Indulge me: I want to make sure you understand the following content, so I need to give some background for surgical stapling in surgical robotics:
History of surgical stapling
Types of staplers
Techniques with staplers
Why staplers are critical in laparoscopy
Which procedures staplers excel in
The stapler market
The issue with Staplers
daVinci staplers
What makes a good robotic stapler
What could Medtronic, JNJ, the others do
The impact of staplers on the robotic market
Future direction of robotic staplers
I want you to understand this or it will not make much sense when I get to the robotic staplers and the nuances of the importance of those staplers.
Introduction to surgical stapling
Surgical stapling has been a "staple" (pun intended) of advanced surgery since the 1980's (earlier if you go back to the days of the original Russian staplers.)