Voting is Open for 2023 Surgical Robots Industry Awards

Cambridge, UK (2 June 2023) — Voting is now open for the 2023 Surgical Robots Industry Awards. The Awards recognise the outstanding contribution of individuals, companies and technologies in the industry.

There are 4 Awards categories:

• Industry Leadership
• Innovative Start-Up
• Outstanding Company
• Ground-Breaking Technology

Nominations opened on May 4, 2023 and will close June 13, 2023. Winners will be announced June 27, 2023. 

Anybody with an interest in surgical robotics can nominate or vote. Medical IO professionals are encouraged to vote given their close proximity and use of these products. Entries with the most nominations will be short-listed for an eventual online vote.

Currently, those listed for each category are as follows: 

Industry Leadership

• Lucien Blondel, CTO, Quantum Surgical, Host of Less Invasive Podcast

• Ben Challacombe, Consultant Urologist, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

• Pedro Costa, CEO, Interventional Systems

• Shane Farritor, Ph.D, M.S., Co-founder & CTO, Virtual Incision

• Gary Guthart, CEO, Intuitive

• Bertin Nahum, CEO, Quantum Surgical

• Meliha Mulalic, VP Regulatory Affairs & Quality Affairs, THINK Surgical

• Joe Mullings, CEO, The Mullings Group

• George Murgatroyd, VP & GM, Digital Technologies Business Unit Medtronic

• Anne Osdoit, CEO, Moon Surgical & Partner, Sofinnova Partners

Innovative Start-Up

• AiM Medical Robotics

• AcuSurgical

• Convergence Medical

• ForSight Robotics

• Galen Robotics

• Moon Surgical

• Noah Medical

• Ronovo Surgical

• ROPCA

• Sentante

Outstanding Company

• Carl Stahl Sava Industries

• CMR Surgical

• Distalmotion

• Intuitive

• KUKA

• Medtronic

• Meril Healthcare Pvt. LTD

• Quantum Surgical

• Stryker

• THINK Surgical

Ground-Breaking Technology

• Cyber Surgery: Cyber Surgery Surgical Robot

• Interventional Systems: Micromate™ Medical Robot

• KUKA: LBR Med Collaborative Robot

• Levita Magnetics - Magnetic-Assisted Robotic Surgery (MARS) Platform

• Northgate Technologies: NEBULAE® SRS Laparoscopic Smoke Removal System

• Real-Time Innovations (RTI): Connext® Anywhere Software Framework

• Rob Surgical: Bitrack Surgical Robot

• Vicarious Surgical: The Vicarious Surgical Robotic System

• Virtual Incision: MIRA Surgical System

• WITTENSTEIN: Miniaturized Galaxie® Gearbox

Cast your votes for each category or nominate your own team/product today!