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Hugo RAS at United States (multiple hotel chains)

Medtronic (NYSE: MDT; founded 1949 in Minneapolis, with legal headquarters in Dublin) makes the Hugo robotic-assisted surgery system, the late-market big-medtech challenger to Intuitive's da Vinci. Hugo is a modular multi-port teleoperated platform that received its European CE mark for urologic and gynecologic procedures on October 11, 2021, and, in the key regulatory milestone, US FDA clearance on December 3, 2025 for urologic procedures only, including prostatectomy, nephrectomy, and cystectomy, backed by the Expand URO investigational-device-exemption trial of 137 patients that met its primary safety and efficacy endpoints and was presented at AUA 2025.

General-surgery and gynecologic US indications are planned submissions but are not yet cleared. The registry records Hugo at commercial maturity: it has been CE-marked and commercially used outside the US across more than 30 countries since 2021 and is now US-cleared for urology and entering US rollout.

Medtronic discloses no specific system installed-base count, citing only tens of thousands of procedures across 30-plus countries, so the unit count is left as an honest absence rather than invented. On AI substance, Hugo is a master-slave teleoperated system whose Touch Surgery digital and video ecosystem is analytics and recording rather than autonomy, with no verified shipped intraoperative AI guidance.

Hugo RAS by Medtronic · Unverified · Surgical robots

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FDA clearance for Hugo RAS in urology Dec 2025. First large medtech to challenge Intuitive in US. ~400 installed systems globally. ~15000 procedures first full year. $1.5-2M price point.

Safety record

No incidents on record for Hugo RAS at United States (multiple hotel chains).

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Trust tier
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Last updated
2026-08-27
Company
Medtronic
Operator
Medtronic
Status
operational
First seen
2025-12-01
ID
0332058b-658c-4b20-94cc-1619417a51da

Timeline

  1. Dec 2025
    First recorded
    Hugo RAS first documented operating at United States (multiple hotel chains).
  2. Aug 2026
    Current status: operational
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Sources (1)

  1. https://www.medtechdive.com/news/5-robotic-surgery-trends-to-watch-2026/810577/ · 2025-12-01
Methodology: Unreviewed · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-27

Verification posture

Unreviewed

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-27

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: commercial

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: surgical

Sources by quality tier

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Common questions

What is the Hugo RAS deployment at United States (multiple hotel chains)?
Hugo RAS, built by Medtronic, is recorded as a deployment at United States (multiple hotel chains) on the DEPLOY registry. Medtronic operates the deployment directly.
Who operates Hugo RAS at United States (multiple hotel chains)?
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 United States (multiple hotel chains) go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting December 1, 2025 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the Hugo RAS deployment at United States (multiple hotel chains)?
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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