Medtronic's acquisition of Mazor ranks among the largest deals in Israel completed in 2018.

Medtronic is buying the Caesaria-based medical device company - in the largest deal ever for an Israeli medical firm - to become a world leader in robotics-guided spinal surgery.

In the outskirts of Caesarea, once a jewel in the Roman-empire's crown and now a posh town in Israel, stands Mazor Robotics' factory. There, the future of surgery is being built, with the Revolutionary Renaissance surgical robot.