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nView medical CEO attends Utah trade mission to Singapore led by Governor G. Herbert
nView medical CEO, Cristian Atria, was recently in Singapore attending a Utah trade mission led by Utah Governor Gary R. Herbert. The Utah mission focused in building relationships between Utah and Singapore, including building business partnerships, investments, sharing best practices and of course spurring import/export & trade. The delegation was composed of key business people, ...
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Activ Surgical Granted Second U.S. Patent for ActivSight Imaging Module
All of us at Activ Surgical are thrilled to announce that the company was issued its second patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) related to our ActivSightTM imaging module on November 23, 2021. This patent–U.S. Patent No. 11,179,218 B2–demonstrates our potential to build on the current version of the tool, including the addition of multimodal sensing to ...
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Augmented Reality Pioneer Augmedics Announces Raj Asarpota as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Augmedics, a pioneer in augmented reality surgical image guidance, today announced that Raj Asarpota has been appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective September 15, 2021. In this role, Asarpota will lead Augmedics’ global finance organization and will be responsible for accounting, treasury, financial planning and analysis, tax, and investor relations. ...
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Augmented Reality Pioneer Augmedics Announces New Board Leadership
Augmedics, a pioneer in augmented reality surgical image guidance, today announced the appointment of Rick Anderson as executive chairman of the board and Bradley Paddock as the board’s independent director. Anderson joined the board in March upon the closing of Augmedics’ over-subscribed $36 million Series C funding, followed by Paddock in May. Both will begin their new roles ...
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Augmedics Announces FDA 510K Clearance and U.S. Launch of xvision, the First Augmented Reality Guidance System for Surgery
Augmedics, a pioneer in augmented reality surgical image guidance, has announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance and the U.S. launch of its groundbreaking xvision Spine system (XVS), the first AR guidance system to be used in surgery. xvision Spine allows surgeons to visualize the 3D spinal anatomy of a patient during surgery as if they had “x-ray vision,” and ...
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Activ Surgical Introduces ActivInsights Augmented Reality Software Suite to Enhance Safety in the Operating Room
BOSTON – June 11, 2021— ActivSurgical™, a digital surgery pioneer, today announced the introduction of ActivInsights™ software suite, a proprietary augmented reality (AR)-based bundle that offers real time tissue assessment in the form of previously unavailable visual overlays. The new software suite, along with the company’s interoperable imaging module, ...
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Augmented Reality Pioneer Augmedics Announces New CEO in Support of Accelerating Growth
Augmedics, a pioneer in augmented reality (AR) surgical navigation, today announced its newest executive leadership addition in support of the accelerating growth of the company’s revolutionary AR-driven xvision system. The company announced the appointment of medtech executive Kevin Hykes as President and Chief Executive Officer. Hykes is a 30-year medical device veteran with expertise ...
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FDA clears the nView s1 imaging system with integrated navigation
nView medical Inc. (nView) announces the 510(k) clearance of the nView s1 with navigation option by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). nView’s mission is to make surgery safer, faster, and consistently accurate by creating instant 3D information throughout the surgical procedure. nView s1 is an imaging system that integrates the latest developments in low-dose X-ray imaging and ...
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Augmedics Employees Lead $15 Million Series B Financing to Secure and Successfully Launch Company Amid COVID-19 Crisis
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Augmedics, a pioneer in augmented reality surgical image guidance, has raised $15 million in Series B financing, led by its U.S. staff. In a nearly unprecedented move, the company’s employees formed limited liability company AUG Management LLC to raise $4 million in an effort to secure and successfully launch the company as venture capital (VC) all but evaporated ...
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Dr. James Lynch is the First US Private Practice Surgeon to Use Augmented Reality Spine Surgical Guidance at a Community Hospital
RENO, Nev., July 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Spine Nevada Minimally Invasive Spine Institute announced that Dr. James Lynch, a board-certified and fellowship-trained neurological surgeon, was the first private practice surgeon in the United States to use the Augmedics xvision Spine System at a community hospital. xvision is the first Augmented Reality Guidance system to be used in surgery. It ...
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Dr. Frank Phillips is First in the World to Use Augmented Reality Surgical Guidance in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush announced today that Dr. Frank Phillips, Professor and Director of the Division of Spine Surgery and the Section of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery at Rush University Medical Center, completed the first augmented reality (AR) minimally invasive spine surgery. The Augmedics xvision™ Spine System surgical guidance system allows a surgeon ...
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OrthoGrid Systems, Inc. Announces Launch of New OrthoGrid Trauma Software Application for Open Reduction and Internal Fixation (ORIF) procedures
OrthoGrid® Systems, Inc., a global MedTech leader on a mission to digitally transform intraoperative musculoskeletal surgery, announces the launch of its new OrthoGrid Trauma Application. The new OrthoGrid Trauma is the latest application of OrthoGrid’s Surgical Digital Platform. OrthoGrid Trauma is a patented, distortion-correcting, disruptive and revolutionary surgery navigation ...
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Augmedics, Augmented Reality Surgical Image Guidance Pioneer, Raises $36 Million in Series C Fundraising
Augmedics, a pioneer in augmented reality surgical image guidance, announced today that it has raised $36 million in an over-subscribed Series C financing with an international syndicate of Israel-US investors. This comes only eight months after the company closed a $21 million Series B financing, bringing the total funding to date to $63 million. H.I.G. Capital, Revival Healthcare Capital, and ...
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Orthofix Announces Investment and Partnership with nView medical, Developer of Novel Imaging and Guidance Systems
Orthofix Medical Inc. (NASDAQ:OFIX), a global medical device company with a spine and orthopedics focus, and nView medical, a Salt Lake City-based company developing surgical imaging and guidance systems enabled by artificial intelligence (AI), today announced a partnership and investment agreement to jointly develop and co-market the innovative nView systems with Orthofix cervical spine and ...
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nView medical and Orthogrid Systems Partnering to Combine 3D Imaging and Guidance Technology in Musculoskeletal Procedures
Announced today, nView medical, a leading innovator in 3D medical imaging, and OrthoGrid Systems, Inc., a global MedTech leader offering intraoperative alignment technologies, are partnering to provide integrated solutions that increase surgical accuracy OR efficiency and improve patient outcomes As the first step for implementation, the companies are executing a proof of concept for a ...
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First Augmented Reality Spine Surgery Using FDA-Cleared Augmedics xvision Spine System Completed in U.S.
Augmedics, a pioneer in augmented reality surgical image guidance, has announced its groundbreaking xvision Spine System has been successfully used for the first time in a spinal fusion surgery in the United States. The system was used in a spinal surgery procedure by Johns Hopkins University surgeons. xvision, the first Augmented Reality Guidance system for surgery, allows surgeons to visualize ...
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First Augmented Reality Spine Surgery Using FDA-Cleared Augmedics xvision Spine System Completed in U.S.
Augmedics, a pioneer in augmented reality surgical image guidance, has announced its groundbreaking xvision Spine System has been successfully used for the first time in a spinal fusion surgery in the United States. The system was used in a spinal surgery procedure by Johns Hopkins University surgeons. xvision, the first Augmented Reality Guidance system for surgery, allows surgeons to visualize ...
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