Philadelphia operating room software startup raises $4.3M, hires MapQuest co-founder (Philadelphia Business Journal)
Website - https://www.ortelligence.com/
The world of orthopedic surgery is complex. Beyond the usual challenges of operating on the human body, orthopedic surgical teams must also navigate hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of screws, plates and drill bits as they rebuild broken bones and replace knees.
A new startup, founded by two local orthopedic trauma surgeons and a veteran of the medical device industry, is aiming to simplify how those operating rooms tick — and just raised $4.3 million from angel investors to do it.
Chester-based ORtelligence’s platform is designed to use artificial intelligence technologies to identify the exact tools and parts a surgeon needs during a procedure, based on past surgeries, and help the surgical techs and device representatives find and prepare them. It has also built a virtual representative option that uses image recognition and natural language processing to help the surgical team work with devices and parts. It then connects the team with a device representative virtually.
“What we're trying to do is incorporate techn...
