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I work with a limited number of companies a year that need my help and expertise with strategies and commercialisation in surgical and health robotics. If you'd like some help...
Let me explain why any surgical robotic company will be number 2 - It’s just mathematics
Steve Bell explains why number 2 in surgical robotics is just maths I recently ran a small poll on Linked In and asked who people thought...
Steve Bell
Sep 16, 202510 min read
LET’S GO SEE… The latest for TOUMAI with Kash Ikram & Steve Bell
Here is my full review of the visit to Microport / MedBot to see their multi-arm soft tissue surgical robot - and more. It's in two parts...
Steve Bell
Sep 9, 20251 min read
Intuitive and an ASC Focused Surgical Robot? What could it be like?
If Intuitive were to drop an ASC specific da Vinci. What do their patents indicate it could look like
Steve Bell
Sep 2, 20251 min read
OTTAVA WEEKEND
All my speculations and articles on what we know so far about Johnson & Johnson's table based OTTAVA soft tissue surgical robot. Ottava...
Steve Bell
Aug 30, 20252 min read
Ottava: How might the arms work and what would set up be like
Steve Bell speculates on Ottava based on recent patent updates. He blends real world images with patent diagrams to determine if this patent was reduced to a real world product.
Steve Bell
Aug 26, 20251 min read
So who will drive Endoluminal Robotic Surgery?
Steve Bell asks the question - who will drive the revolution in endoluminal robotic surgery.
Steve Bell
Aug 19, 20256 min read
Endoluminal delivery of metabolic therapies - a use for endoluminal robotics?
Endoluminal Metabolic Therapies could be delivered by Endoluminal robots to give better precision and repeatability
Steve Bell
Aug 12, 20254 min read
My secret weapon to know what is coming next in Surgical Robotics
ORCA 1 is the weapon to know what's next "Steve... how do you know what's coming and how do you predict so much stuff right?" - I have a...
Steve Bell
Aug 6, 20251 min read
Four Platforms every surgical robotics company will need
Steve Bell Dives into 4 robotic platform types Segmentation is already here. And if you think the world is all about the da Vinci Xi and...
Steve Bell
Aug 5, 202513 min read
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
Jul 31, 202521 min read
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 22, 202510 min read
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 15, 202513 min read
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 9, 202530 min read
Next level surgical robotic Simulation
Simulation in surgical robotics is about to potentially take a step up.
Steve Bell
Jul 8, 20253 min read
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 30, 202511 min read
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 25, 202510 min read
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 18, 202512 min read
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 11, 202512 min read
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 10, 202515 min read
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 4, 20251 min read
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