Medtronic is continuing its push into the fast-growing robotic surgery market led by Intuitive Surgical.

Expansion of the Hugo platform is key to the company’s strategy for improving growth in its surgical business, and the market-leading LigaSure vessel sealing technology is attracting strong surgeon adoption and taking share in the advanced energy field, CEO Geoff Martha told investors on the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call in May. 

In its CE mark announcement at the Society of Robotic Surgeons Annual Meeting in Strasbourg, France, Medtronic said the LigaSure device reliably seals vessels in about two seconds and minimizes the spread of thermal energy to the surrounding tissue.

“LigaSure technology is one of the most important advances for minimally invasive surgery because it provides sealing and cutting in a way that is very, very secure for the performance of the surgeon and the security of the patient,” Miguel Caceres, of the Pacifica Salud Hospital in Panama, said in Medtronic’s statement. “As a robotic surgeon, we want LigaSure technology because it gives us confidence in the security of the seal.”