Smith & Nephew
About
About Smith & Nephew
Smith+Nephew combines implants, instruments and digital applications with handheld robotic assistance for joint reconstruction. The established CORI system uses image-agnostic mapping, real-time planning, gap assessment and surgeon-controlled milling for supported knee procedures, with software navigation available for hip workflows. Its portable camera, console and handpiece are designed for hospitals and ambulatory surgery centres.
The company reported more than 1,100 CORI installations by the end of 2025 and launched shoulder applications on the next-generation CORI XT platform during 2026. First clinical CORI XT cases covered knee and shoulder arthroplasty, while CORIOGRAPH services expanded preoperative modelling. Those additions belong to the newer platform and named software packages; the existing CORI product record keeps its own authorised configuration and indications.
Products
Supply
Supply chain relationships
- FANUC
Inbound - Equipment - FANUC supplies industrial robots and automated machining systems for Smith+Nephew implant manufacturing
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Financials
- SN.L - LSE - GBP
Team
- Deepak Nath - Chief Executive Officer - Smith+Nephew's orthopaedics and digital surgery portfolio includes CORI robotic-assisted surgery.
- John Rogers - Chief Financial Officer
Timeline
Events
- 2026-08-18 - Partnership - Smith+Nephew and Imperial launch five-year surgical-robotics centre
Smith+Nephew engineers and clinicians will work directly with Imperial researchers to co-develop less invasive and more broadly usable robotic-surgery techniques. Research topics include markerless registration and tracking and computer vision that adapts to patient anatomy in real time. At full capacity, the centre is expected to support one senior postdoctoral researcher and up to seven fully funded PhD students.
Source - 2023-04-24 - Product Launch - Smith+Nephew introduces CORI Digital Tensioner for robotically enabled knee arthroplasty
The handheld device measures ligament tension before bone cutting and integrates with the CORI Surgical System workflow. The product broadens Smith+Nephew's robotics-assisted orthopaedic surgery stack beyond navigation and burring.
Source - 2020-07-14 - Product Launch - Smith+Nephew launches Real Intelligence and CORI Surgical System
The CORI Surgical System had FDA 510(k) clearance for total and unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. CORI is a handheld robotics system for orthopaedic surgery workflows. The launch also introduced Smith+Nephew's Real Intelligence digital surgery brand.
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Relations
Relationships
- Imperial College London
Surgical Robotics Research Partner - Smith+Nephew and Imperial College London launched a five-year surgical-robotics research centre within Imperial’s Hamlyn Centre.