(FREMONT, CA) August 1, 2022 – THINK Surgical, Inc., an innovator in the field of orthopedic surgical robots, today announced its entry into a development and distribution agreement with Curexo, Inc., a medical robotics specialist company based in South Korea. THINK and Curexo have a strong working relationship based on historical development collaboration and Curexo distributes THINK’s TSolution One™ platform in Korea and Vietnam. Under the development and distribution agreement, THINK and Curexo will work together to include certain existing THINK technology and certain newly developed technology in Curexo’s CUVIS-Joint orthopedic surgical robot platform. THINK will have exclusive rights to distribute the CUVIS-Joint robotic platform, including the additional technology, in the United States and other countries, including the United Kingdom and certain countries in the European Union. The CUVIS-Joint robotic platform is currently being used by surgeons in Korea and India with great success. To date over 4,000 procedures have been performed. Curexo will continue to commercialize the CUVIS-Joint robotic platform, including new technology developed with THINK, outside of the countries in THINK’s distribution territory. Curexo will also continue to distribute THINK’s TSolution One™ platform in Korea and Vietnam. The CUVIS-Joint robotic platform is not yet cleared for sale in [...]

(FREMONT, CA) July 26, 2022 - THINK Surgical, Inc., an innovator in the field of orthopedic surgical robots, today announced the appointment of Parikshit (Park) Mehendale as vice president of operations.  Mr. Mehendale brings nearly 20 years of global operations, supply chain, and engineering management experience to the THINK organization. At THINK, Mr. Mehendale will lead supply chain, strategic sourcing, and new product transfer to operations. Before joining THINK, Mr. Mehendale served as vice president of manufacturing at Conformis Inc., where he led operations, manufacturing engineering, and new product commercialization efforts across multiple sites. Prior to Conformis, Mr. Mehendale served in leadership roles at Stryker, Zimmer-Biomet, and United Technologies.  “We are excited that Park has joined our leadership team.” said Stuart Simpson, president, and chief executive officer of THINK Surgical. “This is a particularly significant time for Park to join THINK as we prepare to commercially launch multiple new robotic systems. I am confident that Park’s experience and motivation make him particularly well suited to optimize supply chain management of our complex robotic systems and lead the transfer of these products from engineering to commercial operations.”  “I am delighted to take on the role of vice president of operations at THINK [...]

(FREMONT, CA) July 14, 2022 - THINK Surgical, Inc., an innovator in the field of orthopedic surgical robots, today announced the appointment of Chris Fronk as the Chief Commercial Officer.  Mr. Fronk joined THINK Surgical in January 2022 as VP Sales and has added tremendous value to the company in a short period of time. Based on his nearly two decades of experience in selling enabling technologies such as navigation and surgical robots, Mr. Fronk has great instincts regarding customer expectations, commercial models and user experiences with enabling technologies. He also has great instincts for talent. These instincts will allow Chris to build a powerful commercial team and shape an effective commercial strategy for THINK Surgical. In this expanded role, Mr. Fronk will be responsible for defining the user needs for products in development as well as building a sales and marketing organization ahead of important new product introductions in both the US market and elsewhere around the world. “We are delighted that Chris has joined our executive leadership team.” said Stuart Simpson, president and chief executive officer of THINK Surgical. “Chris has an ability to engage customers, commercial partners and employees alike and we are impressed by his thoughtful approach to [...]

THINK Surgical, Inc., a leading innovator in the field of robotic surgery, is pleased to announce a collaborative project between Concordia University and THINK Surgical funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada and MEDTEQ+. The focus of this project will be on developing advanced image registration algorithms using machine learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI). The results may then be incorporated in THINK Surgical’s next-generation robotic solutions for orthopedic surgery. NSERC is the national funding agency of the Government of Canada and will be supporting this project under the Alliance program, whose grants are peer-reviewed and highly competitive. MEDTEQ+ is the pan-Canadian industry-led consortium for research and innovation in medical technologies. The total direct funding for the research is more than $250,000 over three years. “This grant will support ground-breaking research intended to improve the performance of existing and new clinical systems, thereby benefiting patients through improved clinical outcomes,” said Prof. Hassan Rivaz, the project’s primary investigator. “THINK Surgical’s open-platform is an excellent option for AI-powered applications.” Prof. Rivaz directs the IMage Processing and Characterization of Tissue (IMPACT) laboratory at Concordia University and is also an associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging. “We collaborated [...]