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Intuitive Surgical is a robotics company founded 1995, based in United States, developing 1 robot primarily in the Surgical / Medical category.
Maker of Da Vinci & Ion robotic systems
Intuitive develops robotic-assisted surgical systems led by the da Vinci platform, including da Vinci Xi, for minimally invasive procedures across hospitals and surgical centers. Its systems are used by surgeons in specialties such as urology, gynecology, thoracic, and general surgery, with operations centered in the United States and global markets.
Company facts
- Legal name
- Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
- HQ
- Sunnyvale, United States
- Founded
- 1995 · 31 yrs
- Employees
- 10,000+
- Website
- www.intuitive.com
- View profile ↗
Maker Score
Products, Range, Traction set the number — the three factors present for every company. Activity, Attention, Readiness describe the brand but never move it. A value we don't have reads —, never zero. Claiming or paying moves nothing.
5 of 6 factors known. How it's calculated
Trusted by
- Self Regional Healthcareselfregional.org ↗
- University of Iowa Health Caredeployed 2025cpss.uihealthcare.org ↗
Milestones
Received US FDA clearance for the first da Vinci surgical system
Began testing the first da Vinci surgical system
Intuitive Surgical Devices founded, commercializing the SRI system
Press coverage
In the news
8 events · last 90 days
62.1momentumAdventist Health adds second robotic surgical system in Hanford to meet growing demand
In the news
8 events · last 90 days
Why Intuitive Surgical has been in the news, across 28 outlets — collected and classified independently, so a maker cannot add to it. It never changes a robot's RoboScore — the evidence half of the RoboIndex — and it can move a robot up a board by at most 15 points.
Active products by Intuitive Surgical
1 shown| # | Category | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | da Vinci Xi | Surgical / Medical | 2014 | 54.9 |
Surgical / Medical buying guides
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