
The company’s principal creation, the da Vinci surgical system, is, at its core, an attempt to impose order upon the inherent chaos of the human body. As of the end of 2025, eleven thousand one hundred and six such systems were in operation globally—a number that, while substantial, feels strangely…incomplete. Each system, a metallic simulacrum of human dexterity, performs an ever-increasing number of procedures. In 2025, the volume of surgeries increased by eighteen percent, a rate that suggests a growing acceptance—or perhaps, a growing dependence—upon this mechanical intervention. The company projects a further increase of up to fifteen percent in 2026, a prediction that assumes, of course, the continuation of this current trajectory—a dangerous assumption in any endeavor governed by the unpredictable currents of human desire and technological advancement.