Robot model
THINK Surgical TMINI
THINK Surgical is a medical robotics company based in Fremont, California, developing the TMINI Miniature Robotic System for robotic-assisted total knee…
- Manufacturer
- THINK Surgical
- Form factor
- surgical
- Maturity
- commercial
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 1
- Website
- thinksurgical.com ↗
The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies THINK Surgical TMINI, a surgical by THINK Surgical (commercial): 1 verified deployment on record. 1 source back the record.
THINK Surgical TMINI holds 3 FDA 510(k) clearances, per the DEPLOY registry.
See all 3 filingsOverview
THINK Surgical is a medical robotics company based in Fremont, California, developing the TMINI Miniature Robotic System for robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty. The TMINI system is unique in supporting multiple implant manufacturers (Zimmer Biomet, Medacta, Stryker, Maxx Orthopedics, Waldemar Link, b-ONE Ortho) through its proprietary TPLAN software and ID-HUB implant data platform, enabling surgeon choice in robotic orthopedic surgery. The system received FDA 510(k) clearance in May 2023 and has been used in over 5,000 procedures as of May 2026.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- commercial(Commercially deployed with revenue-generating operations.)
- Sources on file
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Key facts
Product
FDA clearance
Procedures
Implant partners
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Pricing
No verified price is on record for THINK Surgical TMINI. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.
Deployments (1)
- THINK Surgical TMINI at Fremontoperational
Washington Hospital Healthcare System performed the first clinical cases with the TMINI system in September 2023.
THINK Surgical TMINI on the deployment map
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Recent activity
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- Record createdJul 3, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedSep 27, 2023
at Fremont
Regulatory filings (3)
- fda_510kfda 510k · us_fdacleared
- fda_510kfda 510k · us_fdacleared
- K253661fda 510k · us_fdacleared2025-12-22
Applicant: THINK Surgical
Safety record
No incidents on record for THINK Surgical TMINI.
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Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-12
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-12
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: surgical
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for THINK Surgical TMINI.Recent coverage
THINK Surgical TMINI in third-party press
Attention vs reality over time
Media mentions per month (area) against verified deployment events (dots). A press spike over a flat deployment line is the hype gap, drawn over time.
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning THINK Surgical TMINI from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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THINK Surgical receives FDA 510(k) clearance for TMINI 1.1
THINK Surgical received second FDA 510(k) clearance for TMINI 1.1 in less than 15 months.
Washington Hospital Healthcare System first to use TMINI Miniature Robotic System
Washington Hospital Healthcare System and orthopedic surgeon Alexander Sah, MD, performed the first cases ever with the TMINI Miniature Robotic System.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/think-surgical-tmini.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/78317c1c-1a55-4e34-addf-89cb4d1966ac
- Revision history: /models/think-surgical-tmini/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Video
THINK Surgical, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets the only active robotic surgical system for orthopaedic surgery. The THINK Active Robotic System consis
TMINI® Miniature Robotic System For more information, please visit www.thinksurgical.com or contact marketing@thinksurgical.com TMINI, TMINI PRO, THINK Surgi
In April 2023, THINK Surgical, Inc. announced that its TMINI™ Miniature Robotic System has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
The THINK Active Robotic System consists of a 3D pre-surgical planning workstation and a computer-assisted Active Robot tool. These technologies are designed to
Jonathan Gibson, Vice President Marketing, demonstrates the TMINI® Miniature Robotic System with Joe Mullings. Visit www.thinksurgical.com/tmini/ to learn more
Stuart Simpson, President and CEO, and David Dvorak, Executive Chairman, sit down with Joe Mullings to discuss THINK Surgical's journey of vision-to-reality of
The problem we are solving A lot of healthcare expertise is clustered in big metros. Patients live everywhere. That mismatch shows up as long travel, uneven ou
The TMINI® Miniature Robotic System is designed to enable accurate implant placement and accelerate the uptake of orthopedic robotics. Following a CT-based thr
Stuart Simpson, President and CEO of THINK Surgical, delivers an Innovation Theater presentation: IT'S TIME FOR TMINI - The Open Implant Robot for TKA, at AAOS
What if the next big leap in orthopedic surgery is not a new implant, but the robot guiding the surgeon? The U.S. orthopedic surgical robotics market is moving
Reality vs attention
THINK Surgical TMINI draws attention at the 70th percentile but verifies reality at the 16th percentile among surgical robots. Hype Gap +54.1, 3rd widest among surgical robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Thin deployment record; scale validation still in progress.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Aug 18, 2026