Intuitive Surgical醫(yī)療器械公司

2012排名： 50

連續(xù)上榜時(shí)間：6年

????這家總部位于加州桑尼維爾的機(jī)器人外科手術(shù)系統(tǒng)制造商繼續(xù)受益于市場(chǎng)對(duì)機(jī)器人外科手術(shù)需求的增長(zhǎng)。它的da Vinci系統(tǒng)在子宮切除術(shù)等醫(yī)療手術(shù)中得到了廣泛采用，令公司自2007年首次上榜（第4）以來(lái)一直穩(wěn)居榜單之中。2012年Intuitive下滑至第50位，但業(yè)務(wù)仍在繼續(xù)增長(zhǎng)。2011年公司營(yíng)業(yè)收入較上年增長(zhǎng)了24%，同期利潤(rùn)大增30%，使用da Vinci系統(tǒng)的外科手術(shù)增加了29%，達(dá)到36萬(wàn)例。

????2012年，Intuitive Surgical公司對(duì)歐洲醫(yī)院的支出預(yù)測(cè)謹(jǐn)慎，因?yàn)闅W洲政府仍在苦苦掙扎，應(yīng)對(duì)堆積如山的債務(wù)。該公司每年銷售額有20%來(lái)自歐洲以及日本、韓國(guó)等海外市場(chǎng)。

Intuitive Surgical

2012 Fastest-Growing rank: 50

Years on list: 6

????The Sunnyvale, CA-based manufacturer of robotic surgical systems continued to gain with growing demand for robotic surgery. Its da Vinci technology is used heavily in medical procedures such as hysterectomies, and has helped the company hold steady on this list since 2007 when it came in at no. 4. Intuitive slipped to no. 50 in 2012, but the company has seen business grow. For 2011, revenues grew 24% over the previous year, while profit rose 30% and surgical procedures using the da Vinci system rose 29% to 360,000 during the same period.

????For 2012, Intuitive Surgical gave a cautious note on spending by hospitals in Europe, where governments are grappling with too much debt. The company gets 20% of its annual revenue from Europe and foreign markets like Japan and South Korea.