Medtronic Files for FDA Submission for the Hugo Robotic System

Medtronic Files for FDA Submission for the Hugo Robotic System

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Medical Devices and Diagnostics Industry
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  • Medtronic submits the Hugo robotic surgery system to FDA after meeting safety and effectiveness goals.
  • Hugo shows 98.5% surgical success in urologic study, beating the 85% benchmark (p<0.0001).
  • Hugo and Ottava systems challenge Intuitive’s da Vinci in the robotic surgery market.