ROSA® Knee with OptimiZe™ Named "Best Healthcare Robotics Solution" in the 2026 MedTech Breakthrough Awards

Recognition highlights Zimmer Biomet's surgeon-centered approach to personalized, reproducible¹ and data-driven robotic-assisted total knee replacement

The following is intended for healthcare professionals.

ROSA^® Knee with OptimiZe™ has been named “Best Healthcare Robotics Solution” in the 2026 MedTech Breakthrough Awards, a program that honors standout innovations across the global digital health and MedTech landscape. 

Representing the most significant update to the ROSA Knee System since its launch in 2019, ROSA Knee with OptimiZe brings together intelligent planning, enhanced landmarking¹, motion-sensitive tracking and data-driven insights to support a personalized robotic experience for total knee arthroplasty.²

A Breakthrough Designed Around the Surgeon

Developed in close collaboration with surgeons, ROSA Knee with OptimiZe is built to enhance and augment, not replace, their surgical expertise. The platform maintains the surgeon’s preferred workflow while offering personalized planning profiles, streamlined options and tools designed to reduce variability¹ and support accuracy, efficiency and confidence in the operating room.³ 

At the core of the system is OptimiZe Planning™, our proprietary planning capability that enables surgeons to create customized profiles based on their knee balancing preferences. This can reduce planning time by 46% on average versus not using OptimiZe planning.³

Additional enhancements include:

OptimiZe Landmarking™ – An intuitive painting feature and tibiofemoral contact point assessment, designed to reduce landmarking variability and support consistent, accurate resections.^1,3

OptimiZe Tracking™ – Motion-sensitive Active Track™ technology that helps resections remain on plane even with leg movement, eliminating the need to pin the cut guide to bone.

OptimiZe Experience™ – A simplified user interface enables surgeons to tailor workflow and display settings to see the information they want, when they want it.

Advancing Personalized Alignment in Knee Robotics

ROSA Knee with OptimiZe offers the industry’s only automated kinematic alignment planning capability designed to resurface the knee to its pre‑arthritic position and restore the native joint line. The system accommodates a range of alignment philosophies and surgical approaches, supporting surgeon preference and patient‑specific planning.

Turning Surgical Data Into Actionable Insights

ROSA Knee with OptimiZe data connects with ZBEdge® Analytics, transforming intra-operative data into actionable insights. Surgeons can objectively assess their performance, understand the potential impact of clinical decisions on recovery, and continuously refine their surgical approach. This integration bridges robotics and digital health, aiming to turn surgical data into a powerful tool for impacting efficiency and outcomes.

Driving the Future of Orthopedic Robotics

“The 2026 MedTech Breakthrough Award reinforces the vision that guided ROSA Knee with OptimiZe from the start: creating technology that is advanced, intuitive and built around the way surgeons want to operate,” said Shaun Braun, Senior Vice President, Chief Information and Technology Officer. “This recognition affirms the impact of our work to propel orthopedic robotics forward by elevating personalization, strengthening reproducibility and deepening the role of data in clinical decision making. It reflects our broader commitment to shaping a connected, intelligent ecosystem that empowers surgeons and to help deliver better experiences for patients. We are deeply grateful to the Zimmer Biomet teams and our surgeon developers whose expertise, collaboration and dedication made this achievement possible.”

As Zimmer Biomet continues to shape the future of musculoskeletal care, ROSA Knee with OptimiZe stands as a clear example of how thoughtful innovation can help surgeons deliver better experiences and outcomes for their patients.

For indications, contraindications, warnings, precautions, potential adverse effects and patient counseling information, see the  instructions for use or contact your local representative; visit www.zimmerbiomet.com for additional product information.

References

_{¹ Data on File. FER-EMS230714-01 Formative Evaluation Report - July Lab 2023.
² Lonner, J.H., et al., An orthopaedic intelligence application successfully integrates data from a smartphone-based care management platform and a robotic knee system using a commercial database. International Orthopaedics, 2022.
³ Data on File. DVaR-DS250106-01 ROSA Knee System v1.5 Validation Report.}