Intuitive Sugrical: How Long Will The Growing Procedure Volume Last & What Are The Major Challenges Ahead?

Intuitive Surgical delivered a healthy first quarter performance with strong procedure growth and solid capital placements. However, the company also faced some regional challenges during the quarter. Core measures of the company’s operations remained strong, as seen in its robust procedure growth and solid capital placements. The company was also able to hit significant milestones in different parts of its ecosystem, including launching the next-generation multiport platform, da Vinci 5, introducing the da Vinci SP platform in Europe, and improving its supply constraints for Ion catheters.