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Think Surgical enters into multiple surgical robot collaborations

Think Surgical announced two new collaborations surrounding surgical robotics and implants for total knee arthroplasty (TKA).

The company inked new collaborations with Maxx Orthopedics and b-ONE Ortho Corp. over the past two days. These deals come just days after the company announced a partnership with Waldemar Link on the same front.

First, in collaboration with Maxx, Think Surgical plans to add Maxx’s implants to its TMINI miniature surgical robotic system. The deal brings the Freedom knee system for total knee arthroplasty to Think Surgical’s ID-HUB. ID-HUB serves as a proprietary database of implant modules for use with TMINI. The database already includes five implant systems from other manufacturers, including the one added from Link this week.

Think also added b-ONE implants, including the Mobio total knee system.

TMINI received FDA clearance in May 2023. It features a wireless, robotic handpiece that assists surgeons in perfor…

Think Surgical, Link collab on surgical robotics for total knee replacement

Think Surgical announced today that it plans a collaboration with Waldemar Link to implement its technology in surgical robotics.

In the collaboration, Think Surgical plans to add the LinkSymphoKnee system to its ID-HUB. ID-HUB serves as a proprietary data bank of implant modules for use with Think Surgical’s TMINI handheld miniature surgical robotic system.

TMINI received FDA clearance in May 2023. It features a wireless, robotic handpiece that assists surgeons in performing total knee replacement. Following a CT-based three-dimensional surgical plan, the TMINI robotic handpiece automatically compensates for the surgeon’s hand movement to locate bone pins along precisely defined planes. Cutting guides are then connected to the bone pins for accurate bone resection.

Part of Think Surgical’s offering includes a commitment to providing open-platform robots. It aims to support implants from multiple manufacturers, adding Link implants to i…

FDA clears Think Surgical handheld robotic knee surgery device

The TMINI miniature robotic system for total knee surgeries [Image courtesy of Think Surgical]Think Surgical announced today that it’s received FDA 510(k) clearance for its TMINI miniature robotic system that assists with total knee surgeries.

Here’s how Fremont, California–based Think Surgical described the TMINI system in its news release:

“The TMINI system includes a wireless robotic handpiece that assists surgeons in performing total knee replacement. Following a CT-based three-dimensional surgical plan, the TMINI robotic handpiece automatically compensates for surgeon hand movement to locate bone pins along precisely defined planes. Cutting guides are then connected to the bone pins for accurate bone resection. TMINI is easy to use and replaces many of the instruments currently used for knee replacement surgery.”

For comparison, Stryker’s popular Mako system is more about creating a patient-specific preoperative plan off o…

The biggest medical device VC deals of 2022

Enable Injections, which makes the enFuse device, raised $215 million in January 2022. [Photo courtesy of Enable Injections]

Last year was definitely a slower year for medical device VC deals than the year before.

Biofourmis was the only medical device developer in the 10 largest healthcare VC deals of 2022, according to a ranking provided to Medical Design & Outsourcing by Silicon Valley Bank (SVB).

Because we love devices at Medical Design & Outsourcing, we asked SVB for a ranking of 2022’s largest medical device VC deals after Biofourmis, which raised $325 million in its 2022 series D round. (The year before that, CMR Surgical’s $600 million Series D financing round was the largest medical device VC deal of 2021.)

SVB obliged, once again drawing upon its own proprietary information and data from Pitchbook. The dealmakers include device developers with innovative methods for …

Think Surgical robot can use Ortho Development implants, FDA says

Think Surgical’s T Solution One robotic system with Ortho Development’s BKS TriMax (Image courtesy of Think Surgical and Ortho Development)

The FDA has cleared two Ortho Development knee implants for use with a Think Surgical robotic system, the companies announced today.

Surgeons will now be able to use Ortho Development’s Balanced Knee system (BKS) and BKS TriMax implants with Think Surgical’s TSolution One total knee arthroplasty system. TSolution One is the only commercially available active robot system for total knee replacement that supports an open implant library, giving surgeons a choice of implant options, according to Think Surgical.

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