Gary Guthart gave a glimpse of surgeons’ initial response to the new robot at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference.

Massimiliano Colella joined the robot maker as chief commercial officer in 2023 and stepped into the top job when former CEO Supratim Bose resigned late last year.

A jury awarded nearly $17 million in damages to a woman who carried a 13-inch metal instrument in her abdomen for two months following a 2019 surgery at Presbyterian Hospital. The verdict included $15 ...