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Virtual Incision gathered $46 million in new funding to complete clinical testing and begin the system’s commercial launch.
To expand the clinical trial to additional sites as well as further regulatory submissions to the FDA for approval.
Weighing only two pounds, the company’s MIRA platform aims to shrink down the surgeon’s experience.
Its first surgery—a partial removal of a patient’s colon, was completed via a single incision through the navel.
Designed to be moved throughout a hospital without dedicated operating room infrastructure.
“Ability to successfully perform colon resection demonstrates the huge potential of the platform,” - Shane Farritor, co-founder of Virtual Incision.
Virtual Incision is also developing mini-robots for hernia repairs, gallbladder removals, hysterectomies and bariatric surgeries.
