CORI is the handheld, imageless corner of DEPLOY's orthopedic sub-cohort triangle: a small-footprint platform for ambulatory surgery centers, the operational contrast to the large-footprint CT-based Mako and the mid-size cross-domain ROSA.
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It is genuinely imageless: the surgeon paints the joint surface intra-operatively to build a 3D bone model, then uses a handheld robotic bur with robotically-controlled cutting speed and exposure under optical navigation, cleared for total, partial, and revision knee.
Price
No reviewed price is on record. We do not treat unverified analyst estimates as pricing data. There is no consumer price. CORI is enterprise B2B surgical equipment sold to hospitals and surgery centers, so DEPLOY records zero price points.
Availability
Internal use only
CORI is sold to hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers, not consumers. From Smith+Nephew (LSE: SN; NYSE: SNN), its small footprint targets outpatient ORs.
Real-world status
Smith+Nephew's CORI Surgical System is a compact, surgeon-controlled handheld robotics platform for orthopedic knee surgery and the handheld, imageless archetype of the orthopedic sub-cohort. It is imageless (no pre-operative 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 and exposure are robotically controlled to the surgical plan, with optical navigation. It is AI-augmented but surgeon-controlled, not autonomous. A critical distinction aggregators routinely blur: CORI's robotic burring is cleared for the knee only (total, partial/unicompartmental, revision); its hip capability is navigation-only (RI.HIP NAVIGATION, cleared January 2022), not robotic burring.
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The critical verified-vs-claimed distinction: CORI's robotic burring is cleared for the KNEE only. Its hip capability is NAVIGATION-ONLY (RI.HIP NAVIGATION, January 2022), not robotic burring. Aggregators routinely blur 'robotic knee + hip navigation' into 'robotic hip', which overstates it. It is also surgeon-controlled, not autonomous.
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There is no consumer price. CORI is sold to hospitals and surgery centers, so DEPLOY records zero price points.
No⊘absence. It is enterprise B2B surgical equipment sold to hospitals and surgery centers; there is no consumer price.
Does CORI do robotic hip surgery?
No🟢verified. CORI's robotic burring is cleared for the knee only. Its hip capability is navigation-only (RI.HIP NAVIGATION, January 2022), not robotic burring.
Does CORI need a pre-op CT scan?
No, it is imageless🟢verified: the surgeon paints the joint surface intra-operatively to build a 3D bone model, no pre-op CT or MRI.
Is CORI autonomous?
No, it is AI-augmented but surgeon-controlled🟢verified: a handheld robotic bur with robotically-controlled speed and exposure, guided by the surgeon.
How does CORI compare to Mako and ROSA?
CORI is handheld and imageless (knee-robotic, hip nav-only)🟢verified; Mako is large-footprint CT-based multi-procedure, and ROSA is a mid-size cross-domain arm.
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