Is the Future Spine Device Fully Robotic?

By Alex D'souza, Medical Tech Outlook | Thursday, February 04, 2021

The future of a spine device is completely driven by robotics technology.

FREMONT, CA: Be it a spleen, rupture, or fracture in the spinal cord, the consequences are highly expensive, disruptive, or even fatal. Contributing to solving the quest for optimizing spinal diagnostics and surgeries, the medical device innovators are exploring every bit of the merits that technology has to shower upon the realm of medical science and technology. Surgical robots are not new to the medical tech industry. From non-invasive care to predictive care delivery features, technology has been radically transforming the vertical of the medical device.

Spine devices are today being increasingly fit by effective robots that are taking spine technology to the highest of the level. Orthopedics cure is ripe for welcoming every technology that the spinal device development has in its kitty. Robotics technology is increasingly becoming highly valuable in the arena of spine surgery. The future of spine care is exciting as robots are adding in increasing amounts of efficacy.

Spine surgeries these days involve the use of robots in the form of high performing surgery assistants. In addition, the robots help in laying and stabilizing the placement of pedicle screws. With the kind of service the robots are offering during spinal surgery, they are expected to very soon override the operations of a doctor, and the medical reality might have doctors operate the surgery without any direct involvement as the robot does it all. Spine devices have the robotics technology to serve functions related to retractors, drilling of the bone, and also directing the equipment or the device in the right way into the spinal tissues, nerves, and other parts of the cord.

The spine device technology is induced by the real and effective conceptualization of robotics. Since the spine robot help in offering high amounts of personalized and more comprehensive care to the spinal elements, the medical device market is keen on filling itself with robotics technology innovations. The intervention of robotics technology is sure to increase greater levels of precision in a spine treatment process. This makes way for fewer surgical errors, better fusions, and lesser reoperations.