MassDevice The Medical Device Business Journal — Medical Device News & Articles | MassDevice July 16, 2019 By Brad Perriello Intuitive Surgical (NSDQ:ISRG) said yesterday that it paid an unspecified amount to buy Schölly Fiberoptic‘s robotic endoscope business designed and manufactured several imaging systems for Intuitive’s flagship da Vinci surgical systems The vendor relationship is slated to continue with Schölly’s fiberoptic business The deal includes Schölly’s robotic endoscope manufacturing line Some 200 Schölly employees from these sites are slated to join the Sunnyvale Calif.-based robot-assisted surgery pioneer over the next 18 months “Schölly has been an important and valued vendor for Intuitive since the very early days of the company,” systems & vision SVP Brian Miller said in prepared remarks “Leading visualization has been a core pillar of our company and we expect it to continue to be important going forward It makes sense to bring the teams together for both organizations.” “Application-specific and advanced image quality is our passion and the key for successful and safe minimally invasive surgery,” added Schölly CEO Holger Reinecke and we share the common mission to advance health care by providing state-of-the-art technologies and innovative product features This transaction will allow Schölly to focus more strategically on our global visualization business and ensure sustainable growth.” Copyright © 2025 · WTWH Media LLC and its licensors The material on this site may not be reproduced except with the prior written permission of WTWH Media Privacy Policy Learn how to describe the purpose of the image (opens in a new tab) Leave empty if the image is purely decorative We're working on a visual shortcode editor until then please follow these instructions Email us to support@plugin.builders for any problems Millions of Europeans saw visions of winter in recent days as temperatures plunged and heavy snow fell in several countries Nearly a foot of snow was reported in eastern Ukraine by Euronews while more than a half-foot of wintry precipitation fell in Switzerland Snowfall was also reported in parts of Germany Trees fell in the Ukranian city of Kharkiv and more than 1,000 homes lost power (MORE: Late-April Cooldown Coming for Parts of U.S.) The snow also created travel problems in some areas At least two dozen people were hurt in a 40-car pileup near the Slovakian city of Poprad at about 6 a.m The collision shut down the main route that connects the eastern part of Slovakia to the capital "A southward dip in the jet stream has kept much of eastern Europe and adjacent parts of Russia in a very cold weather pattern since the weekend," said weather.com meteorologist Chris Dolce "Low temperatures have been subfreezing at times allowing snow to fall in the region." Additional images of the snowstorm can be seen below We recognize our responsibility to use data and technology for good We may use or share your data with our data vendors The Weather Channel is the world's most accurate forecaster according to ForecastWatch, Global and Regional Weather Forecast Accuracy Overview Nearly a foot of snow was reported in eastern Ukraine by Euronews (MORE: Late-April Cooldown Coming for Parts of U.S.) \\\"A southward dip in the jet stream has kept much of eastern Europe and adjacent parts of Russia in a very cold weather pattern since the weekend,\\\" said weather.com meteorologist Chris Dolce \\\"Low temperatures have been subfreezing at times The Robot Report By Steve Crowe | July 16 Intuitive Surgical Germany-based Schölly Fiberoptic‘s robotic endoscope business The financial terms of the acquisition were not detailed Intuitive said the acquisition will integrate Schölly’s robotic endoscope manufacturing line and two Schölly sites into Intuitive operations: Intuitive will integrate into its team approximately 200 staff from these three sites over the next 18 months Speaking to investors in April 2019 during the Q1 earnings call Intuitive CEO Gary Guthart mentioned imaging as one of the priority areas for R&D investment which has been a supplier for Intuitive for 20 years has designed and manufactured several imaging systems for Intuitive’s flagship da Vinci surgical systems Intuitive said the vendor relationship is slated to continue with Schölly’s fiberoptic business “Schölly has been an important and valued vendor for Intuitive since the very early days of the company,” said Brian Miller Intuitive senior vice president for systems and vision In addition to bringing important aspects of da Vinci’s visualization system under Intuitive the acquisition will help strengthen Intuitive’s supply chain and increase its manufacturing capacity for imaging products “Application-specific and advanced image quality is our passion and the key for successful and safe minimally invasive surgery,” said Prof Intuitive has been busy in 2019. In February, the FDA cleared Intuitive’s Ion system which is designed to enable doctors to conduct minimally-invasive biopsies deep within the lung Ion includes an articulating robotic catheter with an outer diameter of only 3.5 mm that is able to move 180 degrees in all directions allowing a physician to navigate the catheter through small and tortuous airways to reach nodules In March, Intuitive won another indication from the FDA for its da Vinci SP robot-assisted surgery device The FDA added single-port radical tonsillectomy and tongue base resection procedures to the mix Intuitive also raised the largest investment of any robotics company in the first half of 2019. It raised $2 billion via a stock repurchase in February and chair of the Robotics Summit & Expo and RoboBusiness He is also co-host of The Robot Report Podcast the top-rated podcast for the robotics industry He joined WTWH Media in January 2018 after spending four-plus years as Managing Editor of Robotics Trends Media Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Copyright © 2025 WTWH Media LLC. All Rights Reserved. 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