6 Questions with Phil Sayles, who has digitized the last mile in the orthopedic supply chain – the OR.

The Operation Room was the last place on earth where high-tech products are not scanned. Screws are manually counted on scrapes of paper and notes on drapes.

I have known Phil for years now and have watched him develop and launch a an elegant solution to this problem with Summate.
Phil and I sat down to discuss Summate.

1. Explain what Summate actually does.
We transform the management of the assets inside any ortho tray from analog to digital by making the existing tray itself smart.  Barcodes, which are used in most every other industry, for a variety of reasons don’t work ve...