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ROSA at France

ROSA, the Robotic Surgical Assistant, is Zimmer Biomet's surgeon-controlled robotic-arm platform, recorded in the surgical form factor as the mid-size, multi-procedure archetype of the orthopedic sub-cohort and the one that crosses surgical sub-domains, spanning orthopedics and neurosurgery from a single robotic-arm and navigation architecture. The arm is coupled to optical navigation and two- and three-dimensional planning software and positions or guides instruments, but it moves only on surgeon command and does not cut or place autonomously, so ROSA is AI-augmented surgeon-controlled assistance rather than autonomous surgery and is in scope as a surgical robot.

Made by Zimmer Biomet Holdings, listed on the New York Stock Exchange as ZBH and headquartered in Warsaw, Indiana, ROSA originated at the French company Medtech SA, founded in 2002 in Montpellier by Bertin Nahum, which built ROSA Brain and ROSA Spine; Zimmer Biomet acquired Medtech SA in 2016 at fifty euros per share and extended the ROSA arm into orthopedics. The current Zimmer Biomet variants are ROSA Knee for total knee arthroplasty, cleared January 25, 2019 and enhanced as ROSA Knee with OptimiZe cleared November 14, 2025, ROSA Hip for direct anterior total hip arthroplasty cleared August 18, 2021, ROSA ONE Brain for cranial neurosurgery including biopsy, stereo-electro-encephalography, deep brain stimulation, and ventricular and transnasal endoscopy cleared February 11, 2019, and ROSA Shoulder for shoulder arthroplasty cleared in February 2024.

ROSA ONE Spine, cleared in 2019, left Zimmer Biomet in the March 2022 ZimVie spinoff and is no longer a Zimmer Biomet product. A registry nuance worth recording is that autonomy enters Zimmer Biomet's portfolio separately through its Monogram Technologies acquisition, completed October 7, 2025, which brings a CT-based semi-autonomous total-knee robot and a fully-autonomous version in development; this is kept distinct from ROSA, whose surgeon-controlled status is unchanged. Installed-base figures circulating in aggregators conflict and none is asserted here.

ROSA by Zimmer Biomet · Catalog entry · 3 sources · not yet field-verified · Surgical robots

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ROSA surgical systems have approximately 100 or more installations across Europe, with an active CE mark covering ROSA Knee and Hip applications.

Key facts

European installations
~100+ systems
CE mark
Active for ROSA Knee and Hip

Exposure

Customer segment
healthcare
Scale tier
commercial 10 99

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Safety record

12 recalls and 3 incidents on record (1 catastrophic, 2 critical, 12 serious). Most recent: Jun 2026.

catastrophic
1
critical
2
serious
12
recall
12
malfunction
2
injury
1

Most recent: Jun 2026

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Incidents on record (15)

Direct incidents recorded against this deployment. Retracted incidents are excluded here but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Trust tier
Catalog entry · 3 sources · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-08-21
Model
ROSA
Company
Zimmer Biomet
Location
France
Operator
Zimmer Biomet
Status
operational
Scale at site
11 to 100 units
Site environment
indoor
Location precision
verified coordinates
First seen
2020-01-01
ID
e7b725ab-cb11-453d-8cbb-b37b253a718c

Timeline

  1. Jan 2020
    First recorded
    ROSA first documented operating at France.
  2. Jan 2020
    created
  3. 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 (3)

  1. https://www.zimmerbiomet.com/en/products-and-solutions/specialties/robotics/rosa-robotics.html
  2. https://www.zimmerbiomet.eu/en/healthcare-professionals/products-and-solutions/robotics.html
  3. https://medicalsupplierhub.com/news/zimmer-biomet-rosa-knee-robot-500000-procedures-milestone
Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-21

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: commercial

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: surgical

Sources by quality tier

3
unclassified
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Common questions

What is the ROSA deployment at France?
ROSA, built by Zimmer Biomet, is recorded as a deployment at France on the DEPLOY registry. Zimmer Biomet operates the deployment directly.
Who operates ROSA at France?
Zimmer Biomet, the manufacturer of ROSA, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
When did the ROSA deployment at France go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting January 1, 2020 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the ROSA deployment at France?
15 active incidents affecting this deployment are on the DEPLOY registry. Each is a sourced, append-only record; retracted incidents are suppressed from this view.
Is ROSA at France safe?
ROSA at France has 15 active incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. 12 recalls and 3 incidents on record (1 catastrophic, 2 critical, 12 serious). Most recent: Jun 2026. Retracted incidents are excluded from this count.

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