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Swan Endosurgical - founded by Olympus and Revival Healthcare Capital - is about to change the rules
Swan Endosurgical just broke all the rules in GI endoscopy and things are about to change.
Steve Bell
3 days ago21 min read
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Society of Robotic Surgery 2025 meeting roundup (SRS 2025)
Steve reviews his top themes from SRS 2025 and what that means for the industry.
Steve Bell
Jul 2210 min read
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For robotics of the future - are we talking towers or hubs?
As we move forwards the tower is about to give way to the hub. Making the smart OR built around the HUB not the smart OR built around the surgeon.
Steve Bell
Jul 1513 min read
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Beyond Surgery: A Futuristic AI-Driven Robotic Health System
In this article Steve Bell and ChatGPT gaze ahead ti the future beyond surgery today
Steve Bell
Jul 930 min read
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Next level surgical robotic Simulation
Simulation in surgical robotics is about to potentially take a step up.
Steve Bell
Jul 83 min read
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Are Intuitive about to seriously update their imaging capabilities?
Intuitive has already cleared a lot more in imaging than you probably realise....
Steve Bell
Jun 3011 min read
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Which health robots will survive?
Hard to predict b its here a part of my algorithm to determine which robots will and won't survive.
Steve Bell
Jun 2510 min read
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12 emerging health robotics areas that should have your attention
It's not just da Vinci or Malo. There's a whole world of exciting health robots to get involved with
Steve Bell
Jun 1812 min read
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Johnson & Johnson drops the Ethicon 4000 stapler with Ethicon 3D staple technology: Ready for Ottava
The Ethicon 4000 stapler calls out Ottava - so I'm all in on this
Steve Bell
Jun 1112 min read
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Teaching hospitals should be obliged to have multiple types of surgical robots: Agree?
I believe teaching hospitals should be obliged to take on multiple shift tissue surgical robots equally
Steve Bell
Jun 1015 min read
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Soft Tissue Surgical Robotics Mid Year Review 2025
A podcast that looks back on my predictions for 2025 and what was right and wrong.
Steve Bell
Jun 41 min read
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The Arms race in surgical robotics - why they are so important in design choice
In surgical robotics the arm design is everything - from Z-rails to V-wrists - to no arms - which is the winner
Steve Bell
May 2822 min read
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Endolumenal robotics moves ahead with Endoquest and Virtuoso Surgical
Endolumenal surgery took a massive advance forwards with the first in human cases of Endoquest and Virtuoso Surgical.
Steve Bell
May 209 min read
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Wristed Precision or Costly Decision? A 10-Year Review of Robotic vs Laparoscopic Surgery
Wristed Precision or Costly Decision? A 10-Year Review of Robotic vs Laparoscopic Surgery Please don't gnash your teeth at me. I'm just...
Steve Bell
May 1335 min read
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Dualto is a sneak peek inside Ottava
Can we draw conclusions about the design of Ottava from understanding more about Dualto
Steve Bell
May 818 min read
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10 simple rules you must follow when commercialising a medical robot
Want to fail in surgical robotics? The avoid these 10 things...
Steve Bell
May 67 min read
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Robotic Stapling vs Manual Stapling: The results might surprise you
Robotic or manual stapling - what should surgeons use. Well this meta analysis might offer some deep insights
Steve Bell
Apr 222 min read
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Deep dive into the da Vinci SP and single port robotic surgery with Mohammad Ramadan MD FACS
Deep dive into why the Da Vinci SP may not be what you think
Steve Bell
Apr 151 min read
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Version 3: Ultimate Soft Tissue Surgical Robot Comparison Chart
65 plus soft tissue surgical robotic systems compared with immense details
Steve Bell
Apr 82 min read
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Breaking: Intuitive goes in on Cardiac Surgery... again
When Gary Guthart said they had cardiac on the map. I wondered when they would plant a flag in it.
Steve Bell
Apr 22 min read
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