Surgical Innovation

Surgical innovation spans devices, techniques and digital tools with multiple recent FDA breakthrough designations. The session covers augmented-reality navigation (Augmedics xvision for spine, Apple Vision Pro applications), intraoperative fluorescence imaging (ICG for perfusion, 5-ALA for glioma), surgical robotics evolution (da Vinci SP, Hugo, Versius, Intuitive Lapis), AI in the OR (computer-vision surgical safety, anastomotic-leak prediction), surgical data-science platforms (Theator, Caresyntax), and innovation pipeline frameworks. Discussion addresses robotic platform comparison, regulatory pathway for surgical AI, single-port robotics expansion, academic medical centre roles, IP in surgical innovation, and emerging surgical metaverse applications.