# FDA grants De Novo authorisation for Distalmotion's Dexter in inguinal hernia repair

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Date: 28 Oct 2024
About: [Distalmotion](https://technooptimist.io/companies/distalmotion.md) · [Dexter](https://technooptimist.io/robotics/dexter.md)
Original source: https://www.distalmotion.com/news/fda-grants-marketing-authorization-for-dexter

The FDA authorised Dexter for adult laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair, opening the US market to the Swiss robot. Distalmotion targets outpatient settings, where it says over 90% of US inguinal hernia repairs already happen. More than 1,300 patients had been treated with Dexter in Europe by then.

## Key facts

- De Novo marketing authorisation for adults aged 22 and older.
- Mobile, modular system designed for outpatient departments and ambulatory surgery centres.
- Open platform: works with third-party 3D imaging, energy devices and vessel sealers.
- Uses single-use, fully wristed instruments that need no reprocessing.

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