SAN MATEO, Calif,--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mendaera, Inc., a Silicon Valley-based healthcare technology company developing a handheld robotic interventional platform, announced today the close of $73 million in Series B funding led by Threshold Ventures, with participation from investors including Lux Capital, PFM Health Sciences, and Fred Moll (founder of Intuitive Surgical and Auris Health).

加利福尼亚州圣马特奥（商业新闻短讯）--开发手持式机器人介入平台的硅谷医疗保健技术公司Mendaera，Inc.今天宣布，由Threshold Ventures牵头的B系列资金关闭7300万美元，投资者包括Lux Capital、PFM Health Sciences和Fred Moll（Intuitive Surgical and Auris Health创始人）。

The financing will further Mendaera’s efforts to scale robotics and AI across mainstream medical procedures..

此次融资将进一步推动 Mendaera 在主流医疗程序中推广机器人技术和人工智能。

The healthcare system is facing an increasing supply and demand crisis, where the ability to consistently deliver high-quality care to patients is hampered by healthcare provider shortages and rising costs. This problem is especially pronounced for highly prevalent, commonplace procedures that exist along most patient journeys between initial consultation and recovery – critical procedures such as biopsies, organ and vascular access, and pain management interventions.

医疗保健系统面临着日益严重的供需危机，医疗保健提供者短缺和成本上升阻碍了持续向患者提供高质量护理的能力。这个问题对于大多数患者在初次咨询和恢复之间的旅程中存在的高度普遍，常见的程序尤其明显，这些程序是关键程序，例如活组织检查，器官和血管通路以及疼痛管理干预措施。

Here in the “messy middle” of healthcare, where demand is high and skills are deceptively hard to acquire, a scarcity of experienced proceduralists results in care bottlenecks and increased costs. While other industries have addressed similar dynamics by deploying robotics to improve quality and workforce productivity, robots in healthcare thus far have primarily been limited to high-end, singularly focused surgeries..

。虽然其他行业通过部署机器人技术来提高质量和劳动力生产率，从而解决了类似的动态问题，但迄今为止，医疗保健领域的机器人主要局限于高端，专注于独特的手术。。

Mendaera is pioneering a new category in medical robotics, making advanced technologies readily available for these foundational everyday procedures. Its handheld interventional platform includes robotics, AI, real-time imaging, and virtual connectivity, and is designed to be accessible across specialties and sites of service to empower providers and systems to better meet the growing demand for needle-based interventions.

Mendaera开创了医疗机器人领域的一个新领域，为这些基本的日常程序提供了先进的技术。其手持式介入平台包括机器人技术、人工智能、实时成像和虚拟连接，旨在跨专业和服务站点访问，以使供应商和系统能够更好地满足日益增长的针基干预需求。

By better distributing care for this ubiquitous yet often-overlooked category of procedures, Mendaera aims to improve hundreds of millions of patient encounters per year and drive systemwide efficiencies..

通过更好地为这种普遍存在但经常被忽视的程序类别分配护理，Mendaera旨在每年改善数亿患者的遭遇，并提高全系统的效率。。

“Traditional surgical robots have established footing in the operating room,” said Josh DeFonzo, Founder and CEO of Mendaera. “But robotics and AI have evolved to a point where we can deliver broader benefits across all parts of the healthcare system and enable higher standards of care for more patients.

Mendaera创始人兼首席执行官乔什·德芬佐（JoshDefonzo）表示：“传统的手术机器人已经在手术室站稳了脚跟。”。“但机器人技术和人工智能已经发展到一个程度，我们可以在医疗保健系统的各个部分提供更广泛的利益，并为更多患者提供更高标准的护理。

We believe that our technology will allow healthcare systems and providers to provision medical procedures at scale – enhancing patient experience, increasing access to high-quality care, reducing overall cost, and improving healthcare provider satisfaction.”.

我们相信，我们的技术将使医疗保健系统和提供者能够大规模提供医疗程序，从而增强患者体验，增加获得高质量护理的机会，降低总体成本，提高医疗保健提供者的满意度。”。

“Mendaera has the unique ability to improve the patient experience and make high-quality care widely accessible,” said Emily Melton, Founder and Managing Partner at Threshold Ventures. “Amidst rising healthcare costs and labor shortages impacting quality and affordability, it is imperative to harness advanced technology to revolutionize healthcare delivery.

门槛风险投资公司（Threshold Ventures）创始人兼管理合伙人艾米丽·梅尔顿（EmilyMelton）表示：“Mendaera具有独特的能力，可以改善患者体验，并使高质量的护理得到广泛应用。”。“在医疗保健成本上升和劳动力短缺影响质量和负担能力的情况下，利用先进技术彻底改变医疗保健服务势在必行。

We are thrilled to join forces with the dynamic Mendaera team, comprising the most innovative and accomplished leaders in medical robotics and software.”.

我们很高兴能与充满活力的Mendaera团队合作，该团队由医疗机器人和软件领域最具创新性和成就的领导者组成。”。

Mendaera will utilize the new funding to complete development of its robotic technology, accelerate development of its AI and connectivity capabilities, and begin clinical introduction of its platform. Earlier this year, Mendaera announced that it had acquired the telepresence technology of Avail Medsystems to expand its portfolio to include virtual connectivity.

Mendaera将利用新资金完成其机器人技术的开发，加速其AI和连接能力的开发，并开始临床引入其平台。今年早些时候，Mendaera宣布收购了Avail Medsystems的远程呈现技术，以扩大其投资组合，包括虚拟连接。

In 2023, Mendaera announced a commercial agreement with the point-of-care ultrasound company Butterfly Network..

2023年，Mendaera宣布与即时超声波公司Butterfly Network达成商业协议。。

About Mendaera

关于Mendaera

Mendaera’s vision is to digitize clinical judgment and technical expertise, making high-quality care available for every patient at every care facility. Its platform in development combines robotics, AI, real-time imaging, and connectivity, to enable intervention at scale. Based in Silicon Valley, Mendaera is backed by leading investors and includes a leadership team successful in taking early-stage medical technology companies through to successful exits including Auris Health.

Mendaera的愿景是将临床判断和技术专业知识数字化，为每个护理机构的每位患者提供高质量的护理。它正在开发的平台结合了机器人技术、人工智能、实时成像和连通性，以实现大规模干预。Mendaera总部位于硅谷，拥有领先投资者的支持，拥有一支领导团队，成功带领早期医疗技术公司成功退出，包括Auris Health。

Mendaera's robotic system has not been cleared by the FDA for sale in the United States..

Mendaera的机器人系统尚未获得FDA批准在美国销售。。

About Threshold Ventures

关于门槛风险投资

Threshold Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm helping founders in healthcare and enterprise software bring their ideas to market. Our investments include BetterUp, Brightline, Doximity (NYSE: DOCS), LaunchDarkly, Livongo (NASDAQ: LVGO), Remitly (NASDAQ: RELY), Rippling, Talkdesk, and Viz.ai.

Threshold Ventures是一家早期风险投资公司，帮助医疗保健和企业软件的创始人将他们的想法推向市场。我们的投资包括BetterUp、Brightline、Doximity（纽约证券交易所代码：DOCS）、LaunchDarkly、Livongo（纳斯达克代码：LVGO）、Remitly（纳斯达克代码：Relay）、Rippling、Talkdesk和Viz.ai。

Based on our work with these and dozens of other startups, we purpose-built Threshold so we can be the most effective partner for entrepreneurs at the early stages of building their companies. Learn more at www.threshold.vc..

基于我们与这些初创公司和数十家其他初创公司的合作，我们专门建立了门槛，以便在创业初期成为创业者最有效的合作伙伴。更多信息，请访问www.threshold.vc。。