Intuitive Surgical develops, manufactures, and markets the da Vinci® Surgical System and the Ion® endoluminal system. The systems consist of a surgeon console or consoles, a patient-side cart, a vision system, and proprietary instruments and accessories. Co.'s technology is designed to provide surgeons with a range of articulation of the surgical instruments used in the surgical field analogous to the motions of a human wrist, while filtering out the tremor inherent in a surgeon's hand. Co.'s platform for robotic-assisted surgery, da Vinci Surgical System, allows surgeons to operate while seated at a ergonomic console viewing a three-dimensional, high definition image of the surgical field.
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