Healthcare Robotics

The round was led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, and included support from Saudi Aramco P7 Venture Fund and the Yuanjing Vision Plus Capital. 

Cornerstone Capital, a Chinese private equity investment institution, led the funding round for Yuanhua Intelligent Technologies.  

Distalmotion plans to use the funding to commercialize Dexter globally, and pursue FDA approval for the system.

Worldwide procedures performed with the da Vinci surgical robot increased 19% compared to the fourth quarter of 2020.

Atalante is a self-balanced, lower-body exoskeleton that emulates the way humans walk. The company began clinical trials for the exoskeleton in 2017. It was CE marked in 2019.

Memic’s Hominis system will be used in single-site, natural orifice laparoscopic-assisted transvaginal benign gynecological procedures.

Blue Ocean currently has three mobile robot brands in its portfolio, but the company is currently developing four new types of service robots.

Labrador Systems’ Retriever and Caddie robots can autonomously navigate a home carrying payloads up to 25 lbs.

The brain-computer interface market is all-encompassing, but a major promise is connecting robotic parts to compensate for human frailties.

Lawsuit alleges J&J executives misrepresented their intentions when it acquired Auris Health for $3.4 billion in 2019.

International technical conference and expo addresses engineering challenges faced when designing and developing healthcare robotics products and services.

ABB integrated a two-arm YuMi cobot onto an AMR from PAL Robotics at a new lab in Spain.

Ascend is intended to help those with knee pain perform everyday tasks, like walking, going up stairs or standing up.

The new robotic aides are designed to be used by parents, therapists and other healthcare professionals for the development and learning of individuals with neurodevelopmental or intellectual challenges

Moxi was first brought to Cedars Sinai in September 2021, and in just its first six weeks, it saved 300 miles of walking for nurses.

Researchers said the tiny camera could someday be used with medical robots to diagnose and treat diseases.

OrthoSpin’s robot-assisted external fixation system for orthopedic treatments is a platform used in DePuy Synthes’ Maxframe.

The funding will support regulatory and clinical programs leading to the commercialization of the MIRA, as well as for research and development efforts.

Medtronic’s rollout of their Hugo robotics assisted surgical robot will be delayed due to supply-chain issues.

Robotics Summit & Expo returns to Boston in May 2022 with deepened coverage, an expanded showfloor, and co-location with Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum.

Myomo said this is a 128% increase year over year and the highest quarterly revenue in the company’s history.

Terms of the deal were undisclosed, but Ottobock acquired 100% of suitX shares.