The heart of the Vista SpineNova system is the patented integrated discectomy and endplate preparation system. This approach to automated discectomy has been clinically proven in thousands of real-use cases and is now adapted for fully automated discectomy with the SpineNova system. The approach has been clinically proven to be safe for the patient, and the automated steering mechanism means that the surgeon needs only to start the discectomy operation and the SpineNova system completes the entire procedure automatically, in under 3 minutes, with improved effectiveness.