List of Robot/CAS Startups

robot surgery

The Acrobot Company Ltd (UK) Acrobot provides precision surgical systems for computer-assisted 3D planning, surgical navigation and surgeon-controlled robotic surgery, focused on Europe so far, received £3M in funding, cheaper and simpler than Mako’s haptic system, but much earlier in growth, acquired by Stanmore Implants in Oct 2010
http://www.acrobot.co.uk/
Funding… http://ow.ly/iPu5

Blue Belt Technologies (Pittsburgh) raised $2.4M in Series A, Carnegie Mellon University spin off, developing ”smart” surgical instruments for use in orthopaedic and neurosurgery procedures, Precision Freehand Sculptor (PFS) is a handheld intelligent tool that assists the surgeon in accurately cutting bone, focused on Europe so far, received £3M in funding, cheaper and simpler than Mako’s haptic system, but much earlier in growth
http://www.bluebelttech.com
Funding… http://ow.ly/s33J

iWalk Inc. (Cambridge, MA) has received $20 million of a $21 million Series B round to fund development of a self-contained robotic prosthetic ankle, the company has confirmed, the latest round adds to a $3.7 million Series A, bringing the company’s total funding over $23.7 M, founded in 2006 by MIT Media Lab professor Hugh Herr, a bilateral amputee himself
Funding… http://ow.ly/nvYw
http://www.iwalkpro.com/

Mako Surgical (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) MAKOplasty is mainly focused on Unicompartmental Knee Replacements today, IPO in early 2008, still not profitable, 100 robots sold/leased with revenues around $40M/yr
http://www.makosurgical.com/

ROBODOC, a CUREXO Technology Company (Sacramento, CA) In total hip surgery applications, the ROBODOC system executes exact bone cutting and precise implant placement to reduce surgical fractures and complications and minimize human error, FDA cleared and has been used in over 24,000 joint replacement procedures WW, Currently, new applications such as resurfacing, long bone Osteotomies, Uni-condylar knee, and spine applications are being developed.
http://www.robodoc.com

Stanmore Implants (UK) Savile Row systems uses CT data to combine custom implants and robotic surgery.  the Sculptor intra-operative system to accurately prepare the bone surface to match the custom designed implant. The system was launched in the Q3/11 on a controlled basis with management noting that results from 20 preliminary patients were very encouraging. No timeline for UScommercialization was provided, but we would expect the company to focus on Europe and note that Stanmore has stated its intent to provide its robot at nocost to the hospital. http://www.stanmoreimplants.com

Surgix Ltd (Israel) formerly named “Diagnostica Imaging Software” is an Israel-based technology innovator, developing a unique imaging-based system for image guided surgery, primarily focused on Orthopedic Trauma,  Oct2009 raised $500,000 from current and external shareholders. Maayan Ventures, which owns 32% of Surgix, invested $118,000
http://www.surgix-med.com/

May 18, 2012

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