Talk:Intuitive Surgical

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Looks like last section has been Hijacked by the company

The last section seems to be purely advertisement from the company, with no citation. It should be deleted.109.232.58.185 (talk) 11:01, 25 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Content copied from website

The contents is a copy from the website of the company. Just advertisement! Could one please rewrite this. Of course Intuitive Surgical is relevant. Would pure advertising context justify deletion of the article anyway? --Timekeeper77 07:15, 1 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, but it can justify deleting all the material that likely violates their copyright. WhatamIdoing (talk) 18:00, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

BMJ opinion piece

http://www.bmj.com/content/347/bmj.f7470.full
Personal View: The robotic surgery monopoly is a poor deal
BMJ 2013; 347 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f7470 (Published 19 December 2013)
Abhishek Trehan, Tristan J Dunn
Argues that the cost of Intuitive Surgical's system is high because its merger with Computer Motion and resulting lack of competition. Intuitive's profit margin is "remarkably high" compared to other medical device companies. Latest model of da Vinci costs $2.8 million. --Nbauman (talk) 22:03, 19 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

JAMA Surgery

Yen-Yi Juo, Omar Hyder, Adil H. Haider, Melissa Camp, Anne Lidor, Nita Ahuja. Is Minimally Invasive Colon Resection Better Than Traditional Approaches? JAMA Surgery, 2013; DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.3660

Answer: No.

Here's the open-access press release. Note: This is a summary of the journal article reviewed by JAMA and Johns Hopkins before it's sent out, so it's a WP:RS

With Surgical Robot, Similar Outcomes Higher Cost

Dec. 18, 2013 — In a study of national data on colon surgery, Johns Hopkins researchers found that while patients who undergo either minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery or the high-tech robotic approach have similar outcomes, robotic surgery is significantly more expensive. $,3000 more expensive. "What we have found is that the robot is no better than laparoscopy and it costs more. It has no benefit."

--Nbauman (talk) 11:51, 20 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Request edit on 29 November 2018

This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered.

Mary-Jayne Trainor from Intuitive here. Wanted to provide our updated logo for your use. My thanks again for the instruction on how to suggest updates/changes here. The logo file is not successfully being uploaded as an attachment here. Can you provide guidance on how to get that file to you? Thank you.Mjtrainor (talk) 17:50, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You may use either Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard or Commons:Upload Wizard. Regards, Spintendo 19:33, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]