Petal Surgical

Petal Surgical, Inc. is a health technology company operating in stealth mode since its founding in 2021. The company's stated mission is to establish non-invasive surgery as the standard for interventional care. Based in Foster City, California, Petal Surgical is developing a platform intended to make surgical procedures accessible and incisionless. It is backed by investors including K50 Ventures, ShangBay Capital, TSV Capital, Zenture Capital Partners, and the University of Washington.

The company's research and development efforts are focused on medical robotics and advanced visualization. A patent application filed by the company describes a system for enhanced reality medical guidance. This technology uses a combination of external imaging, cameras, and fiducial markers to generate and display real-time 2D or 3D images of a surgical tool inside a patient's body, aiming to guide medical procedures. The listed inventors on this patent are Prashant Chopra and Salil S. Joshi.

Keywords: medical robotics, non-invasive surgery, incisionless surgery, health-tech, surgical guidance, advanced visualization, stealth mode, medtech, interventional care, enhanced reality medical guidance, surgical imaging, medical technology, surgical innovation