KouTech Secures Hundreds of Millions in Series B Funding to Advance Ophthalmic Surgical Robot Commercialization
KouTech
Developer of Microsurgical Robots
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Ophthalmic surgery, as an extremely delicate surgical field, has long faced dual challenges in both technology and operational precision. Tiny tremors during surgery, limitations in the surgical field of view, and constraints on operational accuracy are often key factors affecting surgical outcomes. With the rapid advancement of robotic technology, the "intelligence" and "refinement" of ophthalmic surgery are no longer mere fantasies but are gradually becoming a reality.
Recently,KouTech("Abbreviation: KouTech")Announcement CompletedHundreds of Millions of Dollars in Series B Financing. This round of financing was jointly participated by industrial capital and well-known investment institutions, with Chunmu Capital serving as the exclusive financial advisor. The funds will be mainly used forConsolidate the technical advantages of core products, improve the ecological series of microrobotic products, accelerate the clinical registration process, and promote the layout of the international market.。
KouTech's core products mainly includeThree Surgical Robots: General-purpose microsurgical robot, ophthalmic surgical robot, and transgastrointestinal endoscopic robot.
General-purpose microsurgical robots can cover multiple surgical fields such as otolaryngology, neurosurgery, vascular surgery, and plastic surgery, assisting existing medical robots in performing procedures that require high precision.
Ophthalmic surgical robot has completed the registration clinical trial and officially entered the critical phase of registration and market launch., which can effectively filter out physiological hand tremors, meeting the operational requirements for high-precision ophthalmic surgery;
The gastrointestinal endoscopy robot is in the research and development and certification application stage.
The injection of capital will further accelerate its technological innovation and market layout in the field of high-precision ophthalmic surgical robots, laying a solid foundation for the refinement and intelligence of future ophthalmic surgeries.
# KouTech Ophthalmic Surgical Robot
KouTech's ophthalmic surgical robot has the following characteristics:
High-Precision Operation
Achieve sub-micron level single-step motion accuracy, effectively filtering out physiological hand tremors (approximately 100 micrometers)., meeting the high-precision demands of ocular fundus surgery, such as precise capsulorhexis and lens extraction in cataract surgery, as well as delicate repairs in retinal surgery, significantly reducing the risk of surgical complications.
Flexible Micro Mechanisms and Control Algorithms
Integrated with high-precision control algorithms and flexible micro mechanisms,Supports full-process jitter-free operation, adaptable to narrow surgical spaces., helping doctors break through physiological limits, shorten the learning curve, and improve surgical success rates.
7-DOF Wrist Joint Design
Equipped with a 7-DOF wrist joint,The diameter of the front-end instrument is less than 3mm, allowing flexible access to tiny spaces within the eye., completing anastomosis operations of blood vessels, lymphatics, and nerves below 0.3mm to meet the demands of complex retinal surgeries.
Clinical Validation and Collaboration
Completed Registered Clinical Trials, collaborating with tertiary medical institutions such as Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital and Ningbo Sixth People's Hospital, to promote the implementation and optimization of technology. Clinical application cases cover various ophthalmic surgery scenarios.
Technological Independence and Innovation
Independently Developed Underlying Components, Servo Systems, and Consumable Parts, breaking the reliance on key technology imports, and forming a complete innovation chain from underlying technology to clinical application.
# Current Market Status of the Product
Although the application of robotic technology in ophthalmic surgery has been relatively lagging due to its precision and complexity, internationally, some robotic systems assisting in ophthalmic surgery have started to show their potential.
For example,Da VinciSurgical robots are able to perform ocular surface surgeries such as corneal suturing, corneal transplantation, and pterygium excision.Netherlands Preceyes BVThe ophthalmic surgical robot developed by the company has been applied in vitreoretinal surgery.Israel ForSight CompanyKouTech's Oryom microsurgical robotic platform features a 14-degrees-of-freedom movement structure, capable of reaching almost any part of the human eye.
In China, although it started relatively late, the field of ophthalmic surgical robotics is also developing rapidly,Relevant participants include university R&D teams such asSun Yat-sen University, and withKouTechD Vision Medical and KouTechInnovative enterprises represented by.
Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen UniversityProfessor Lin Haotian's team achieved interdisciplinary integration and collaborative development of software and hardware.5G Remote Micron-Level Ophthalmic Surgery Robot". This surgical robot features a unique tandem parallel robotic arm structure, capable of achieving micrometer-level precision in remote motion center control and end-effector repeatability. It can also simulate and replace human hand operations, filter out hand tremors, and enable high-precision surgical procedures across spatial and temporal limitations through 5G remote communication technology.
KouTech MedicalIndependently DevelopedOphthalmic Surgical RobotIntegrating advanced robotic mechanisms, precision drive technology, artificial intelligence algorithms, and advanced control technology, achieving complete independent research and development from structure to algorithm. Initial R&D primarily focuses on subretinal and retinal vascular puncture injection, with the completion of Type 2 inspection in 2024, providing new solutions for ophthalmic microsurgery related indications.
But it should be noted that, fundamentally,Robots can shorten the process of medical education, but to gain the trust of clinicians and patients, much work remains to be done for subsequent commercialization.。
In summary, with the continuous advancement of technology and the deepening expansion of applications, the field of ophthalmic surgical robotics will embrace broader development prospects. In the future, we look forward to the emergence of more innovative ophthalmic surgical robot products, providing safer, more efficient, and precise surgical treatment options for ophthalmic patients.
KouTech, founded in 2022, is the world's first innovative enterprise focusing on ultra-micro precision surgical robot platforms, specializing in the research and development of high-precision platform-type surgical robots. Its product line covers general microsurgical robots, ophthalmic surgical robots, and innovative consumables for multi-departmental robots.The company, in collaboration with its R&D centers in the United States and Japan, has independently developed the core components, servo systems, transmission mechanisms, and consumable parts of surgical robots, breaking the bottleneck of reliance on imported key technologies.
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