Sam Brusco, Associate Editor02.23.21
Brainlab has reached two major milestones with FDA clearance for the Loop-X Mobile Imaging Robot and Cirq, a robotic surgical system. Following last summer’s CE mark, the FDA nods allow Brainlab to enter U.S. markets with the Cirq robotic alignment module for spine procedures, and Loop-X, a fully robotic intraoperative imaging device.
Loop-X works with the full Brainlab digital surgery portfolio or with an existing surgical setup. Independently moving imaging source and detector panels enable flexible patient positioning and non-isocentric imaging which reduces radiation exposure and increases the variety of indications possible to treat. The mobile imaging robot can be controlled wirelessly with a touchscreen tablet.
Loop-X was developed in collaboration between Brainlab and partner medPhoton based in Salzburg, Austria, where the first Loop-X was installed. Hospital San Juan de Dios León in Spain recently performed the world’s first navigated spine surgery using Loop-X mobile imaging robot technology.
Following Cirq’s success and growing install base, the new Cirq Robotic Alignment module can fine tuning the alignment to a pre-planned trajectory, freeing up surgeons’ hands and enabling them to focus on the patient’s anatomy. Surgeons at Royal London Hospital in the United Kingdom have already used Cirq Robotic Alignment for a range of cases from routine lumbar fusions to complex deformity and cervical fractures.
“We’re expanding and diversifying our digital surgery portfolio with robotics across all indications,” said Sean Clark, president of Brainlab Inc. told the press. “Our customers want to offer their patients advanced technologies close to home. Brainlab technologies are designed to enable greater freedom for clinicians and enhance outcomes for patients.”
The recent availability of these robotic medical devices is bringing a futuristic vision of the modern digital operating room closer to reality supporting surgeons in their day-to-day work and bringing benefits to their patients.
Loop-X works with the full Brainlab digital surgery portfolio or with an existing surgical setup. Independently moving imaging source and detector panels enable flexible patient positioning and non-isocentric imaging which reduces radiation exposure and increases the variety of indications possible to treat. The mobile imaging robot can be controlled wirelessly with a touchscreen tablet.
Loop-X was developed in collaboration between Brainlab and partner medPhoton based in Salzburg, Austria, where the first Loop-X was installed. Hospital San Juan de Dios León in Spain recently performed the world’s first navigated spine surgery using Loop-X mobile imaging robot technology.
Following Cirq’s success and growing install base, the new Cirq Robotic Alignment module can fine tuning the alignment to a pre-planned trajectory, freeing up surgeons’ hands and enabling them to focus on the patient’s anatomy. Surgeons at Royal London Hospital in the United Kingdom have already used Cirq Robotic Alignment for a range of cases from routine lumbar fusions to complex deformity and cervical fractures.
“We’re expanding and diversifying our digital surgery portfolio with robotics across all indications,” said Sean Clark, president of Brainlab Inc. told the press. “Our customers want to offer their patients advanced technologies close to home. Brainlab technologies are designed to enable greater freedom for clinicians and enhance outcomes for patients.”
The recent availability of these robotic medical devices is bringing a futuristic vision of the modern digital operating room closer to reality supporting surgeons in their day-to-day work and bringing benefits to their patients.