Intuitive’s sales figures are interesting because ISRG is Surgical Science’s largest customer, and the companies have collaborated for a long time.
At least as part of every Da Vinci 5 surgical robot sold by ISRG, Surgical Science’s developed simulation and training software is delivered.
In previous models, the software was apparently sold to end-customers as an optional extra. Due to this and the licensing agreement models, the correlation between ISRG’s sales figures and Surgical Science’s sales is, of course