as nasdaq mzor tase mzor industry medical technology founded 2001 ; 15 years ago 2001 founder moshe shoham eli zehavi headquarters caesarea israel key people ori hadomi ceo revenue us 21.21 million 2014 website mazorrobotics.com mazor robotics ltd. hebrew is a medical device company and manufacturer of a robotic guidance system for spine surgery . 1 surgeons that utilize mazor robotics renaissance generally specialize in orthopedic surgery or neurosurgery . mazor robotics us headquarters are located in orlando florida 2 with international offices in caesarea israel and m nster germany . its flagship product renaissance is cleared by the united states food and drug administration fda 3 and ce marked for both spine and brain surgery 4 5 the company has been listed on the tel aviv stock exchange since 2007 and as of may 2013 has a dual listing on nasdaq . as of september 2013 mazor robotics technology is installed in 54 hospitals 28 in the us alone and has been used in more than 4 000 procedures worldwide . 6 contents 1 history 2 technology 2.1 renaissance guidance system 3 references history edit the formation of the company started with research in surgical robotics at the robotic laboratory of the faculty of mechanical engineering at the technion israel institute of technology in haifa israel in the 1990s . in 2001 the company was founded 7 by professor moshe shoham and eli zehavi . prof. shoham is the head of the medical robotics laboratory of the faculty of mechanical engineering at technion and mr. zehavi was a former vice president of engineering at elscint . during 2001 2002 the company was based in the technion campus s incubator offices t3 technion technology transfer which transfers innovative technology developed at technion to commercialization for global markets . the company was originally incorporated under the name m.a.s.o.r. surgical technologies then later changed its name to mazor surgical technologies . in 2010 the company took its current name today mazor robotics . mazor robotics very first product spineassist was approved by the fda in 2004 . 8 renaissance guidance system mazor s next generation product was released commercially in 2011 . 9 in 2003 ori hadomi former cfo of denex was appointed chief executive officer of mazor robotics . mr. hadomi was also founder and ceo of 7d ltd. motion tracker for medical applications and chairman of the izmel scientific committee consortium for the image guided industry . the company raised us 7 million from several venture capital funds . the company then relocated to its current offices in the caesarea industrial park in caesarea israel . in early 2004 mazor robotics received its first ce mark for its initial product spineassist . with this important milestone for the company spineassist became the first commercially available mechanical guidance system for spine surgery . the company began marketing spineassist in europe registering its first sale soon afterwards . later in 2004 the company also received its first fda clearance for spineassist and became the first fda approved robotic system for spinal surgery . 10 in june 2011 the company launched its current robotic device renaissance guidance system which replaced the former spineassist model . 11 in feb. 2014 prof. shoham was elected into the national academy of engineering nae for contributions to robotic technology for image guided surgery . 12 technology edit professor moshe shoham invented the smartassist platform that was the basis for the company s initial technology . with the company s first product spineassist challenges included matching of the pre operative images to the intraoperative ct scan and customizing the technology for different spine applications such as deformity and minimally invasive degenerative repair . 13 renaissance guidance system edit renaissance is the mazor robotics next generation surgical guidance system with 1.5 mm accuracy fda 510 k filing . studies have also shown a reduction in the amount of fluoroscopy used especially for minimally invasive surgeries mis . 14 other studies have also proven renaissance impact in challenging spine surgery cases such as scoliosis and other complex spinal deformity cases . 15 references edit stuer c 2011 . robotic technology in spine surgery current applications and future developments . . acta neurochir suppl . 109 241 5 . abraham aboraya nov 29 2012 . it s official mazor robotics chooses orlando for u.s. hq . orlando business journal . fda 510 k k113228 & 510 k k120812 gali weinreb 6 june 11 . mazor receives fda ce approval for new spinal surgery robot . globes . check date values in date help gali weinreb 16 july 12 . fda approves mazor robot for brain surgery . . globes . check date values in date help http mazorrobotics.com wp content uploads 2013 09 mazorrobotics investorpresentation snv4.pptx company presentation to investors check url value help . israel high tech & investment report . fda summary of safety and effectiveness pdf . mazor robotics launches renaissance the next generation of its highly accurate robotic surgical guidance systems . bloomberg . robotic surgery . mazor robotics launches renaissance the next generation of its highly accurate robotic surgical guidance systems . bloomberg . mazor robotics congratulates founder and cto professor moshe shoham on election into national academy of engineering . wall street journal online . shoham m 2003 bone mounted miniature robot for surgical procedures concept and clinical applications kantelhardt sr 2011 . perioperative course and accuracy of screw positioning in conventional open robotic guided and percutaneous robotic guided pedicle screw placement . eur spine j. doi 10.1007 s00586 011 1729 2 . devito dp 2010 . clinical acceptance and accuracy assessment of spinal implants guided with spineassist surgical robot retrospective study . spine . doi 10.1097 brs .0 b013e3181d323ab . v t e israeli companies traded on nasdaq healthcare 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