VANCOUVER, British Columbia–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Tecnologia PrecisionOS (“PrecisionOS”) announced today that it has secured $2.3 million in Series A funding led by AO Invest, com sede em Davos, Suíça, ao lado de outros investidores não divulgados.
PrecisionOS fornece educação cirúrgica ortopédica em realidade virtual (VR). Seu software permite que os cirurgiões realizem procedimentos médicos simulados em uma sala de cirurgia digital realista e oferece feedback métrico para ajudar os usuários a melhorar suas técnicas.
“PrecisionOS is delighted to be cooperating with an international organization that is a recognized leader in education for surgeons and operating room personnel around the world,” says Dr. Danny P. Goel, orthopedic surgeon, co-founder and CEO at PrecisionOS. “PrecisionOS technology is working to create a virtual language able to add depth of understanding that simply cannot be achieved using current simulation tools. Adopting VR as a way of improving decision-making is directly relevant for patients and value-based care.”
Equipe de destaque no PrecisionOS
PrecisionOS is led by a diverse collection of individuals who are experts in their fields. Company co-founders Colin O’Connor (CTO) and Roberto Oliveira (CCO) have nearly 50 years of collective experience in the software and gaming industries. Their skill in VR development has allowed the team to create the gold standard for surgical education by building simulações interativas that objectify and enhance performance. Currently a practicing surgeon as well as CEO of PrecisionOS, Dr. Goel provides insight into patients’ medical needs and helps the software target working surgeons effectively.
“VR’s ability to offer a safe environment to make mistakes is highly valuable in fornecendo aos cirurgiões os blocos de construção on which to learn,” says Dr. Goel. “It allows surgeons to practice, improve their decision-making, and, importantly, have the opportunity to fail. This offers a great amount of value to our surgeons – and ultimately to our patients.”
“For all of us at AO Invest, as is the case for our partners at PrecisionOS, the patients and surgeons are always center stage: their needs are of the utmost importance to us,” said Michel Orsinger, chairman of AO Invest. “In addition to responding to requirements they have already identified, we also work to pre-empt needs that will arise as the healthcare environment changes and technology advances. We evaluated several VR companies all over the world, and PrecisionOS’s technology convinced us through its accuracy, quality, and overall approach to education in VR. The feel of the product is extremely impressive. We believe that their platform holds the potential to change surgical education and the standard of care globally.”
Looking ahead, PrecisionOS is working on developing a preoperative planning tool that allows surgeons to introduce images of a specific patient’s anatomy to the software prior to conducting a procedure.
“This area poses several challenges and novel ways to support surgeons all over the world,” says Dr. Goel. “Given our mission, we are aggressively working towards a solution to benefit the orthopedic patients of today and tomorrow.”
Sobre AO Invest:
AO Invest é um fundo de investimento recém-criado com foco em start-ups ativas na área de distúrbios musculoesqueléticos. O fundo é apoiado pelo Fundação AO, a global network of more than 19,000 surgeons and scientists in orthopedics and trauma. The goal of AO Invest is to fund start-ups related to the AO Foundation’s core expertise, and use the Foundation’s unique reach and knowledge to help their companies achieve their full potential.
Sobre a tecnologia PrecisionOS:
Fundada em 2017, PrecisionOS está empenhada em fornecer a forma mais envolvente e realista de prática cirúrgica deliberada. A empresa produz software de realidade virtual de alta fidelidade para treinamento de cirurgiões em camadas e planejamento pré-operatório, e oferece métricas cirúrgicas críticas com feedback tátil. O PrecisionOS foi nomeado para o Technology Impact Awards, foi semifinalista da Orthopaedic Research Society e foi reconhecido por organizações líderes em educação e competência ortopédica. O PrecisionOS usará os recursos financeiros para continuar a desenvolver parcerias de distribuição, criar conteúdo para estagiários e criar ferramentas especializadas de treinamento em RV e planejamento pré-operatório.