1. Build on the shoulders of giants. Pioneering the field of surgical robotics, Intuitive Surgical introduced laparoscopic robotically assisted surgeries in the early 2000s, and today its "da ...

D.C.-based Current Surgical this week announced a $3.2 million seed. The round, which brings the firm’s total raise up to $4 million, was led by True Ventures and features 1517 Fund and SciFounders.

All-in-all, for not a very high-tech/equipment case, your best practices can probably get turnover time in a main OR inpatient case to about 15-20 minutes, against the usual 30-40 minutes.

Staff units evaluating high-tech surgical robots and insulin-delivery systems were gutted by Trump layoffs even though industry fees, not taxpayers, financed the employee salaries.