Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · Sunnyvale, CA United States ·(NASDAQ (GS): ISRG)

Intuitive Surgical is haptic to meet you. Employing haptics (the science of computer-aided touch sensitivity), the firm has developed the da Vinci Surgical System, a combination of software, hardware, and optics that allows doctors to perform robotically aided surgery from a remote console. The da Vinci system faithfully reproduces the doctor's hand movements in real time, with surgery performed by tiny electromechanical arms and instruments inserted in the patient's body through small openings. The company also makes instruments and accessories for use with its system. Intuitive sells its products in the Americas, Asia, Australia, and Europe through both a direct sales force and independent distributors. To read the full description, subscribe now.