Endiatx is planning a pivotal trial for its swallowable, steerable Pillbot robot camera at Mayo Clinic campuses this year. The Hayward, California–based startup has already started first-in-human trials in New Zealand, Endiatx told MassDevice this week. Endiatx plans to publish data from those trials, saying they are “progressing well, and physicians appreciate the technology.” MDO […]
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Mayo Clinic takes a stake in PillBot developer Endiatx
Mayo Clinic and Endiatx have signed a know-how license agreement covering the ongoing development of Endiatx’s PillBot. The deal gives Mayo Clinic an equity stake in the robotic stomach camera startup, Endiatx co-founder and CEO Torrey Smith told MassDevice. He declined to share the precise size of the single-digit percentage equity stake or other financial […]
This CEO is swallowing his own devices to fund his swimming PillBot
As he prepared to swallow his robot for the first time, Torrey Smith’s doctors warned that the battery was his greatest threat. If the capsule came apart and the battery burned the tissue lining his stomach, it would only be the beginning of a very bad experience. “I was just hoping that we would get […]
