EndoEvolution LLC
Automated suturing for minimally invasive surgery
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
Despite great strides in minimally invasive surgery over the years, suturing continues to vex surgeons. That’s understandable, given the amount of hand-eye coordination required: surgeons hold two long instruments and watch a video screen from across the room while performing very intricate motions with their hands and fingers. EndoEvolution LLC has developed an automated suturing system that mimics the way surgeons manually suture. The Endo360° uses a traditional curved needle instead of a straight needle, and it drives the needle in the exact manner a surgeon would when suturing by hand: grabbing a needle from its tail, pushing the point of the needle through the tissue and picking up the point.