--- description: Find out why Medical Microinstruments Symani Surgical System is one of the best inventions of 2024 title: Medical Microinstruments Symani Surgical System: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08529b1c7937e943/698a8a1bb3fce35e690d22fb/Synami2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Oct 30, 2024 # A Steady Surgeon by [Chris Stokel-Walker](/author/chris-stokel-walker/) ## Chris Stokel-Walker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Jo Whaley for TIME Surgical robots controlled remotely by medics have been operating for nearly a quarter century. But in April, the Symani surgical system, which uses wristed robotic arms with seven degrees of flexibility, became the first FDA-approved robot for microsurgery. “The human body tremors when you do work, and \[this tech\] dampens the tremor,” says Mark Toland, CEO of MMI. In Europe, Symani has completed nearly 1,000 surgeries across 17 different procedures. Up next: MMI is working on an AI-powered version to do common elements of operations, like tying up arteries post-procedure. These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094777/medical-microinstruments-symani-surgical-system/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094777/medical-microinstruments-symani-surgical-system/"},"headline":"Medical Microinstruments Symani Surgical System: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024","datePublished":"2024-10-30T11:03:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T11:54:31.260Z","description":"Find out why Medical Microinstruments Symani Surgical System is one of the best inventions of 2024","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094777/medical-microinstruments-symani-surgical-system/","keywords":["Tech","E-Commerce","list","franchise","Magazine","best inventions"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08529b1c7937e943/698a8a1bb3fce35e690d22fb/Synami2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Chris Stokel-Walker","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/chris-stokel-walker/"}],"creator":"Chris Stokel-Walker","articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08529b1c7937e943/698a8a1bb3fce35e690d22fb/Synami2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094777/medical-microinstruments-symani-surgical-system/","name":"Medical Microinstruments Symani Surgical System: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"2024 Best Inventions In Health","description":"Artera AI Multimodal Artificial Intelligence, Medical Microinstruments Symani Surgical System, and the Laifen Wave Toothbrush are among TIME's best inventions in health.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/eMsGzlw3/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2024-10-29T19:07:32.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/eMsGzlw3.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094777/medical-microinstruments-symani-surgical-system/","duration":"PT1M32S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094777/medical-microinstruments-symani-surgical-system/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```