Neptune Medical announced that it expanded its collaboration with Nvidia to bring AI to its GI robotic system.
The collaboration aims to leverage Nvidia’s Isaac for Healthcare, an AI robotics development platform. Nvidia specialized Isaac to enhance the AI-driven capabilities of robotic systems.
According to a news release, this aligns with Nvidia’s focus on AI while giving Neptune access to an advanced digital twin framework. This enables physically accurate and high-fidelity simulations of sensors, human anatomy and physiological processes essential for medical innovation.
The news was part of a host of medtech AI announcements this week as Nvidia holds its GTC 2025 event in San Jose, California. (We have a full roundup of medtech AI news out of Nvidia’s “Super Bowl of AI.”)
[For more on the wide world of surgical robotics, see our special report on the space.]
Neptune Medical is a gastrointestinal-focused company expanding into robotics. Its foray into the robotics space is bolstered by the recent appointment of Dr. Fred Moll, a significant figure in surgical robotics, as chair of the board.
“Building the next generation of intelligent GI robotics requires robust AI-driven simulation,” said Alex Tilson, Neptune founder and CEO. “By utilizing Nvidia Isaac for Healthcare, we can accelerate the development, validation, and commercialization of our GI robotic systems with highly enabling capabilities, ensuring that they operate with unparalleled precision and safety in real-world settings.”
Neptune is the latest to incorporate Nvidia’s Isaac into its robotic systems following Moon Surgical and Virtual Incision.
A leader in AI computing, Nvidia has worked with a number of medtech companies to incorporate AI into their technologies. Johnson & Johnson MedTech announced last year that it plans to accelerate and scale AI for surgery in partnership with Nvidia. GE HealthCare and Nvidia partnered to bring AI to ultrasound technology in March 2024 as well.
Asensus Surgical linked up with Nvidia in 2023 to deliver novel clinical intelligence to surgeons in surgical robotics. Medtronic also partnered with Nvidia to enable an AI Access platform to boost the GI Genius intelligent endoscopy module’s capabilities. This week, Hyperfine announced a deal with Nvidia to leverage its AI in neuroimaging.
