Robotics, IR and imaging are growth hotspots
Market reports project the global surgical robotics market to reach $15.25B by 2033 at an 11.3% CAGR, while interventional radiology, fluoroscopy and mobile C‑arm markets are also expanding—North America is set to lead with a 43% share reported and growth analyses show rising demand across catheters, stents and imaging equipment reported reported. Together they create multiple specialty entry points for device sales teams.
Medtronic completed its purchase of Fortimedix in January 2025 to beef up soft‑tissue and minimally invasive instrument capabilities medwire.ai; Johnson & Johnson MedTech reported completion of the first clinical cases with its OTTAVA robotic system on April 14, 2025 during a Roux‑en‑Y gastric bypass trial jnj.com; Stryker announced a limited release timeline for its next‑gen Mako RPS/SmartRobotics in the first half of 2026 after showcasing updates at AAOS 2025 medtechdive.com; Zimmer Biomet agreed to acquire Monogram Technologies for roughly $177 million in mid‑2025 to add semi‑ and fully‑autonomous knee robotics to its ROSA platform investor.zimmerbiomet.com. Industry estimates diverge sharply: Grand View Research projected about $9.6 billion for the surgical robots market by 2033 grandviewresearch.com, IMARC Group published a $23.1 billion figure for 2033 in an alternate forecast imarcgroup.com, and Precedence Research modeled a much larger expansion to roughly $50.3 billion by 2035. precedenceresearch.com Interventional radiology forecasts show parallel expansion: one outlook projects the IR market to reach $49.43 billion by 2035 with AI and robotics as drivers newstrail.com, utilization of embolization coils, angioplasty balloons and stent grafts rose about 28% over the prior five years in a market analysis industryresearch.biz, and fluoroscopy/mobile C‑arm reports estimate a global market approaching $3.4 billion by the early 2030s while the U.S. accounts for roughly 38% of revenue. emergenresearch.com Competitive and regional datapoints that shape sales playbooks include Intuitive Surgical’s placement of 1,721 da Vinci systems in 2025, underscoring installed‑base dominance in many hospitals isrg.intuitive.com, the North America surgical‑robotics market was valued at about $2.24 billion in 2024 with multi‑year CAGR forecasts into the high‑single digits to mid‑teens depending on the report databridgemarketresearch.com, and the North American fluoroscopy/C‑arm market was estimated at roughly $1.40 billion in 2024. databridgemarketresearch.com
