Shoulder Innovations Inc. is forming a strategic partnership with Interventional Systems (INS) to introduce a shoulder-specific micro-robotic solution that will enhance surgical precision, workflow efficiency, and introduce new clinical approaches in the total shoulder arthroplasty and reverse shoulder arthroplasty markets.

The collaboration will broaden Shoulder Innovations’ ecosystem with more advanced enabling technology. Once developed, this new robotic solution will integrate with the company’s ProVoyance platform to deliver a comprehensive enabling technology solution that aims to improve surgical accuracy and workflow, while meeting patients’ and surgeons’ needs across all care sites, particularly ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). To further support mobility and implementation ease, the robot is designed to be transported directly into the operating room as a portable unit.

“We are thrilled to see our innovations resonating with the market and driving rapid share gains,” Shoulder Innovations CEO Rob Ball said. “Our team has helped deliver some of the most transformative advances in shoulder arthroplasty and we are applying that experience and capital raised through our recent IPO to introduce a finely tuned enabling technology platform for shoulder surgical care. While this latest addition will improve shoulder surgery in its current form, we are excited about how we can further reshape the marketplace as the true capabilities of our broader technology are developed and deployed. These solutions stand to transform every operating room into a robotic environment, leveraging a platform from INS already proven in other markets to maximize our ability to execute efficiently.”

In developing the system, Shoulder Innovations intends to address many of the challenges associated with robotic surgery, including high implementation costs, difficult mobility, costly perioperative inefficiencies, and steep technical learning curves. Orthopedic shoulder surgeons, healthcare facilities, and patients are expected to benefit from a portable solution that facilitates streamlined and consistent surgical workflows, ease-of-use, and real-time adjustments during surgery, according to company bigwigs.

“INS has a strong track record of deploying our micro-robotic technology across multiple U.S. healthcare markets with large strategic partners. We identified the fast-growing shoulder arthroplasty market as our next step and Shoulder Innovations as the ideal partner,” INS Chief Strategy Officer Pedro Costa stated. “We are excited to work together to bring this technology to market and advance our shared goal of using micro-robotics to make procedures more efficient, precise, and cost-effective.”

Interventional Systems (iSYS Medizintechnik GmbH) is a medical device company developing robotic solutions for minimally invasive surgery and percutaneous procedures. Its flagship product, Micromate, is a versatile miniature robotic platform, cleared for 2D and 3D image-guided, needle-based procedures. INS is headquartered in Kitzbühel, Austria, with offices in Austria, Germany, and Portugal.

Shoulder Innovations is a medical technology company offering advanced implant systems for shoulder arthroplasty. These systems are a core element of Shoulder Innovations’ ecosystem, which is designed to improve core components of shoulder surgical care—preoperative planning, implant design, and procedural efficiency—to benefit all care chain stakeholders. Shoulder Innovations’ ecosystem is also comprised of enabling technologies, efficient instrument systems, specialized support, and surgeon-to-surgeon collaboration. Together, these elements seek to address the long-standing clinical and operational challenges in the shoulder surgical care market by delivering predictable outcomes, procedural simplicity, and efficiency across all care sites.