CAESAREA, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mazor Robotics Ltd. (NASDAQCM: MZOR) (TASE: MZOR), the developer of Renaissance™, an innovative surgical guidance system and its complementary products, announced that it has signed an agreement with one of the largest group purchasing organizations (GPO) for hospitals, as well as acute and non-acute healthcare facilities. Under the agreement, the Company’s Renaissance system and portfolio of disposable products will be available to the members of one of the largest hospital corporations in the U.S. with hundreds of hospitals and freestanding surgery centers. Three of the member hospitals under this GPO have previously purchased Renaissance and are currently utilizing the system.
“This is a significant achievement putting in place a framework to expand our Renaissance footprint with this hospital corporation,” commented Ori Hadomi, Mazor’s Chief Executive Officer. “With three of its member hospitals already using the Renaissance system, it clearly demonstrates the effectiveness of our strategy to penetrate individual hospitals as well as national accounts.”
As the only FDA cleared surgical guidance technology for spine surgery available in the marketplace, surgeons and administrators in the U.S. and internationally are benefitting from the positive clinical and business aspects of the system.
About Mazor
Mazor Robotics is dedicated to the development and marketing of innovative surgical robots and complementary products that provide a safer surgical environment for patients, surgeons, and operating room staff. Mazor Robotics’ flagship product, Renaissance™, is a state-of-the-art surgical robotic system that enables surgeons to conduct spine surgeries in an accurate and secure manner. Mazor Robotics systems have been successfully used in the placement of over 35,000 implants worldwide. Numerous peer-reviewed publications and presentations at leading scientific conferences have validated the accuracy, usability, and clinical advantages of Mazor Robotics technology. For more information, the content of which is not part of this press release, please visit www.mazorrobotics.com, the content of which does not form a part of this press release.
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