Virtual Incision Develops Smaller Robots for Minimally Invasive Surgeries

Virtual Incision Corporation has developed a smaller robot for minimally invasive surgeries.

The company is a privately-held medical device company focused on developing an advanced miniaturized robot for general surgery abdominal procedures.

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The robots are designed to operate from the inside out. The new smaller robotic system is inserted through a single abdominal incision, where it works entirely within the body of the patient.

“The companies that have come before have done an amazing job pioneering the field of robot-assisted surgery. We think it’s here to stay, and there are a lot of well-known benefits to it. But we felt that, rather than mainframe-like robots, much smaller devices could allow much greater access and are much better suited to general surgery. So we really focused on building a general surgery platform, where the surgeon can be close to the patient,” said CEO John Murphy to MassDevice.com.

Murphy also said that Virtual Incision wanted to develop a robot-assisted surgery platform that would work for surgeons, instead of making surgeons work for it. That smaller size will also make it a cheaper option than its larger competition.

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While the device is being designed for general surgery, Virtual Incision is focusing on putting it to use in colon resections. The company announced that it raised an $11.2 million equity round for a feasibility study of the device for colon resections.

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