How Virtual Incision Drew an Intuitive Vet Back to Surgical Robotics; One VCs View of Uncertainty
Description
In this week’s DeviceTalks Weekly, new Virtual Incision CEO Jim Alecxih walks us through his career, including a critical role at Intuitive Surgical, and explains why the Mira surgical robotic system convinced him to return to the industry. Olympus Ventures’ Abby Hunter-Syed keeps an eye on the broader tumult impacting MedTech. Chris Newmarker delivers the Newmarker’s Newsmakers – Insulet, Recor, Abbott, Ambu, GE Healthcare, Intuitive, Terumo and OrganOx.
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Chapters
- (00:02:50 ) - Show Open/Newmarker’s Newsmakers
- (00:05:25 ) - Insulet promotes Eric Benjamin to COO role
- (00:07:17 ) - Recor Medical's Paradise renal denervation tech wins Japanese approval
- (00:09:51 ) - Two Abbott MedTech executives leaving for new roles
- (00:13:03 ) - Intuitive announces layoffs?
- (00:16:35 ) - Terumo to acquire organ preservation device maker OrganOx for $1.5B
- (00:20:15 ) - FOMO – Abby Hunter-Syed, Sr. Director, Olympus Ventures
- (00:29:45 ) - Keynote – Jim Alecxih, CEO, Virtual Incision
- (00:37:07 ) - Early reactions to a surgical robot
- (00:42:40 ) - The Xbox /The Four Ps of Value Proposition
- (00:45:16 ) - Technology = Quality care
- (01:08:52 ) - Mira is different
- (01:10:12 ) - We're not a Ferrari. We’re an F150
- (01:14:57 ) - Message to patients
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