MedTech Dive October 18, 2024
Susan Kelly

BTIG analysts wrote that installations of Intuitive’s new robotic surgery system are “well ahead of lofty” expectations.

Intuitive Surgical is on track to take the da Vinci 5 robot from a limited rollout to a broader launch in mid-2025.

Intuitive placed 110 da Vinci 5 systems in the third quarter, up from 70 in the second quarter, bringing the total installed base to 188, executives said on an earnings call Thursday. Customers so far have completed more than 12,000 procedures with the new platform over about the past six months, they added.

Da Vinci 5 installations are “well ahead of lofty buy-side expectations,” said BTIG analyst Ryan Zimmerman. “Limited launch or not, that’s a lot of [da Vinci 5] demand,”...

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