SkyWalker
About
About SkyWalker
SkyWalker is MicroPort MedBot's robotic-assisted joint-replacement platform, combining a surgical arm console with optical navigation and planning software. A CT-based model provides the preoperative plan, which is registered to anatomical landmarks during the procedure. The knee configuration supplies software-defined spatial boundaries and reference information to assist placement of compatible implants.
The U.S. FDA cleared the SkyWalker Total Knee System in July 2022 for specified total knee arthroplasty procedures and compatible implant systems. Hip-and-knee configurations also exist internationally, with CE certification for the combined system recorded in MicroPort's 2025 interim report. The approved procedure and implant combination depend on the market and configuration; the surgeon directs the operation.
Capabilities
Source-backed capabilities
- Workflows: Surgical robot platform
- Robot-assisted surgery
Customer-site use - 2025-11-11 - SkyWalker surpassed 500 robot-assisted total knee arthroplasty procedures at Krankenhaus Nettetal. - environment: orthopaedic operating rooms
Source - Robot-assisted surgery
Claimed - Assists knee osteotomy in TKA and acetabular grinding in THA from a patient-specific plan. - environment: orthopedic operating room
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Operations
- Operating Milestone
more than 500 procedures - 2025-11-11 - Krankenhaus Nettetal - orthopaedic operating rooms - SkyWalker surpassed 500 robot-assisted total knee arthroplasty procedures at Krankenhaus Nettetal.
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Timeline
- MicroPort SkyWalker surpasses 500 knee-replacement procedures at Krankenhaus Nettetal
2025-11-11 - Deployment - The milestone covers total knee arthroplasty procedures at one named German hospital. SkyWalker supports CT-based planning and surgeon-supervised robotic bone preparation. The figure is a completed-procedure count, not an order or installed-system count.
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