{"id":"27b307aa-b48d-4f91-9156-fbea01c0736f","companyId":"502f710d-9b68-4ce3-89c0-3fd753ce253b","modelName":"CORI","slug":"smith-nephew-cori","description":"The CORI Surgical System is Smith+Nephew's compact, surgeon-controlled handheld robotics platform for orthopedic knee surgery, recorded in the surgical form factor as the handheld, imageless, smaller-footprint archetype of the orthopedic sub-cohort. Unlike Stryker's Mako, which uses a pre-operative CT scan and a large robotic arm, CORI is imageless: the surgeon paints the joint surface intra-operatively to build a three-dimensional bone model, then uses a handheld robotic bur whose cutting speed and exposure are robotically controlled to the surgical plan, with optical navigation via a passive infrared camera that Smith+Nephew states is four times faster with twice the cutting volume of the prior NAVIO system. Because the surgeon physically holds and moves the tool throughout while the software does the imageless mapping, planning, and intra-operative tracking that governs the bur, CORI is AI-augmented surgeon-controlled assistance and not autonomous, and it is in scope as a surgical robot. Made by Smith+Nephew, listed as SN in London and SNN in New York, the system descends from Smith+Nephew's October 2015 acquisition of Blue Belt Technologies for 275 million dollars, whose NAVIO handheld system evolved into CORI at its July 14, 2020 launch alongside the Real Intelligence platform. Its robotic-cutting scope is cleared for total, partial or unicompartmental, and revision knee, with revision knee a 2022 first-to-market indication on a robotics platform; its hip capability is navigation only, through RI.HIP NAVIGATION cleared in January 2022, and is not robotic burring, a distinction several secondary sources blur. The platform is positioned for ambulatory surgery centers and outpatient operating rooms, and no CORI-specific installed-base or procedure-volume figure is asserted here because none was verified against Smith+Nephew investor disclosure.","formFactor":"surgical","maturityStage":"commercial","lifecycleState":"active","supersededByModelId":null,"specs":{"notes":[{"label":"Corporate / lineage (verified)","value":"Smith+Nephew plc (LSE: SN; NYSE: SNN; UK). Acquired Blue Belt Technologies on Oct 29 2015 for $275M (closed Jan 2016); Blue Belt's flagship was the NAVIO handheld system (CT-free navigation + handheld robotic bone-shaping for partial knee). NAVIO evolved into CORI, launched Jul 14 2020 (with the 'Real Intelligence' platform). Lineage: Blue Belt/NAVIO (2015) -> CORI (2020)."},{"label":"AI-as-primary boundary (the cohort's editorial point)","value":"AI-AUGMENTED, SURGEON-CONTROLLED HANDHELD assistance - NOT autonomous. Software does imageless 3D mapping, plan generation, and intra-op tracking that robotically governs the bur's speed/exposure to keep cutting within the surgeon-defined plan; the surgeon physically holds and moves the tool throughout. In-scope as a surgical robot."},{"label":"Cleared scope + the hip honesty point (cap-flag)","value":"Robotic cutting is cleared for total + partial + revision knee (revision-knee a 2022 first-to-market). HIP is NAVIGATION-ONLY (RI.HIP NAVIGATION, 2022) - computer-guided, NOT robotic burring; several secondary sources blur this, so do NOT frame CORI hip as robotic. Exact 510(k) K-numbers + the initial 2020 clearance date were not pinned to the FDA database this pass (indications verified at press-release level). No CORI-specific installed-base/procedure-volume figure verified against S+N IR; the '60% knee / 34% hip' stat circulating is a Stryker/Mako figure, NOT CORI."},{"label":"Sub-cohort triangle (orthopedic, within surgical)","value":"Handheld-format, imageless, smaller-footprint commercial archetype (ASC/outpatient OR integration) - the technical counterpoint to Mako's large CT-based robotic arm. Orthopedic triangle: Mako (large-footprint, CT-based, broad scope) vs CORI (handheld, imageless, knee) vs Zimmer Biomet ROSA (mid-size, knee/hip/brain)."}],"specs":"CORI Surgical System: compact, surgeon-controlled HANDHELD robotics platform for orthopedic knee surgery. IMAGELESS (no pre-op CT or MRI): the surgeon paints the joint surface intra-operatively to build a 3D bone model, then uses a handheld robotic BUR whose cutting speed/exposure is robotically controlled to the surgical plan, with optical navigation via a passive infrared camera (Smith+Nephew states 4x faster camera + 2x cutting volume vs the NAVIO predecessor). Small-footprint / portable, positioned for ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and outpatient ORs. Cleared knee scope: total + partial/unicompartmental + revision knee. Hip is NAVIGATION-ONLY (RI.HIP NAVIGATION, cleared Jan 2022), NOT robotic burring. Made by Smith+Nephew (LSE: SN; NYSE: SNN).","formFactor":"surgical (HANDHELD robotics-assisted orthopedic knee surgery; surgeon-controlled + AI-augmented, NOT autonomous; imageless / no pre-op CT)"},"manufacturerSerial":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://www.smith-nephew.com/en/news/2015/10/29/20151029-acquisition-of-blue-belt-technologies","title":"Smith+Nephew acquires Blue Belt Technologies for $275M (the NAVIO handheld system; Oct 29 2015)","sourceName":"Smith+Nephew"},{"url":"https://www.smith-nephew.com/en/news/2020/07/14/20200714-sn-launches-real-intelligence-and-cori-surgical-system","title":"Smith+Nephew launches Real Intelligence and the CORI Surgical System (NAVIO successor; Jul 14 2020)","sourceName":"Smith+Nephew"},{"url":"https://www.smith-nephew.com/en/news/2022/01/26/20220126-expands-next-generation-handheld-robotic-assisted-cori-surgical-system-into-total-hip","title":"Smith+Nephew expands CORI into total hip with RI.HIP NAVIGATION (Jan 26 2022; NAVIGATION-only, not robotic burring)","sourceName":"Smith+Nephew"},{"url":"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/smithnephew-first-to-market-with-revision-knee-indication-on-robotics-platform-301632322.html","title":"Smith+Nephew first to market with a revision-knee indication on a robotics platform (Sep 26 2022)","sourceName":"Smith+Nephew / PR Newswire"},{"url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36837438/","title":"RCT: robotic-assisted TKA with NAVIO/CORI vs manual (Medicina 2023; better rotational alignment, lower blood loss)","sourceName":"PubMed / NCBI"},{"url":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11701-026-03198-8","title":"CT-free CORI vs Brainlab Knee3 in TKA (Journal of Robotic Surgery, 2026; 100 patients)","sourceName":"Journal of Robotic Surgery (Springer)"},{"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000845982/000119163815001277/sn201510296k.htm","title":"Smith & Nephew Form 6-K (Blue Belt Technologies acquisition filing)","sourceName":"SEC EDGAR"}],"aliases":["CORI","CORI Surgical System","NAVIO","Smith+Nephew CORI"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"manufacturerTermForTeleop":null,"createdAt":"2026-06-04T04:09:49.007Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-04T04:09:49.007Z","jsonLd":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Product","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/smith-nephew-cori","url":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/smith-nephew-cori","name":"CORI","alternateName":["CORI","CORI Surgical System","NAVIO","Smith+Nephew CORI"],"description":"The CORI Surgical System is Smith+Nephew's compact, surgeon-controlled handheld robotics platform for orthopedic knee surgery, recorded in the surgical form factor as the handheld, imageless, smaller-footprint archetype of the orthopedic sub-cohort. Unlike Stryker's Mako, which uses a pre-operative CT scan and a large robotic arm, CORI is imageless: the surgeon paints the joint surface intra-operatively to build a three-dimensional bone model, then uses a handheld robotic bur whose cutting speed and exposure are robotically controlled to the surgical plan, with optical navigation via a passive infrared camera that Smith+Nephew states is four times faster with twice the cutting volume of the prior NAVIO system. Because the surgeon physically holds and moves the tool throughout while the software does the imageless mapping, planning, and intra-operative tracking that governs the bur, CORI is AI-augmented surgeon-controlled assistance and not autonomous, and it is in scope as a surgical robot. Made by Smith+Nephew, listed as SN in London and SNN in New York, the system descends from Smith+Nephew's October 2015 acquisition of Blue Belt Technologies for 275 million dollars, whose NAVIO handheld system evolved into CORI at its July 14, 2020 launch alongside the Real Intelligence platform. Its robotic-cutting scope is cleared for total, partial or unicompartmental, and revision knee, with revision knee a 2022 first-to-market indication on a robotics platform; its hip capability is navigation only, through RI.HIP NAVIGATION cleared in January 2022, and is not robotic burring, a distinction several secondary sources blur. The platform is positioned for ambulatory surgery centers and outpatient operating rooms, and no CORI-specific installed-base or procedure-volume figure is asserted here because none was verified against Smith+Nephew investor disclosure.","identifier":"27b307aa-b48d-4f91-9156-fbea01c0736f","category":"surgical","publisher":{"@id":"https://deploy.report/#organization"}}}