Virtual Incision today announced the completion of the first surgery in a study assessing its surgical robot for hysterectomy procedures. The clinical study evaluates the safety and efficacy of MIRA, the company’s miniaturized robotic-assisted surgery (miniRAS) device. A minimally invasive robot could shorten hospital stays and reduce blood loss. It could also decrease complication rates […]
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Sovato completes series of remote robotic surgical tests
Sovato recently announced it completed a series of remote robotic-assisted surgical procedures using its Sovato remote surgery software platform. Seven surgeons across four specialties performed nephrectomy, hysterectomy, colectomy, and cholecystectomy procedures on pigs as part of the preclinical tests, which took place across about 500 miles between Chicago and Lincoln, Nebraska. The procedures used the […]
Virtual Incision wins FDA nod for miniature MIRA surgical robot for use in colectomies
Virtual Incision announced that the FDA granted marketing authorization to its MIRA miniaturized surgical robotic system. The FDA gave the nod for the use of the miniRAS (robotic-assisted surgery) system in adults undergoing colectomy procedures. MIRA went through the FDA’s de novo classification process, with findings based on an investigational device exemption (IDE) study. Virtual […]
Virtual Incision sends its mini surgical robot to space
Virtual Incision announced today that its MIRA surgical robot system is currently in transit to the International Space Station. Lincoln, Nebraska–based Virtual Incision in 2022 received a grant for the MIRA platform to be used in a technology demonstration aboard the ISS. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded the grant to use the […]
Virtual Incision adds $30M in funding for miniaturized surgical robot
Virtual Incision announced today that it added a $30 million extension to its previous $46 million Series C financing round. The Lincoln, Nebraska-based surgical robot maker announced the initial $46 million raise in November 2021. Current investors Bluestem Capital, Endeavour Vision, Baird Capital, cultivate(MD) Capital Funds and PrairieGold Venture Partners led the round. New health-tech […]
Virtual Incision submits surgical robot for FDA de novo review
Virtual Incision announced that it submitted its MIRA surgical robot to the FDA for de novo review. Lincoln, Nebraska-based Virtual Incision seeks authorization to market MIRA for use in bowel resection procedures. The submission follows a completed FDA investigational device exemption (IDE) study. FDA approved the IDE supplement for MIRA in April 2022. MIRA could […]
16 surgical robotics companies you need to know
Intuitive remains the dominant surgical robotics company, but corporations ranging from Medtronic to Vicarious Surgical look to compete. Robotic-assisted surgery remains one of the hottest spaces in medtech. Intuitive, which pioneered the field in the 1990s and early 2000s, continues to innovate. At the same time, a host of other companies are looking to compete. […]
NASA grant will see Virtual Incision’s surgical robot go to space
Virtual Incision announced today that its MIRA platform will be used in a technology demonstration aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Lincoln, Nebraska-based Virtual Incision received a grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to use the miniaturized robotic-associated surgery (RAS) platform on the 2024 technology demonstration mission. MIRA includes a small, self-contained […]
FDA approves IDE supplement for Virtual Incision’s miniaturized surgical robotics platform
Virtual Incision announced today that it received an FDA investigational device exemption (IDE) supplement for its MIRA platform. Lincoln, Nebraska-based Virtual Incision’s IDE supplement allows the company to complete the final stage of its clinical study for the MIRA (miniaturized in vivo robotic assistant) platform in bowel resection procedures. The company said in a news […]
Virtual Incision raises $46M for its miniaturized robotic platform
Virtual Incision announced today that it raised $46 million in a Series C round to support its miniaturized robots for laparoscopic surgery. The company — based in Lincoln, Nebraska and Pleasanton, California — said the money will fund regulatory and clinical programs supporting the eventual commercialization of its MIRA (miniaturized in vivo robotic assistant) surgical […]
Virtual Incision receives FDA IDE for miniaturized robot-assisted surgery platform
Virtual Incision announced today that it received investigational device exemption (IDE) from the FDA for its MIRA platform. MIRA, which stands for miniaturized in vivo robotic assistant, is touted by Virtual Incision as a first-of-its-kind miniaturized surgical platform, according to a news release. Receiving IDE allows Virtual Incision to initiate a clinical study of MIRA […]
