VSee Health, a San Jose-based telehealth company, and Ava Robotics, a developer of intelligent robots for the workplace, announced a partnership to develop autonomous, VSee-based Ava robots for use in hospital inpatient intensive care units.
VSee’s SaaS platform enables clinicians and businesses to create remote care workflows and powers robots that allow remote doctors to be at the bedside and collaborate with on-site staff to care for patients in the ICU.
“Not only will patients receive the best expertise and better care regardless of location, but hospitals will be able to deliver a new level of care by reducing transport and costs associated with critical care and stroke,” Dr. Imo Aisiku, VSee Health’s co-CEO and president, said in a statement.
“With the first commercial product launch in June, the Ava Robot is expected to improve remote stroke surgery, and as the robot’s use expands, additional applications in healthcare will be identified.”
The bigger trend
A number of robotics companies are working to solve this problem. Shortage of skilled labor force Available across the entire treatment environment.
Diligent RoboticsThe company created Moxi, an autonomous clinical support robot that performs delivery tasks for non-patient hospital workers, including retrieving supplies from a central warehouse, delivering lab samples, receiving patient supplies, distributing personal protective equipment, moving lightweight equipment between wards, and delivering medications.
Diligent was launched in 2019. They raised $3 million in seed funding. A year later, they raised $10 million in a Series A funding round.
In 2022, the company raised over $1 million. It raised $30 million in Series B funding and $25 million in new capital last year.
Another company in this field is Mobia combines robotics and software to help children with autism and other developmental and intellectual disabilities learn new skills.
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