Medtronic unveils Touch Surgery Aide, an AI-native compute platform for real-time surgical decision support

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Medtronic is unveiling Touch Surgery Aide, an AI-native surgical computing platform that enables real-time artificial intelligence during procedures, at the Society of Robotic Surgery 2026 Annual Meeting in Florida. Built on NVIDIA accelerated computing infrastructure including Holoscan, CUDA, and TensorRT, the platform powers the Touch Surgery ecosystem, which is already used in more than 1,500 operating rooms worldwide. Medtronic also announced FDA clearance of Instrument Exit Point, the first real-time AI application for robotic procedures from Medtronic, which runs on Touch Surgery Aide and provides visual notifications when select instruments move beyond the visible field of view during robotic surgery using the Hugo robotic-assisted surgery system. The Hugo system received FDA clearance for urologic procedures in December 2025 and has been used in tens of thousands of procedures across more than 35 countries. Medtronic expects the platform to eventually support a growing range of real-time AI applications and connect with other Medtronic technologies in the operating room.

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Medtronic unveils Touch Surgery Aide AI platform and announces FDA clearance of Instrument Exit Point, enhancing its surgical robotics capabilities.

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NVIDIA's accelerated computing infrastructure (Holoscan, CUDA, TensorRT) is used in Medtronic's new platform, potentially driving demand for NVIDIA's healthcare AI solutions.

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