Both organisations plan to use Olympus' network and EndoRobotics' expertise to make the solutions globally available.

The Stealth AXiS platform supports customisable adoption based on each hospital’s needs.

The company, whose shares climbed nearly 8% Wednesday morning, also said a recent cyber incident has been contained and did not significantly affect first-quarter results.

Shanghai has become the first place in China to move toward an official licensing system for doctors performing robot-assisted surgery.

Using an animal model of ascending pharyngeal artery occlusion for thrombectomy, the PANVIS STAR system successfully completed the full mechanical thrombectomy workflow.