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Symani Surgical System at Tampa, FL

First-of-its-kind robotic surgical platform for open, soft-tissue microsurgery. Features NanoWrist instruments — the world's smallest wristed surgical robotic instruments — with 7 degrees of freedom matching the human wrist, tremor filtration, and motion scaling. Enables microvascular repair, lymphatic repair, and peripheral nerve repair on vessels as small as 0.3mm diameter. CE marked in Europe (2019), FDA De Novo authorized in the U.S. (2024).

Symani Surgical System by MMI (Medical Microinstruments) · Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified · Surgical robots


First U.S. clinical use of the Symani Surgical System with FDA-cleared NanoWrist Dissection Instruments. Dr. Nicholas Panetta performed the world's first fully robotic-assisted microsurgical lymphovenous bypass (LVB) procedure at Tampa General Hospital, from incision to skin closure.

Key facts

First US use
2025-12-09
Procedure
Lymphovenous bypass (LVB)
Surgeon
Dr. Nicholas Panetta

Exposure

Customer
Tampa General Hospital

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Symani Surgical System at Tampa, FL.

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Trust tier
Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-08-09
Status
operational
First seen
2025-12-09
ID
e58a041b-2073-4923-9e88-b41b33a1e2e7

Timeline

  1. Dec 2025
    First recorded
    Symani Surgical System first documented operating at Tampa, FL.
  2. Aug 2026
    Current status: operational, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Sources (1)

  1. https://www.mmimicro.com/blog/2025/12/09/fda-clearance-dissection-instruments-with-symani/
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-09

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-09

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: production

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: surgical

Sources by quality tier

1
unclassified
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Common questions

What is the Symani Surgical System deployment at Tampa, FL?
Symani Surgical System, built by MMI (Medical Microinstruments), is recorded as a deployment at Tampa, FL on the DEPLOY registry. MMI (Medical Microinstruments) operates the deployment directly.
Who operates Symani Surgical System at Tampa, FL?
MMI (Medical Microinstruments), the manufacturer of Symani Surgical System, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
When did the Symani Surgical System deployment at Tampa, FL go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting December 9, 2025 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the Symani Surgical System deployment at Tampa, FL?
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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