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MedicalSpine surgery robot

ExcelsiusGPS

by Globus Medical

ExcelsiusGPS is a robotic arm with a navigation system that helps spine surgeons place screws and spacers in the spine. It is sold to hospitals in the US and Europe. MedTech Dive, 20 June 2024

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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
June 2024

01Can I get it?

Yes, in places

Where it works today
In use in hospitals in the US since late 2017, and in Europe since 2018. Globus Medical press release, 6 Dec 2018
Published price
No published price in our sources.
Human help
A surgeon operates; the robot guides where screws go.

03Safety and incidents

What has gone wrong

  • Globus recalled 9 kits of an add-on part used with ExcelsiusGPS for X-ray imaging, because a calibration error could make the navigation inaccurate and a screw could be placed in the wrong spot. The FDA listed it as a Class 1 recall (its most serious kind). FDA recall record Z-0642-2024, posted 18 Jan 2024

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 sister robot, ExcelsiusFlex, for knee replacement and other joint surgery (June 2024); The FDA cleared ExcelsiusGPS through the 510(k) route (K171651) for open and minimally invasive spine and orthopedic surgery (16 Aug 2017).

  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 2026 installed-base or procedure count found in an independent source; a MarketBeat summary of the Q2 2026 call cites more than 137,000 robotic procedures but was not used. Globus also sells ExcelsiusHub and the ExcelsiusXR headset (launched 2025) in the same family.