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MedicalRobotic radiation treatment

CyberKnife

by Accuray

CyberKnife is a robot that aims strong beams of X-rays at tumors to destroy them, guided by live images of the patient. Treatment usually takes one to five sessions, with no cutting. MassDevice, 16 Aug 2010

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Stage 5 of 5

Regulator-cleared or mass market

Which rule placed it
Evidence
Independently reported
Human help
None reported
Last milestone
19 Aug 2026

01Can I get it?

Yes, in places

Where it works today
Sold to hospitals and cancer centers; Accuray said more than 200 were installed by mid-2010. Current models are the CyberKnife S7 and M6. MassDevice, 16 Aug 2010
Published price
No published price in our sources.
Human help
Doctors plan each treatment; the robot then moves the beam and adjusts for patient movement on its own. Accuray CyberKnife product page, viewed Oct 2026

03Safety and incidents

What has gone wrong

No crashes, recalls or regulator reports in our sources. That is not proof none happened; we add them when a regulator or trusted outlet reports one.

FDA record

31 FDA records

Clearances and recalls from the FDA's own database.

All 31 records

How we placed it

The rule, not an opinion

Stages are worked out by published rules from the dated milestones above. We never rate robots, and no maker can pay to change a stage.

  1. 5

    Regulator-cleared or mass marketThis robot

    A regulator has cleared it where approval applies: FDA clearance or approval for a medical robot, a permit to run with no one aboard for a self-driving vehicle, or an FAA approval for routine drone flights. Or: Widely sold: sales in the hundreds of thousands, or a product category you can buy in ordinary shops.

    Placed by: The FDA cleared a CyberKnife add-on through the 510(k) route that lets doctors treat lung tumors without first implanting small marker seeds (14 Dec 2010); The FDA cleared CyberKnife through the 510(k) route to treat tumors anywhere in the body where radiation is called for (Nov 2001).

  2. 4

    Paying customers

    Delivered to customers who pay for it, beyond a trial, or a paid service the public can use.

  3. 3

    Pilot

    Working with a named customer in a real setting, as a trial.

  4. 2

    Pre-orders

    Orders, reservations or deposits taken, with nothing delivered yet.

  5. 1

    Demo only

    Shown in videos, staged events or a factory, with no units working for customers.

What we couldn't confirm. No current count of CyberKnife systems installed was found. The FDA clearance date for the current CyberKnife S7 model was not confirmed. Fiscal 2026 figures are for the whole company (CyberKnife and its other radiation machines).