Quarterly results round-up: Intuitive and Zoll on the up, Varian's bottom line suffers
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Continued uptake of its robotic surgery technology enabled Intuitive Surgical to beat analysts' predictions for its top and bottom lines during its fourth fiscal quarter. The developer of the da Vinci surgical robots reported a 28% year-on-year increase in Q4 revenue at $496.8m, while net profit increased to $151.2m, versus $121.2m recorded in Q4 2010.
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