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Make the most of your robot: how to maximize the value of a strategic robotics program

Featuring Marieke Maanders
Director of Integrated Health Solutions, EMEA, Medtronic
Surgeons using Hugo

As leader of the IHS consulting team, Marieke focuses on developing robotics beyond the device itself. She and her team partner with hospitals on the design, development and delivery of robotic programs to help them achieve their strategic objectives. The ultimate goal: help hospitals realize more value from their robot purchase through optimization of patient care and standardization around patient treatment.

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What’s the next big thing in surgery?

Technology is evolving rapidly with many new surgical innovations, but we have to continually ask ourselves–why this specific technology? How is it going to benefit the end user?  What’s important is that technology enables us as surgeons to do things better for our patients.

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Building a Successful Robotic Surgery Program Through Partnership

Mineh Nazary, strategic business developer for surgical robotics, shares her insights on patient outcomes, challenges, and technology in RAS.

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Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders and the Ergonomics of RAS: A Review of the Evidence

While surgeons work to heal their patients, technology advancements in the OR work to keep surgeons well, too. Jed Farlow, Lead Human-Centered Design, Medtronic Surgical Robotics R&D, gives his insight.

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Can RAS Drive Ergonomic Improvements for Surgeons?

Dr. Erik Wilson shares insight from his experience in performing over 4,000 cases of robotic general surgery since 2002 and the longest series of robotic gastric bypasses in the world.

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How PBP is Transforming RAS Training

Learn how Proficiency-Based Progression (PBP) can maximize training outcomes in this article featuring the expert who invented it.

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3 Barriers to Building a RAS Program (and Solutions to Overcome Them)

Dr. John Lenihan, explores 3 key barriers you’ll likely face when starting a robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) program — and 3 solutions to help you successfully overcome them.

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5 Questions to Answer Before Starting a RAS Program

Robotics industry expert Josh Feldstein shares the top five questions a hospital must consider before starting a robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) program – and why having clearly-defined answers is so important.

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Changing the Training Game: One Path to Standardized Training for Robotic-assisted Surgery

Prof. Dr. Alexandre Mottrie shares his perspective on setting training standards for robotic-assisted surgery (RAS).

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How to Start a Sustainable RAS Revolution in Your Hospital

Medtronic Robotics System Utilization Manager, Berta Ortiga, shares her perspective on the best way for hospitals to approach investing in robot-assisted surgery technology and building a successful robotics program.

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Obesity and Robotic-Assisted Surgery (RAS)

Dr Anna Fagotti, Director of the Ovarian Cancer Unit at Polyclinico Gemelli, shares some of her insights about the challenges of surgically treating obese patients and how she uses robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) to overcome some of those challenges. 

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Bringing RAS to more people and places.

Learn how our early customers are overcoming key barriers to make more possible for their patients.
Ruben Olivares, M.D., performs the first procedure with Hugo™ at Clínica Santa Maria in Santiago, Chile.

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Diverse perspectives, infinite possibilities

We’ve spoken to thought leaders from around the world to capture diverse perspectives on everything related to robotic-assisted surgery (RAS): from various training methodologies and the fundamentals of program success to overcoming challenges, setting new standards and preparing for the future.

The Medtronic Hugo™ RAS system is commercially available in certain geographies. Regulatory requirements of individual countries and regions will determine approval, clearance, or market availability. In the EU, the Hugo™ RAS system is CE marked. In the U.S., the Hugo™ system is an investigational device not for sale. Touch Surgery™ Ecosystem is not intended to direct surgery, or aid in diagnosis or treatment of a disease or condition.