# Hugo RAS at European Union: deployment

Canonical ID: `8e464586-88b6-41b9-939a-ef3708d8e617`

## Key facts

- **First CE mark:** October 2021 (EU launch before US)
- **First commercial sites:** Europe-first launch: hospitals in France, Germany, Italy
- **FDA status:** Investigational Device Exemption studies; not yet FDA-cleared for US commercial sale as of 2026

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 6 sources · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-06-07_

- **Slug:** medtronic-hugo-europe-first
- **Status:** active
- **Model:** [Hugo RAS](/models/medtronic-hugo.md) (id: `3e170eb2-145b-41a2-88d0-8ff93a5f4e78`)
- **Company:** [Medtronic](/companies/medtronic.md) (id: `5ed6adff-c714-4880-bb1e-62af35017f4f`)
- **Location:** [European Union](/locations/european-union.md) (id: `1f672777-9422-4b11-8e4d-4fd9e8209c30`)
- **First seen:** 2021-10-01T12:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (6)

1. https://news.medtronic.com/news/2021/10/05/medtronic-announces-ce-mark-for-hugo-robotic-assisted-surgery-system
2. https://www.medtronic.com/us-en/healthcare-professionals/products/robotic-assisted-surgery/hugo-ras-system.html
3. https://news.medtronic.com/2022-02-02-Medtronic-announces-first-procedure-in-Europe-with-Hugo-TM-robotic-assisted-surgery-system
4. https://news.medtronic.com/2021-10-11-Medtronic-Hugo-TM-Robotic-Assisted-Surgery-System-Receives-European-CE-Mark-Approval
5. https://news.medtronic.com/2021-06-22-First-Procedure-in-the-World-with-Medtronic-Hugo-TM-Robotic-Assisted-Surgery-System-Performed-at-Clinica-Santa-Maria-in-Chile
6. https://www.therobotreport.com/medtronic-hugo-surgical-robot-first-clinical-procedure/

## Common questions

### What is the Hugo RAS deployment at European Union?

Hugo RAS, built by Medtronic, is recorded as a deployment at European Union on the DEPLOY registry. Medtronic operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Hugo RAS at European Union?

Medtronic, the manufacturer of Hugo RAS, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### When did the Hugo RAS deployment at European Union go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting October 1, 2021 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Is the Hugo RAS deployment at European Union still active?

As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, this deployment is currently operating.

### Have there been incidents at the Hugo RAS deployment at European Union?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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