Medtronic (MDT) revealed that its Expand URO Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) clinical study, the most extensive of its kind for robotic-assisted urologic surgery, successfully met its primary safety and effectiveness goals. The prospective, multi-center, single-arm IDE study included 137 patients who underwent urologic procedures using the Hugo robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) system.
The rates of grade 3 or higher complications (3.7% prostatectomy, 1.9% nephrectomy, and 17.9% cystectomy) were favorably below the performance goals, which were established based on systematic review of published literature across all three cohorts.
The study's 98.5% surgical success rate was well above the performance goal of 85% (p<0.0001), which was established based on a systematic review of published literature. There were two conversions: one was related to the device and one was related to patient anatomy.
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May 15, 2026 15:25 ET Apart from the confirmation of Kevin Warsh as the next Fed chair, the main news on the economics front this week included key price data from the U.S. and the first quarter economic growth figures from major economies. Both consumer prices and producer costs have started to reflect the effect of supply shocks due to the Middle East conflict. In Europe, GDP data was in focus, while inflation data from China dominated the news flow in Asia.