Business
Shares of Intuitive jump on FDA approval of new surgical robot
April 1, 2014
Shares of Intuitive Surgical Inc. jumped more than 12% Tuesday after the Sunnyvale company said the Food and Drug Administration had approved the latest version of its robotic surgical system.
Technology and the Internet
Intuitive Surgical Inc. plans to go public in an initial stock offering that could raise $50 million to help bring its microsurgery technology to market.
April 24, 1998
Intuitive Surgical Inc. was sued by Caltech, which claims the company’s da Vinci system for robotic surgery infringes patents held by the university.
Jan. 9, 2007
Science & Medicine
Medicine: Technology could transform highly invasive operations by enabling doctors to use tiny incisions. Robot’s arms give surgeons more dexterity.
July 12, 2000
* Intuitive Surgical Inc. agreed to buy Computer Motion Inc. for about $64.5 million in stock, ending patent lawsuits between the rival California makers of robotic arms that guide instruments in complex surgeries. * Reliant Resources Inc. of Houston became the latest power company to announce plans to exit the energy-trading market.
March 8, 2003
The Da Vinci system is now in 2,000 hospitals. But there’s concern that hands-on surgery still has advantages.
March 19, 2014
Less invasive procedure aims to reduce patients’ pain, recovery time.
Aug. 6, 2001
Robotic surgery grows, but so do questions
Oct. 17, 2011
COMPLICATIONS A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science By Atul Gawande Metropolitan Books 288 pages; $24 * When a criminal or terrorist commits a heinous offense, there is usually a flock of “experts” who appear as if by magic with a flurry of explanations and pleas for understanding of root causes--political or psychological.
May 13, 2002