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You turn up at the new company - and it's not what you expect - what should you do?
The interviews were awesome. The CEO and the board sold you on the green meadows, limitless opportunity, the upwards trajectory, cash in...
Steve Bell
Jul 2, 20249 min read
Controversial market share numbers for soft tissue robotic surgery?
My 10 year market share predictions on the soft tissue surgical robotics market.
Steve Bell
Jun 28, 202415 min read
Breaking news: Intuitive and Medtronic
Rumours that came out at SRS are now gaining support from in-field intelligence. Regarding Intuitive - perhaps I spoke too soon on...
Steve Bell
Jun 27, 20244 min read
Latest developments in Surgical Robotics From SRS 2024 (Society of Surgical Robotics)
Deep dive review of everything seen at SRS with some personal test drive feedback
Steve Bell
Jun 25, 202426 min read
Ottava Surgical Robot : First Early review and sadly concerns
My first overview of Ottava surgical robot by Ethicon Johnson & Johnson
Steve Bell
Jun 22, 202418 min read
My SRS 2024 keynote presentation to download
My SRS 2024 keynote talk
Steve Bell
Jun 21, 20241 min read
Breaking news: SSii launches Mantra 3 - 3rd generation modular surgical robot
Mantra 3 by SSii is potentially the most advanced modular surgical soft tissue robot on the market today
Steve Bell
Jun 13, 20244 min read
Pre SRS walk and talk about surgical robotics
Morning walk with thoughts on the surgical robotics landscape pre SRS
Steve Bell
Jun 12, 20241 min read
So what’s going to happen now to the competing soft tissue surgical robotics companies?
Intuitive rule the roost - so what will happen now to all the other soft tissue robotics companies?
Steve Bell
Jun 10, 202418 min read
What does a healthy surgical robotics company look like - and what does a struggling one look like?
You really need to know which surgical robotics companies are healthy and which are sick
Steve Bell
May 31, 202416 min read
Why does da Vinci 5 change things so much?
Da Vinci 5 - by Intuitive I'm not sure if everyone is fully up to speed on why Intuitives da Vinci 5 changes the game in surgical...
Steve Bell
May 29, 202414 min read
Please stop saying we are only 3% penetrated in soft tissue surgical robotics - these are the numbers to care about.
If you still believe we are only 3% penetrated in soft tissue surgical robotics - time to think again
Steve Bell
May 27, 202414 min read
Common reasons MedTech Startups struggle and fail
90% of startups fail and over 75% of medtech startups fail. That's a sad yet not surprising number. There are several reasons that this...
Steve Bell
May 21, 20247 min read
The Great Surgical Robotics Roundup
Has it already started? Has the great surgical robotics roundup started What is it? The future is extremely clear to me. Soft tissue...
Steve Bell
May 20, 202416 min read
The ten year drought in robotics could hit many companies
If strategic companies in medtech miss this round of robots - they could be in a. ten year drought.
Steve Bell
May 17, 20241 min read
When does your surgical robot end up in a dumpster ❓
The nightmare for all soft tissue surgical robotics company is inactive systems that are sent back, sit in the corner or go to a dumpster
Steve Bell
May 15, 20244 min read
Force Feedback / Haptics in surgical robotics
Find out more about the meaning of force feedback instruments and haptics in soft tissue surgical robotics
Steve Bell
May 8, 202413 min read
Stop faking it to rip off MedTech startups
Too many incubators or events - or services - or experts are faking it to rip off medtech startups. It needs to stop
Steve Bell
May 1, 20246 min read
Distalmotion and Dexter (The soft tissue surgical robot) with CEO Greg Roche
I had the chance to sit with the CEO of Distalmotion - Greg Roche - and discuss the changing face of surgical robotics. We discuss the...
Steve Bell
Apr 30, 20241 min read
Strategies to sell against Intuitive's amazing da Vinci 5
I'm going to start by prefacing this post with a disclaimer. I love the da Vinci 5 - I think Intuitive has stepped up to the challenge of...
Steve Bell
Apr 24, 202415 min read
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