Levita Magnetics CEO shares insight into dual-robot surgical procedure [Video]

Surgical robotic procedures are becoming increasingly more commonplace every day. In 2022 alone, surgeons around the world performed 1.8 million robot-assisted procedures, according to the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Last month, Levita Magnetics Inc. announced what it said was a new breakthrough in the field: For the first time, surgeons completed a procedure using two robots in tandem. 

The procedure, a prostate-removal surgery, used Levita’s MARS platform to maneuver internal organs using its proprietary magnetic positioning system. Dr. Jeffrey Cadeddu at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center combined the MARS (magnetic-assisted robotic surgery) system with Intuitive Surgical‘s Da Vinci SP (single-port) robot.

Dr. Alberto Navarro-Rodriguez, the CEO and president of Levita Magnetics, said the idea for the procedure came from Cadeddu. It was an exciting moment for Navarro-Rodriguez, who founded Levita after stopping his clinical practice. He recalled that he hoped to create tools that would empower surgeons …