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Here's What Investors Should Look for in Intuitive Surgical's Earnings Report

Alex Carchidi, The Motley Fool
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Here's What Investors Should Look for in Intuitive Surgical's Earnings Report
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As one of the biggest healthcare companies on the market and the world's largest robotic surgery company by far, Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG) has a lot of momentum. With its razor-and-blade business model, it has profitably sold the da Vinci robotic surgical suite and its associated surgical tools at a larger and larger scale since the early 2000s. On Jan. 12, Intuitive released a sneak peek of its performance in 2021, with the full results due on Jan. 20.

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