# Medtronic acquires Digital Surgery for surgical AI

Medtronic acquired Digital Surgery, a private company developing digital surgical tools, to support its Hugo robotic surgery system. Financial terms were not disclosed.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2020-02-13
- Where: London, UK, United Kingdom
- Status: completed
- Products: surgical simulation software, Touch Surgery platform
- Sectors: [Medical Devices](https://endata.com/sectors/medical-devices.md), [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [Medtronic plc](https://endata.com/companies/19071.md) (acquirer)
- [Digital Surgery](https://endata.com/companies/45255.md) (target)

## Sources

- [medtechdive.com](https://www.medtechdive.com/news/medtronic-buy-digital-surgery-ai-hugo-robot/572259/), 2020-02-13: "Medtronic on Thursday announced it acquired the private company Digital Surgery, which develops digital surgical tools, to build out its Minimally Invasive Therapies Group's surgical robotics business."

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