July 2026.

Field Notes

Industry roundups

Sep 30, 2026 The FDA Would Credential Generative AI Like a Clinician. You Still Answer for a Model You Don’t Own. Sep 29, 2026 Microbot’s FDA-Cleared Robot Now Meets the Hospital’s Value Analysis Committee Earlier Sep 28, 2026 The Navy Put a Startup’s Hypersonic Missile Into Production. Its Investors Paid for the Development First. Sep 27, 2026 Robotaxis Proved the Driving. How to Count the Service Work Every Demo Leaves Out Sep 26, 2026 The FDA’s Draft Surgical Robot Guidance Lets the Hardest Procedure Cover the Rest Sep 25, 2026 The FDA Panel Said Yes to Grail’s Cancer Test. It Said No to the Word Early. Sep 24, 2026 CATL’s Licensee Pays for the Factory. CATL Plans to Sell It the Cells. Sep 23, 2026 GM Shipped Patriot Interceptor Parts in 22 Days. Lockheed Is Buying the Rate. Sep 22, 2026 FDA Approved the First Sirolimus Balloon. A Subgroup Decides Who Buys It. Sep 21, 2026 Your FDA Clearance Covers One Configuration. Your Roadmap Is the Queue. Sep 20, 2026 A Humanoid Holds Twice the Rare Earth of an EV. Getting It Back Was Decided at the Design Review. Sep 19, 2026 Olympus Backed This Endoscopy Robot, Then Took an Option on Its Rival Sep 18, 2026 ISO 21423 Isn’t Published Yet. The Code That Speaks It Is Already Free. Sep 17, 2026 A $400 Million Device Failed Its Trial. Its Engineers Bought It Back. Sep 16, 2026 The FDA Approved This Valve for Symptom-Free Patients. Medicare Started Paying Sixteen Months Later. Sep 15, 2026 When No Law Fits Your Product, Regulators Reach for the Nearest One Sep 14, 2026 J&J Bought Into a $37 Billion Orthopedics Market. It's Leaving a $50 Billion One. Sep 13, 2026 GM Is Building Battery Cells It Will Never Sell So It Can Judge the Ones It Buys Sep 12, 2026 Teradyne Is Suing Over Three Universal Robots Patents. All Three Expire in March. Sep 11, 2026 Axogen Paid $200 Million to Widen the Pool of Surgeons Who Can Repair a Nerve Sep 10, 2026 Nine Sites, $1.8 Million: How to Read a Hardware Company's Traction Sep 8, 2026 The Army Bought Its First Production Laser. The Factory Was Funded in March. Sep 7, 2026 Cellares' Machine Met Every Release Spec. Bristol Myers Squibb Still Walked Away. Sep 6, 2026 Stryker's Surgical Headset Is FDA Authorized. Its Own Label Keeps the Monitors On. Sep 5, 2026 Medtronic Paid $700 Million for a Surgical Robot It Can't Sell in the United States Sep 4, 2026 FDA Reclassified This Cancer Test Category. Fewer Than Five People Commented. Sep 3, 2026 Kardium's Cleanroom Builds 500 a Year. The Business Needs 30,000. Sep 2, 2026 Two in Ten Storage Projects Now Treat the 30% Tax Credit as Optional Sep 1, 2026 Boston Scientific Is Pulling Catheters Its Complaint Data Never Flagged