The Defense Logistics Agency awarded veteran-owned company Fidelis Sustainability Distribution its medical equipment electronic catalog contract valued at up to $45 million over five years.

Sioux Center (Iowa) Health purchased Stryker's Mako robotic arm, a first for Sioux County, according to a Jan. 8 report from Sioux Center News.

Abrazo Scottsdale Campus' first robotic knee replacement with Smith+Nephew's Cori system was completed by James Chow, MD, who helped design the device, according to Scottsdale Progress.

South Korea-based Yonsei University Health system opened a surgical robot training facility, according to a Dec. 22 report from the Korea Biomedical Review.

India-based Sakra World Hospital is the first in the world to introduce an active robotic knee replacement system, according to a Dec. 15 report from BioSpectrum.

Monroe (Wis.) Clinic Orthopedics reached its 100th surgery with Stryker's Mako robot, according to a Dec. 11 report from the Journal Standard.

Allegheny Health Network Orthopaedic Institute has marked 1,500 surgeries with Stryker's Mako robot at Pittsburgh-based Allegheny General Hospital, according to a Dec. 9 press release.

RI.Insights, designed by Smith+Nephew, enables orthopedic surgeons to benchmark robotic surgical experiences with other users to improve preoperative planning and patient reported outcome measures.

Kankakee, Ill.-based Riverside Healthcare is reportedly the first hospital in the Midwest to use the Cirq robot for minimally invasive spine surgery, the Daily Journal reports.

Newnan-based Georgia Bone and Joint has implemented Stryker's Mako SmartRobotics for joint replacement procedures, The Newnan Times-Herald reported Nov. 23.

The global medical robots market is projected to reach $12.7 billion by 2025, up from about $5.9 billion in 2020, according to research from Markets and Markets.

Robert Browning, MD, chief of surgery at Lakewood Ranch (Fla.) Medical Center, has completed more than 500 robotic surgeries with the da Vinci Xi system.

Fremont, Calif.-based Think Surgical received FDA clearance for its TSolution One Total Knee Application, according to a Nov. 20 press release.

 This article is a portion of a book titled "Challenges, Risks and Opportunities in Today's Spine World " edited by Stephen Hochschuler, MD, Frank Phillips, MD, and Richard Fessler, MD. You can find links to the previous chapters at the end of this article.

Orthopedics This Week magazine has honored Fusion Robotics with its "best spine technology" award.

Walnut Creek, Calif.-based John Muir Health has added Zimmer Biomet's ROSA Knee system, according to a Nov. 17 press release.

Northwest Specialty Hospital in Post Falls, Idaho, has implemented three robotic technologies to bolster its spine surgical care, according to a Nov. 16 Coeur d'Alene Press report.

Sheeraz Qureshi, MD, and Paul Park, MD, were the first surgeons to use the ExcelsiusGPS Interbody Solutions system, Globus Medical said in a Nov. 12 news release.

Medtronic selected University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center as the second site east of the Mississippi River for the Stealth Autoguide robotic guidance platform, according to a Nov. 11 press release.

  Warwick, R.I.-based Kent Hospital has started using the Mako robot in total joint procedures, according to a November press release.