UK-based medical equipment manufacturer Smith & Nephew has announced this week an acquisition in the field of robotic surgery.
The company will reportedly purchase US-based robotics company Blue Belt Technologies for the cost of $275m. Blue Belt Technologies produces a specialised medical system that it calls Navio, which allows for robotically-assisted knee-replacement surgeries. Their device takes detailed scans of a patient’s leg as well as their bones, before forming a 3D map of their…
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