MedicalRobotic surgical assistant

Maestro

Name: Maestro
Brand: Moon Surgical

Maestro is a pair of robot arms that holds the camera and tools during keyhole (laparoscopic) surgery, so the surgeon needs fewer helpers in the room. An AI feature called ScoPilot lets the camera follow the surgeon's instrument. FDA 510(k) K242323 indications for use

Stage 5 of 5

Regulator-cleared or mass market

Which rule placed it

Evidence: Independently reported
Human help: None reported
Last milestone: 22 July 2026

01Can I get it?

Yes, in places

Where it works today: Used in US hospitals and outpatient surgery centers (for example Lee Health in Florida and Surgeon's Point Surgery Center in Texas) and in France. Moon Surgical press release via Sofinnova, July 2025
Published price: No published price in our sources.
Human help: The surgeon does the operation; Maestro holds and moves the camera and tools.

02Track record

What has actually happened

Every milestone is dated and links to the page it comes from. Lines marked company-reported rest on the maker's own word.

22 July 2026
Update
Moon Surgical and the surgical-equipment maker KARL STORZ agreed to sell and use their products together.
Moon Surgical press release, 22 July 2026Company-reported
2 July 2025
Cleared · sets the stage
The FDA cleared two more Maestro features, including a wireless link to the company's cloud data service, Maestro Insights.
MassDevice, 2 July 2025Company-reported
July 2025
Paying customers
Moon Surgical said Maestro had been used in more than 1,600 operations worldwide, 1,400 of them in the past year, as Lee Health in Florida passed 100 cases.
Moon Surgical press release via Sofinnova, July 2025Company-reported
18 March 2025
Cleared · sets the stage
The FDA cleared ScoPilot, an AI feature that makes the camera follow the tip of a chosen instrument (510(k) K242323).
MassDevice, 18 Mar 2025 (FDA record K242323)
9 Jan 2025
Pilot
Surgeon's Point Surgery Center in Cedar Park, Texas became the first outpatient surgery center to use Maestro, with 20 patients treated.
Moon Surgical press release via Sofinnova, 9 Jan 2025Company-reported
26 Sept 2023
Pilot
Baptist Health in Jacksonville, Florida did the first US operations with Maestro: weight-loss stomach surgeries.
MassDevice, 26 Sept 2023Company-reported
2 Dec 2022
Cleared · sets the stage
The FDA cleared the first version of Maestro through the 510(k) route (K221410).
Fierce Biotech, 19 Dec 2022 (FDA record K221410)

03Promised vs delivered

What the maker said, and when

Dated targets the maker set in public, against what has happened since.

Said1 Dec 2023
Larger commercial launch in 2025
Moon Surgical's CEO said a limited US release would come in 2024, ahead of a larger commercial launch in 2025. MedTech Dive, 1 Dec 2023
Delivered
By mid-2025 Maestro was in use at US hospitals and outpatient centers, with more than 1,600 operations reported by the company.

04Safety 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.

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.

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 two more Maestro features, including a wireless link to the company's cloud data service, Maestro Insights (2 July 2025); The FDA cleared ScoPilot, an AI feature that makes the camera follow the tip of a chosen instrument (510(k) K242323) (18 March 2025).
4
Paying customers
Delivered to customers who pay for it, beyond a trial, or a paid service the public can use.
3
Pilot
Working with a named customer in a real setting, as a trial.
2
Pre-orders
Orders, reservations or deposits taken, with nothing delivered yet.
1
Demo only
Shown in videos, staged events or a factory, with no units working for customers.

What we couldn't confirm. Moon Surgical sells Maestro on a monthly subscription tied to case volume (MedTech Dive, Dec 2023); no price published. No count of installed systems found.

Sources

Cite this page

Robotics Verdict. “Maestro (Moon Surgical): how far has it got?” roboticsverdict.com/robots/moon-surgical-maestro. Checked 19 October 2026.