Intuitive Surgical Expands Into Hospital Informatics With Orpheus Medical Acquisition

Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG) announced on Monday that it has acquired privately held Orpheus Medical. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Orpheus provides clinical and imaging documentation solutions to hospitals. Its technology is used to capture, archive, and share clinical video and images that can be used to improve patient care, and can be integrated into electronic medical record (EMR) systems and vendor-neutral archives (VNAs). 

The acquisition of Orpheus marks a major step for Intuitive Surgical in expanding beyond its core robotic surgical systems business. Its da Vinci system is the world's leading robotic surgical system, with 5,582 installed as of Dec. 31. 

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