Matthijs Glastra0:06
Hello everyone, I'm Matthijs Glastra, the Chair and CEO of Novanta, and proud sponsors of the 2024 Surgical Robotics Technology Awards. I want to take this opportunity to extend our congratulations to each of the category winners, to take a moment to recognize and celebrate their incredible milestones and achievements. First up, a big, big shout out to Lucian Blondo, co-founder and CTO of Quantum Surgical, on winning the 2024 award for Industry Leadership. With over 20 years of pioneering experience, including leading the development of the Rosa surgical robot at Medtech, he continues to revolutionize this field and inspire future innovators. Next up, we offer our congratulations to Medical Marco Instruments, winning the 2024 award for Most Innovative Startup. Their groundbreaking Sani surgical system, featuring the world's smallest surgical robotic risk and parallel precision, have revolutionized microsurgery and achieved FDA De Novo classification, marking a significant milestone in microsurgery. Further up, we congratulate Moon Surgical on being voted 2024's Most Outstanding Company, with their innovative Maestro system transforming operating rooms into digitized, efficient, and sustainable spaces. Moon Surgical is empowering healthcare teams globally and has successfully treated over 250 patients worldwide. We also want to congratulate Dr. Brian Coan and the team over at Coan Orthopedics for being named 2024's Most Outstanding Healthcare Provider. With over 2,000 successful procedures using Mako's smart robotics, Dr. Coan's expertise and personalized and precise surgical care continues to set the standard in Chiot Grove City and Columbus. And last, but no means least, we extend our congratulations to Think Surgical for winning the 2024 Groundbreaking Technology Award. Their T-Mini miniature robotic surgery system, with its high precision and intuitive design, continues to revolutionize orthopedic surgery by ensuring accurate implant placement and enhancing surgeon performance. All extremely worthy winners with whom Novanta is very privileged to be associated with. We look forward to continuing our long association with this industry through our many technology and product roadmaps that are designed to deliver the required levels of component and subsystem innovation in motion, photonic, and precision medical technologies. Thank you very much.
