Medtronic’s Hugo Robotic-Assisted Surgery System Gets Health Canada License

Medtronic Canada, the Brampton, Ontario, subsidiary of the Ireland-based device giant, has received a Health Canada license for its Hugo robotic-assisted surgery system.

The license covers Hugo’s use in urologic and gynecologic laparoscopic surgical procedures, which make up about half of all robotic procedures performed today.

The modular robotic platform includes wristed instruments, 3D visualization and cloud-based surgical video capture.

Medtronic received a CE mark certification for its Hugo system in October.