Intuitive Surgical
Makes robots that help doctors do surgery very precisely.
📖 Its story
In 1995, Frederic Moll, John Freund and Robert Younge started Intuitive Surgical in California. They took ideas from robotics for surgery and created a robot called da Vinci. The doctor controls it from a console, and the robot's arms make tiny, precise movements.
💵 How it makes money
It sells and rents da Vinci robots to hospitals, and it earns more from the instruments and service used in each surgery.
🤯 Fun fact
Its robot is named da Vinci after Leonardo da Vinci, and in 2000 it was approved in the U.S. for surgeries.
👍 The good part
Robot surgeries can make smaller cuts and help patients recover faster.
⚠️ The risk
Its robots are very expensive, and competitors with similar robots are starting to show up.
🧠 Did you get it?
What is the name of Intuitive Surgical's robot?
🗂️ Quick facts
- Founded in: 1995
- Founded by: Frederic Moll, John Freund and Robert Younge
- Home: Sunnyvale, California
🔎 How to find it on the stock market
- Search the internet for ISRG stock.
- You can also find it in your parents' investing app with the letters ISRG.
- Check how much one share costs and whether today it's green (went up) or red (went down).
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