Invuity Sees A Clear Path In Minimally Invasive Surgery

A primary objective of companies in the medical device field is to enable larger procedures to be done through smaller incisions. In some cases, surgeons and interventionalists can track their progress on a CT scan or through the camera of an endoscope. But those less-invasive procedures that don’t allow for that level of visualization have largely been lit by the same technology employed for decades – a ceiling light or a lamp affixed to the forehead of the surgeon. With this ambient and indirect light, surgeons are trying to perform delicate surgeries down “deep, dark holes” that will only get deeper and darker as new procedures are developed to spare patients from suffering unsightly scars or enduring unintended side effects. Performing minimally invasive surgery this way is like looking for an item under a couch using only the floor lamp behind you as illumination.

While venture capitalists and entrepreneurs spend nearly all of their time, money and efforts on creating the tools to make those less invasive procedures possible, very few resources have been...