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Medicaroid is a robotics company founded 2013, based in Japan, developing 1 robot primarily in the Surgical / Medical category.
Japan's first robotic-assisted surgery system enabling precise suturing in confined spaces for urology and adult surgery.
Medicaroid Corporation develops and manufactures the hinotori™ Surgical Robot System, Japan's first domestically designed robotic-assisted surgery platform. The system is primarily used in urology, adult surgery, and gynecology, offering high maneuverability, compactness, and safety. hinotori™ reproduces surgeons' sensitive movements and has demonstrated precision in simulated neonatal cavities as small as 125 mL. Approved by Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in August 2020, the system is currently approved for use only in Japan. Medicaroid is a joint venture between Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Sysmex Corporation.
Company facts
- HQ
- Kobe, Japan
- Founded
- 2013 · 13 yrs
- Employees
- 51
- Website
- www.medicaroid.com
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Trusted by
- Singapore General Hospitaldeployed 2024sysmex.co.jp ↗
- Singapore General Hospitaldeployed 2024sysmex-ap.com ↗
- Orsi Academydeployed 2022orsi-online.com ↗
Milestones
hinotori™ Surgical Robot System received regulatory approval from Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, becoming the first robotic-assisted surgery system born in Japan to win approval.
First human surgery with the hinotori™ system was successfully conducted in December 2020.
hinotori™ Surgical Robot System was introduced by Medicaroid Inc. in Kobe, Japan.
Medicaroid Corporation was established in Kobe, Japan as a joint venture between Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Sysmex Corporation.
Press coverage
- A new era of robotic-assisted surgery
Nature
- Evaluation of the hinotori™ Surgical Robot System for accurate suturing in confined neonatal cavities
PMC (PubMed Central)
- hinotori Surgical Robot System, the First Made in Japan to Achieve Regulatory Approval
Kawasaki Magazine
- Robotic urologic applications of the hinotori™ Surgical Robot System
ScienceDirect
- A world's first: Orsi welcomes hinotori™, surgical robot of Medicaroid
ORSI Online
- Sysmex Announces First Case in Malaysia Performed with the hinotori™ Surgical Robot System
Sysmex News
Active products by Medicaroid
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| 1 |  | hinotori™ Surgical Robot System | Surgical / Medical | 2020 | A |
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