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Globus Medical

Products: orthopedic-robot, neuro-robot. Risk band: Elevated   RobotRisk index 20.2/100 (incidents/exposure, time-weighted) · 94th percentile of 162 medical robotics companies.

Analyst brief

The record contains two entries tied to the ExcelsiusGPS surgical robot platform: an FDA warning letter citing quality-system and medical-device-reporting violations, and an earlier Class II recall of a cannula component used with the system. Both entries carry severity 3 and are both regulator-driven, indicating sustained compliance scrutiny of one product line rather than an isolated action. The index of 19.1 and 93.8th percentile place the company in the elevated band relative to medical-robotics peers. The pattern spans a device-quality-system finding and a hardware-component recall on the same platform, with no injury or fatality entries recorded.

Entries by year and severity

122024 S3: 2224
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Incident log (2 unique incidents)

SevDateTypeLocationIncidentSource
S308/13
2024
regulatory FDA warns Globus Medical over QSR/MDR violations tied to ExcelsiusGPS surgical robot RAPS / MassDevice
S302/14
2024
recall FDA Class II recall: ExcelsiusGPS Cannula A, 9mm x 250mm, Cannula used with ball tip probes · ExcelsiusGPS Cannula A, 9mm x 250mm, C… openFDA enforcement

Alternatives in medical robotics

Intuitive SurgicalStryker MakoMedtronic HugoAsensus SurgicalCMR SurgicalAuris Health (J&J MedTech)Noah MedicalOmnicell
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