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 Soft Tissue Surgical Robot

Early review from last year that explores the architecture of Ottava and what could be the pros and cons of a table mounted robot	https://www.howtostartupinmedtech.com/post/ottava-surgical-robot-first-early-review-and-sadly-concerns
Different architectures of arms for surgical robots and where Ottava fits in	https://www.howtostartupinmedtech.com/post/the-arms-race-in-surgical-robotics-why-they-are-so-important-in-design-choice
From the public documents in the Auris case vs JNJ what can we learn about Ottava and why it has become the deign it has	https://www.howtostartupinmedtech.com/post/auris-vs-jnj-1b-ruling-what-can-we-learn
Deep dive into the different architectures of surgical robots and how it changes how they work	https://www.howtostartupinmedtech.com/post/pros-and-cons-of-different-soft-tissue-surgical-robot-architectures
Dualto - has many design cues and software clues that link to Ottava patents and tower patents - does it give us deeper clues as to how the tower of Ottava may be organised	https://www.howtostartupinmedtech.com/post/dualto-is-a-sneak-peek-inside-ottava
Patent searches on recently updated patents may give some key clues to how you use Ottava in the real world	https://www.howtostartupinmedtech.com/post/ottava-how-might-the-arms-work-and-what-would-set-up-be-like
The Ethicon 4000 stapler - claimed to be ready for Ottava integration - here's what we know	https://www.howtostartupinmedtech.com/post/johnson-johnson-drops-the-ethicon-4000-stapler-with-ethicon-3d-staple-technology-ready-for-ottava
A core part of an Ottava system is the tower - this post uses the Ottava tower patents to recreate what the Ottava tower my be made up of and why	https://www.howtostartupinmedtech.com/post/for-robotics-of-the-future-are-we-talking-towers-or-hubs

(Of course my scouse humour was to put this in a table... get it...)

Ottava seems to be an exciting third alternative to Intuitive Boom designs, and Medtronic modular designs. I've pulled together everything publically known about Ottava and presented it here in this series of blog post. Keep reminding yourself that this is only speculation as much of the details of Ottava has been kept a deep secret.

However we do know it is currently in IDE trials for Bariatrics - cases are recruiting and JNJ has indicated a 2026 submission for FDA in the USA. Browsing job offerings and recruitment - it is clear that JNJ is preparing critical markets like the USA, Europe and especially Japan for an early commercial push of this technology.

These are simply speculations and opinions of the author for education purposes only - based on publicly available information.