Key Takeaways Intuitive Surgical beat profit and sales forecasts on higher demand for its minimally invasive da Vinci surgical devices.The company reported an 18% year-over-year increase in da Vinci procedures worldwide.

Earlier this year, Intuitive Surgical warned that supplies may be tight in the months ahead as it continues to roll out the latest iteration of its da Vinci robot. | Intuitive reported an 18% increase in procedure volume compared to last year's third quarter,

Intuitive placed 110 da Vinci 5 systems in the quarter (up from 70 in Q2) as sales, profits and procedure volumes all grew year-over-year.