CMR Surgical’s Versius surgical robotics system in action [Image courtesy of CMR Surgical]CMR Surgical announced today that it launched an integrated fluorescence imaging system with its Versius Plus surgical robot.

Surgeons using Versius Plus, the latest version of the company’s technology, can now use this technology to visualize ICG (indocyanine green). This system — called vLimeLite — enhances the visual assessment of the vessels, blood flow and related tissue perfusion, plus biliary anatomy.

Cambridge, UK-based CMR Surgical called vLimeLite a unique feature within surgical robotics. The company says it allows for the visualization of ICG with a choice of viewing mode for surgeons. They can choose overlay in full color or greyscale, plus they can choose green or cyan for the ICG color.

Mark Slack, co-founder and chief medical officer, said in a news release that this means surgeons can now see “what was once invisible to them.” Read more

10 surgical robotics companies you need to know

The surgical robotics space saw a major shakeup last year. The da Vinci SP surgical robotics system [Image courtesy of Intuitive Surgical]“Robotics is hard. Robotics in healthcare is hard.”

Hani Abouhalka, Johnson & Johnson’s company group chair for Robotics & Digital, said those words at our DeviceTalks West event in California in October.

It pretty much sums up the situation for medtech companies large and small that sought to compete against Intuitive in the soft-tissue surgical robotics space. Despite the increased competition, Intuitive remains the undisputed leader. It’s even moving forward on a next-gen da Vinci robot.

For its part, Johnson & Johnson is sticking with plans to develop its Ottava surgical robot. J&J now plans to submit Ottava for FDA investigational device exemption (IDE) in the second half of 2024 in order to start clinical trials.

Even though it is sticking with robotic surgery, J&J laid off employees in th…

CMR Surgical CEO expects another year of growth

CMR Surgical’s Versius surgical robotics system in action [Image courtesy of CMR Surgical]Nearly a year after year after he took over as CEO at CMR Surgical, Supratim Bose says the surgical robotics company is set for more growth.

Over the past year, the Cambridge, U.K.–based maker of the Versius surgical robotic system has moved forward on several vital initiatives to set itself up for success:

The development of a next-gen system and new products; A reorganization to be more focused on the commercialization of the existing system, including the hiring of Johnson & Johnson and Smith+Nephew veteran Massimiliano Colella as chief commercialization officer; Continuation of a targeted commercial collaboration with J&’s Ethicon business; Opening a roughly 75,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Cambridgeshire, U.K. to support expansion; Surpassed the company’s fundraising goals with a new $165 million (£133 million) round.

“I thin…

CMR Surgical reports record surgical robot installations to end 2023, plans 2024 product launches

Versius surgical robotics systems [Image courtesy of CMR Surgical]CMR Surgical announced today that it closed 2023 with a record number of Versius surgical robot installations in one quarter.

The company also plans to launch new advanced technologies to further support the utilization of Versius in 2024. These technologies include enhancements in vision, instrumentation and digital. Cambridge, UK-based CMR Surgical said in a news release that it aims to enter more new markets during the coming year.

CMR Surgical said it closed the year with its Versius global install base more than 50% higher than in 2022. It reports more than 17,000 surgical procedures completed with Versius during the year for growth of more than 60%.

Versius, a small-scale surgical robotic system, features collaborative arms and bedside units for direct patient access. It also features offers of port placement to best suit the needs of each patient. CMR Surgical designed Versius to enabl…

Hospital in Germany adopts Versius surgical robot from CMR Surgical

Versius surgical robotics systems [Image courtesy of CMR Surgical]CMR Surgical announced that Kreiskrankenhaus Rotenburg, a hospital in Germany, adopted its next-generation Versius surgical robot.

This marks the first introduction of robotic surgery for the German hospital. The hospital focuses on general, visceral and trauma surgery. It plans to use Versius to conduct a range of procedures, including complex visceral surgery, abdominal tumour surgery, colorectal surgery, hernia surgery and general surgery.

Dr. Martin Oechsner, the hospital’s medical director and general surgeon, said the hospital was impressed with Versius’ small, modular form factor. CMR Surgical CCO Massimiliano Colella says the company designed Versius to benefit all hospitals, small, medium or large.

The latest Versius installation means there have been more than 140 around the world. CMR Surgical also raised $165 million to support Versius in September.

Versius is a…

CMR Surgical has a new chief commercial officer

Massimiliano Colella. [Image courtesy of CMR Surgical]Surgical robot technology developer CMR Surgical announced today that it named Massimiliano Colella as its chief commercial officer (CCO).

In the new role, Colella oversees the commercial and marketing operations at the Cambridge, UK-based company. It marks another C-suite appointment for CMR Surgical, which earlier this year appointed Supratim Bose as its new CEO.

Colella offers experience in the medical device industry and a senior leadership background in the hospital providers sector. His appointment comes as CMR Surgical accelerates its commercial installations of the Versius surgical robot.

Versius is a small-scale system with collaborative arms and bedside units for direct patient access. It also features freedom of port placement to best suit the needs of each patient. CMR Surgical designed Versius to enable surgeons to perform more minimal access surgery. Its minimally invasive approach assists …

CMR Surgical brings in $165M to support surgical robot

Versius surgical robotics systems [Image courtesy of CMR Surgical]CMR Surgical announced today that it raised a funding round worth $165 million (£133 million) and hit a milestone with its surgical robot.

The Cambridge, UK-based company develops the Versius surgical robotic system. Versius is a small-scale system with collaborative arms and bedside units for direct patient access. It also features freedom of port placement to best suit the needs of each patient. CMR Surgical features on our list of surgical robotics companies you need to know.

According to a news release, the latest round of funding for CMR Surgical was increased due to strong internal demand. All major existing investors, including Ally Bridge Group, Cambridge Innovation Capital, Escala Capital, LGT and its affiliate Lightrock, RPMI Railpen, SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Tencent and Watrium all led the round.

CMR Surgical earmarked the funds to drive continued product innovation, including ne…

First UK hospital to use Versius surgical robot from CMR Surgical

[Image courtesy of CMR Surgical]CMR Surgical announced that Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, a leading UK hospital, introduced its Versius surgical robotic system.

Cambridge, UK-based CMR Surgical called Royal Papworth “one of the world’s leading cardiothoracic hospitals.” It also serves as the UK’s main heart and lung transplant center. It’s now set to become the first hospital in the UK to use Versius for thoracic procedures.

CMR Surgical designed Versius to enable surgeons to perform more minimal access surgery. The company says this offers patients “access to the highest quality of surgical care.” Its minimally invasive approach assists surgeons accessing the lungs, thymus and esophagus.

Through small incisions in patients’ ribs, thoracic surgeons can work precisely and accurately in the chest cavity with Versius. It features small, fully wristed instruments and 3D vision. The surgical robot’s smal…

Surgical robot maker CMR Surgical appoints Supratim Bose as CEO

[Image from CMR Surgical]Surgical robot technology developer CMR Surgical announced today that it appointed Supratim Bose as its new CEO.

Bose takes over from Per Vegard Nerseth with immediate effect. He joined the company last month as a senior advisor to the CEO. Bose also took over leadership of the Asia, Middle East and Africa regions, leading commercial operations in those geographies.

With more than 40 years in the medtech industry, Bose held multiple leadership positions at global organizations. Those include Johnson & Johnson, Boston Scientific and ConvaTec, according to a news release. His appointment comes as CMR Surgical aims to continue commercializing its business. It already has more than 100 Versius surgical robot systems installed globally.

“With Versius we have an opportunity to help hospitals and surgeons transform surgery for people around the world,” Bose said. “I am excited to lead a business that has such a differentiat…

DeviceTalkers assemble for the final Newsmakers of 2022

In this episode, your diligent team of DeviceTalkers assembled to review our Top 10 events, trends and newsmakers of 2022.

Executive Editor Chris Newmarker, Pharma Editor Brian Buntz, Managing Editor Jim Hammerand, Senior Editor Danielle Kirsh and Associate Editor Sean Whooley joined me, DeviceTalks Editorial Director Tom Salemi, for the latest DeviceTalks podcast.

We’ve got some highs — robots, diabetes — and some lows — supply chain, recalls — and a whole lot of interesting things in between. All-in-all, we’re bullish on what’s to come in 2023! And we only mentioned COVID-19 once.

Companies mentioned in our wide-ranging discussion include Abbott, Abiomed, Ambu, Becton Dickinson, Boston Scientific, CMR Surgical, Dexcom, embecta, Intuitive, Johnson & Johnson Medtech, Medtronic, Neuralink, Philips, Senseonics, Stryker, Synchron, Vicarious Surgical, Zimmer Biomet, ZimVie and many more.

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CMR Surgical and J&J are partnering on surgical robotics

Versius surgical robotics systems [Image courtesy of CMR Surgical]CMR Surgical announced today that Johnson & Johnson MedTech’s Ethicon business will work with CMR to sell its Versius surgical robotics systems in select markets.

The collaboration involves commercial teams from the two companies working together. They’ll focus on selling to select hospitals in Italy, France, Germany and Brazil.

“By entering into this collaboration agreement with Ethicon in select markets, CMR believes that this combination of expertise in minimal access surgery and digital innovation will deliver an optimized offering to customers” CMR Surgical CEO Per Vegard Nerseth said in a news release. “CMR looks forward to progressing this agreement in strategically important regions as CMR continues to rapidly expand on a global scale.”

The news comes only weeks after the Cambridge, U.K.–based surgical robotics upstart announced that it had inst…