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Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center (Charleston, SC) is in need of the following: Item needed for the spine surgeons. A Robotic Navigation platform technology to combine a rigid robotic arm and full na... Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center (Charleston, SC) is in need of the following: Item needed for the spine surgeons. A Robotic Navigation platform technology to combine a rigid robotic arm and full navigation capabilities for precise trajectory alignment in spine surgery. A system designed to improve accuracy and optimize patient care by using robotics and navigation. System that supports screw placement for a variety of different approaches. Acquisition of a Spinal Surgery robot system that can guide Globus screws. Neurosurgery service at VA has been using spine navigation (for placement pedicle screws) close to 8 years now and have over a period of time come to identify certain limitations of this technology. The most important being introduction of error during the procedure, that can go unrecognized. Secondly the prosthesis is placed manually under navigation, and it is not always possible to precisely place the prosthesis along the preplanned navigated track. Even with navigation 3-5% of the prosthetic placements may not be along the tract planned by the surgeon. Robotic surgery addresses these issues. It can detect introduction of error any time during the procedure and inform the surgeon and secondly the robotic arm eliminates the potential error associated with manual placement of prosthesis. The system also would detect error in the identification of surgical level and virtually eliminate the possibility of surgery at the wrong level.