Sales of Intuitive Surgical Robots up by 60% in 2007

OPEN MINDS On-Line News Strategic Health Care News Sales of the da Vinci surgical robot, priced at $1.4 million each, grew more than 60% in 2007, for the third year in a row; 78 units were sold in the fourth quarter alone—bringing the installed base to 795 academic and community hospital sites worldwide. Intuitive Surgical, Inc., maker of the da Vinci robots, has predicted that 2008 sales will grow by another 40 percent this year, to $841 million. Introduced in 1999, the da Vinci Surgical System consists of a surgeon’s console, a patient-side cart with . . .