Dr. Herrell, an internationally recognized expert in medical device innovation, development of new surgical techniques, and robotic surgical technology, has served as founder and CMO of Virtuoso since helping found the company in 2016. He has taken leave from his busy clinical practice as a renowned robotic and minimally invasive urologic surgeon at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Dr. Herrell will lead capital raising, continue to contribute to robotic system development, develop clinical advisory groups, and oversee plans for regulatory approval studies.
Virtuoso Achieves Multiple Surgical Feasibility Milestones
Visit the new Resources section of the website to see videos of several first surgeries from Virtuoso Surgical.
Our first surgeries include: first in vivo animal experiment: porcine uterus, first cadaver BPH surgery, first cadaver bladder surgery, and cadaver BPH section dissection.
Virtuoso Completes First Live Animal Surgery
The Virtuoso System was used in Atlanta, Georgia, to perform experiments on a live sow. The sow’s uterus is an excellent live model for simulating a human uterus as well as the human bladder, particularly for evaluating the Virtuoso System’s ability to perform precise dissection, tissue retraction, and control of bleeding. The system performed well and demonstrated an excellent ability to stop intra-operative bleeding.
Virtuoso Surgical’s Innovative Surgical Technology Featured in “MedTech Outlook”
“Virtuoso Surgical: Endoscopic Surgery Reimagined”
MedTech Outlook, July 2020
Virtuoso Surgical’s system replaces single, straight tools in many rigid endoscopic procedures, enabling surgeons to grasp, manipulate, and cut tissues with unparalleled bimanual dexterity. This capability gives surgeons the ability to perform advanced rigid endoscopic surgery – a task often limited by the tool and the surgeon’s experience with it.
Virtuoso Surgical Announces Initial Public Offering to Advance its Groundbreaking Robotic System for Endoscopic Surgery
Virtuoso Surgical Featured in “MedTech Strategist“ as a Start-Up to Watch for Endoscopic Surgery
“Virtuoso Surgical: Empowering Endoscopic Surgery” by Colin Miller
MedTech Strategist
Colin Miller features Virtuoso Surgical and our minimally invasive robotic surgery system that enables doctors to surpass some of the limitations of traditional endoscopes. The Virtuoso system features a pair of instrument delivery arms made of concentric nitinol tools that mimic a surgeon’s hands to offer unprecedented control, specificity, and variability to a full range of endoscopic applications.