Q3 Highlights
Worldwide da Vinci procedures grew approximately 20% compared with the third quarter of 2017, driven primarily by growth in U.S. general surgery procedures and worldwide urologic procedures.
The Company shipped 231 da Vinci Surgical Systems compared with 169 in the third quarter of 2017.
Third quarter 2018 revenue of $921 million grew approximately 14% compared with $808 million for the third quarter of 2017. Third quarter 2017 revenue included $21 million that had previously been deferred in connection with a customer trade-out program that the Company had offered certain first quarter 2017 customers.
Third quarter 2018 GAAP net income was $293 million, or $2.45 per diluted share, compared with $299 million, or $2.56 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2017.
Third quarter 2018 non-GAAP* net income was $337 million, or $2.83 per diluted share, compared with $325 million, or $2.78 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2017. The customer trade-out program mentioned above increased third quarter 2017 GAAP and non-GAAP* net income per diluted share by approximately $0.09. Third quarter 2017 GAAP and non-GAAP* net income benefited from $68 million, or $0.59 per diluted share, related to certain tax benefits.
The Company shipped the first three da Vinci SP® Surgical Systems in the third quarter of 2018. The da Vinci SP system is the Company’s latest surgical system platform which delivers the surgical instruments and camera through a single port for narrow access surgery.
In August 2018, the Company submitted a premarket notification to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) for the Ion™ endoluminal system, the Company’s new flexible robotic-assisted, catheter-based platform, designed to navigate through very small lung airways to reach peripheral nodules for biopsies.
Commenting on the announcement, Gary Guthart, President and CEO of Intuitive, said, “We are pleased with our strong third quarter procedure growth, da Vinci system placements, and the financial results that follow. With our customers, we remain dedicated to the pursuit of our shared mission to improve the availability and quality of minimally invasive surgery.”
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