Company
Global healthcare company (NYSE: JNJ; founded 1886); its MedTech/Ethicon division is developing the Ottava soft-tissue surgical robot (pre-market: FDA De Novo submitted Jan 2026, not cleared).
Based in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA · Founded 1886 · 1 model on record
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Key facts
- Product
- Ottava unified-architecture four-arm soft-tissue surgical robot (announced 2020).
- Status
- Pre-market: FDA De Novo submitted Jan 7 2026; NOT cleared; zero installed base.
- HQ
- New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
- Founded
- 1886
- Status
- public (NYSE: JNJ)
- Type
- both
- ID
766676f2-56d0-4910-81dc-03703d6c9c40
Models (1)
- Ottavasurgical
Supplies to
No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company’s outbound edges.
Outbound supply edges from this company. Each relationship appears here when verified with at least two strong sources (maker-official / IR / regulatory / standards-body / verified tier-2). Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history.
Sources (3)
- https://www.jnj.com/media-center/press-releases/johnson-johnson-submits-ottava-robotic-surgical-system-to-the-u-s-food-and-drug-administration
- https://www.medtechdive.com/news/jnj-layoffs-auris-california-robotic/644544/
- https://www.fiercebiotech.com/medtech/jj-to-take-over-verb-surgical-its-robotics-venture-verily
Common questions
- What is Johnson & Johnson?
- Global healthcare company (NYSE: JNJ; founded 1886); its MedTech/Ethicon division is developing the Ottava soft-tissue surgical robot (pre-market: FDA De Novo submitted Jan 2026, not cleared).
- Where is Johnson & Johnson based?
- Johnson & Johnson is based in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
- When was Johnson & Johnson founded?
- Johnson & Johnson was founded in 1886.
- What does Johnson & Johnson make?
- Johnson & Johnson has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Ottava (Johnson & Johnson builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).
- Where does Johnson & Johnson operate robots?
- Johnson & Johnson is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.