The Mazor X is a revolutionary robotic guidance system for spine surgery. In the past, spine surgeries were risky and complications could involve subsequent pain, impairment, or the need for additional surgery.
Not anymore: combined with special software, the Mazor X robot allows pre-operative or intra-operative planning of the surgery. Pre-planning includes customizable implant selection, optimal implant trajectories, and 3D analytics. Planning allows the surgeon to work towards construct optimization and make the procedure predictable. During the surgery, the Mazor X platform secures a closed-loop connection between the bed-mounted robotic arm, the patient secured on the bed, and a rigid fixation between the robot and the patient’s skeletal anatomy, to ensure maximum mechanical accuracy and stability. These improvements reduce the risk of spine surgeries significantly.
Taga team had to deal with several challenges during
... read moreThe Mazor X is a revolutionary robotic guidance system for spine surgery. In the past, spine surgeries were risky and complications could involve subsequent pain, impairment, or the need for additional surgery.
Not anymore: combined with special software, the Mazor X robot allows pre-operative or intra-operative planning of the surgery. Pre-planning includes customizable implant selection, optimal implant trajectories, and 3D analytics. Planning allows the surgeon to work towards construct optimization and make the procedure predictable. During the surgery, the Mazor X platform secures a closed-loop connection between the bed-mounted robotic arm, the patient secured on the bed, and a rigid fixation between the robot and the patient’s skeletal anatomy, to ensure maximum mechanical accuracy and stability. These improvements reduce the risk of spine surgeries significantly.
Taga team had to deal with several challenges during the project. For example, the system had to be as small and mobile as possible and to adapt to any surgical bed in the hospital, in order to avoid the need for a dedicated operating room.
The team has designed a compact cart that the robotic arm could fold into and carried around the hospital to different rooms. When approaching the bed, the robot is unfolded and a special mechanism helps the hospital personnel to lift the robot and connect it to the bed. The cart then becomes a working station for the surgeon to pre-plan the surgery and to operate the robot during the surgery.
Taga’s engineers developed the cart mechanics and the peripherals. Taga’s designers gave the robot, the cart, and their peripherals a futuristic, hi-tech and iconic look. The design took into account the physician’s and patients’ needs, human engineering factors, and optimized and friendly user experience and helped to position Mazor as a leader in the back surgery category.
The product was a great success, and Mazor Robotics was acquired by Medtronic, the world’s largest company in medical devices, for $1.6 billion, the largest medical device exit in Israel. Both Mazor Robotics and Medtronic appreciated Taga’s work and its contribution to the acquisition deal.
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To design and develop a complex robotic system that will reduce the risks involved in spine surgery.
A sophisticated design and smart mechanical solutions contributed to the largest medical devices Exit in Israel ever.
