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Cirq

surgicalcommercialby Brainlab

Cirq is a modular robotic surgical arm developed by Brainlab for minimally invasive spine and cranial procedures.

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Manufacturer
Brainlab
Form factor
surgical
Maturity
commercial
Lifecycle
active
Deployments
1
Website
brainlab.com ↗

The verified answer

As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Cirq, a surgical by Brainlab (commercial): 1 verified deployment on record. 4 sources back the record.

Regulatory status1 FDA 510(k) clearance

Cirq holds 1 FDA 510(k) clearance, per the DEPLOY registry.

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Overview

Cirq is a modular robotic surgical arm developed by Brainlab for minimally invasive spine and cranial procedures. It provides stable and precise positioning of surgical instruments, and received FDA clearance for its robotic alignment module for spine surgery. Part of the Brainlab Robotic Suite alongside Loop-X and Curve Navigation.

Verified vs. claimed

Maturity stage
commercial(Commercially deployed with revenue-generating operations.)
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Key facts

Weight

~10 kg

Form factor

lightweight rail-mounted robotic arm

Autonomy level

passive trajectory-alignment robot

Clearance

FDA 510(k)-cleared for spine (~2021); CE-marked

Specs

Notes

Verified: Brainlab (founded 1989, Munich; founder Stefan Vilsmeier) is a large navigation/software-first medical-tech company; the Cirq is its genuine robotic arm/manipulator: a rail-mounted lightweight arm that actively aligns instruments along planned trajectories (passive trajectory alignment, not autonomous cutting). FDA 510(k)-cleared for spine alongside the Loop-X mobile imaging robot; CE-marked. Derived from the 2019 Medineering acquisition., Entity scope (deliberate): The registry entity is scoped to the Cirq ARM, NOT Brainlab's broader navigation/software portfolio (Brainlab is navigation-software-first and most of its catalog is out of a surgical-ROBOT cohort's scope). Brainlab is recorded as parent/maker; the deployable robot is Cirq. This is the follow-on deferred from the surgical foundational ingest., Autonomy: Cirq is a PASSIVE trajectory-alignment robot (positions/holds instruments along a planned path; surgeon executes), the lowest-autonomy class in the surgical cohort - contrast Brain Navi NaoTrac (autonomous registration) and Moon Maestro (shipped ScoPilot AI)., Cap-flag: Exact Cirq spine 510(k) date / K-number not pinned in this pass (~2021); installed-base count not verified. Brainlab's frequently-cited ~$330M revenue is a stale 2016 figure - not asserted.

Specs

Cirq: a lightweight (~10 kg) robotic arm that mounts on the OR bed rail and aligns instruments along pre-planned trajectories for drilling / spinal-screw placement; derived from Brainlab's 2019 acquisition of Medineering. A Cirq variant exists for functional neurosurgery. FDA 510(k)-cleared for spine (Cirq Robotic Alignment Module, cleared alongside the Loop-X mobile imaging robot, ~2021); CE-marked.

Form Factor

surgical (lightweight rail-mounted robotic alignment arm; passive trajectory alignment for spine/cranial)

Fda clearance

FDA 510(k)-cleared for spine

Clearance body

FDA; CE

Procedure types

drilling and spinal-screw placement; functional neurosurgery

Data & sources

Press releases

1

Web sources

3

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Pricing

No verified price is on record for Cirq. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.

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Deployments (1)

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Deployment-verified media (1)

PRIMARY SOURCE
Courtesy of Brainlab

Brainlab footage of its Cirq robotic arm in a spinal navigation-guided workflow. Cirq holds and aligns instruments to a planned trajectory; the surgeon performs the surgery.

From deployment: United States

Regulatory filings (1)

Safety record

1 recall on record (1 moderate). Most recent: Jul 2019.

moderate
1

Most recent: Jul 2019

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Incidents affecting Cirq (1)

Includes incidents linked directly to this model or to deployments of it. Retracted incidents are excluded from this view but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Sources (4)

  1. https://www.brainlab.com/surgery-products/overview-platform-products/cirq-robotic-alignment/
  2. https://www.orthoworld.com/brainlab-cirq-robotics-gains-fda-clearance-for-spine/
  3. https://www.biospace.com/brainlab-loop-x-and-cirq-robotic-alignment-module-for-spine-receive-fda-clearance
  4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainlab

Common questions

What is Cirq?
Cirq is a modular robotic surgical arm developed by Brainlab for minimally invasive spine and cranial procedures. It provides stable and precise positioning of surgical instruments, and received FDA clearance for its robotic alignment module for spine surgery. Part of the Brainlab Robotic Suite alongside Loop-X and Curve Navigation.
How much does Cirq cost?
Cirq's price is not publicly disclosed. DEPLOY has no verified price on record for Cirq from Brainlab. Physical-AI systems like this are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price; check the manufacturer for the latest.
Is Cirq actually deployed in the real world?
Yes. Cirq is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.
Is Cirq autonomous or teleoperated?
Not verified as fully autonomous. Cirq's capabilities on the DEPLOY registry are recorded as teleoperated-assisted, demonstrated-only, or vendor claims (Assists surgery), not independently confirmed to run without a human in the loop.
Who makes Cirq?
Cirq is made by Brainlab, based in Munich, Germany, founded in 1989.
Where is Cirq deployed?
1 verified deployment of Cirq is on the DEPLOY registry, including at United States.
Can you buy Cirq?
Cirq is in commercial deployment and is sold to operators; contact the manufacturer to buy, and see the pricing section for any recorded price.
Is Cirq FDA cleared?
Cirq has 1 regulatory record on the DEPLOY registry: FDA 510(k) clearance (K210989), cleared. See the Regulatory filings section for each agency source.
What are alternatives to Cirq?
On the DEPLOY registry, comparable surgical robots to Cirq include da Vinci (and Ion), Edge Multi-Port Surgical Robot, Edison Histotripsy System, Stryker Mako SmartRobotics.
How does Cirq compare to da Vinci (and Ion)?
Cirq and da Vinci (and Ion) (Intuitive Surgical · 15 deployments) are both surgical robots on the DEPLOY registry. Cirq has 1 verified deployment on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.
Is Cirq a top surgical?
On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Cirq ranks in roughly the top 82% of surgical models tracked by the registry.
What is Cirq's maturity stage?
Cirq is at the commercial stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Commercial stage means production-grade deployments are operating at named customer sites.
Is Cirq safe?
Cirq has 1 active incident on record in the DEPLOY registry. 1 recall on record (1 moderate). Most recent: Jul 2019. Retracted incidents are excluded from this count.
Methodology: Verified · 4 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-04

Verification posture

Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-04

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: commercial

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: surgical

Sources by quality tier

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Unclassified source
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Knowledge base

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Methodology surface for Cirq.

Recent coverage

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