The company is sponsoring the first clinical study of robotically assisted electromagnetic-guided percutaneous access and mini-percutaneous nephrolithotomy – kidney stone removal – with the Monarch robotic-assisted platform for urology.

CMR Surgical will collaborate with Johnson & Johnson/Ethicon to expand access to its Versius robotic surgery system.

J&J’s entry into the kidney stone management market will not threaten Boston Scientific’s leadership position in that market in the near-term, according to Wells Fargo analyst Larry Biegelsen.

The California court struck down fines levied for communications between sales reps and doctors, but said the bulk of the penalty was justified.