As a thank you for subscribing and listening to the DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast we built a special code to help you register for the Oct. 18-19 DeviceTalks West conference at the Santa Clara Convention Center. Please give a listen! Go to DeviceTalks.com to register now!! Save $300 off the full registration price. Plus, we replay our keynote interview with Intuitive CEO Gary Guthart at last year’s DeviceTalks West event. In this conversation Guthart will provide additional details of Intuitive’s move into endoscopic robotics including the ION robot. He’ll give his assessment of the growing competition in surgical robotics and what it means for Intuitive. Finally, he shares why he thinks the term surgical robotics may have no meaning in the future.