The first surgical robot prototype was developed at SRI International with funding from ARPA, utilizing remote manipulation technology used for radioactive materials. Dr. Phil Green invented the Green Telepresence System, which originally aimed to assist with battlefield surgeries by keeping operators remote and stabilizing soldiers in the field. After Dr. Jacques Perrisat’s presentation of a...

“The company’s first robot aims to assist in soft tissue surgeries. Called Galen ES, it acts as a support for surgeons performing ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgeries, particularly laryngeal cancer operations. Swappable instruments follow the surgeon’s hand movements but allow the user to take a break if needed. According to Lichorowic, the goal is...

Original Release: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/galen-robotics-announces-over-subscribed-15-million-series-a-to-advance-next-phase-in-surgical-robotics-301663599.html Ambix Healthcare Partners Leads Funding Round Bringing New Surgical Robot To Market BALTIMORE, Nov. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Galen Robotics, the Digital-Surgery-as-a-Service ™ pioneer, today announced it has completed the 1st close for an oversubscribed Series A round with $15 million in funding, including investment from Ambix Healthcare Partners, from Menlo Park, CA. Galen Robotics has submitted a...

Galen News – We are proud to announce that Dr. Robert S. Langer, founder of 40 biotechnology companies, including Moderna, will join the company’s Board of Directors. He will assist Galen Robotics to advance and deliver a new, breakthrough generation of cooperative surgical robots for microsurgery while also launching Digital-Surgery-as-a-Service (a new shared-risk mode for hospitals...

We are proud to announce that Acquisition International Magazine has named Galen Robotics Maryland’s 2021 Leading Innovators in Surgical Robotics Solutions! As a company, we continued to democratize microsurgery and robotic surgery. Galen is developing collaborative surgical robots for microsurgery unaddressed by today’s surgical robots. The vision is to introduce an affordable, per-usage digital surgery “as-a-service” model....

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought radical change to the structure of healthcare operations, causing medical institutions to reevaluate their distribution of resources to better care for their patients and adapt to new economic conditions in a more dynamic economic environment. In this article for MD+DI, Galen Robotics CEO Bruce Lichorowic discusses the potential for shared-risk...