Grenoble, France-based eCential Robotics and Alzenau, Germany-based SIGNUS have announced a partnership to bring together their complimentary spine surgery platforms.
eCential Robotics is a surgical robotics company. Its platform is notable for having a unified and open solution, enabling surgeons to use the platform with their choice of implants. This summer, eCential Robotics unveiled its surgical robotic arm.
SIGNUS is a family-owned manufacturer of spinal implants which are currently marketed around the globe.
Together the companies will bring to surgeons a combined navigation, robotics, and implant solution. The SIGNUS DIPLOMAT® pedicle screw system will be the first navigable system under the partnership.
OTW spoke with eCential Robotics Managing Director Laurence Chabanas about the partnership, and she explained, “The main objective of this cooperation is to bring to both clinical operators and patients the full benefits of the latest technical advances in navigation and robotics for spine surgeries. Both companies believe that the way forward for that purpose is to couple the unified eCential Robotics’ solution (2D/3D imaging, navigation, robotics) with SIGNUS spine implants and instruments.”
Chabanas continued, “This partnership is part of eCential Robotics’ open model strategy. Since our ambition is to offer a unique platform for bone surgery in the operating room and become a standard, we are open to cooperate with implant companies to combine our technologies and offer optimized navigation and robotics for the implementation proposed to the patient. SIGNUS is therefore a strong partner with the technical excellence of its products for spine and sacrum, a shared long-term view, and as a German and European company allows us to consolidate our footprint in this market and then expand worldwide.”
Chabanas also discussed the goals for the partnership for the next six months. “The first step is to bring the SIGNUS instruments in the navigation workspace of eCential Robotics: R&D, marketing and sales teams of both companies are already at work to define and implement the roadmap. The first fruits of this process will be displayed at the DWG (German Spine Society congress in Munster 10th to 12th December 2021) and on our social media pages.”
