Intuitive Surgical

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
legal form	Inc.
ISIN	US46120E6023
founding	1995
Seat	Sunnyvale , California United States
management	Gary S. Guthart, (President and CEO );
Number of employees	over 4400 (2017)
sales	$ 3.1 billion (2017)
Branch	Medical technology
Website	www.intuitive.com

Image of an Intuitive Surgical Da Vinci operating system

Intuitive Surgical is a US medical technology company. Intuitive Surgical manufactures robot-assisted surgical systems for performing minimally invasive surgery under the brand name Da Vinci . The fundamentals for this were researched at the SRI back in the 1980s . Intuitive Surgical was founded in 1995 and went public in 2000. In that year, the Da Vinci operating system was also approved by the FDA for use in laparoscopic surgery . The company is part of the NASDAQ-100 and the S&P 500 .

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