Asensus Surgical

Current leadership (1)

• Shameze Rampertab EVP & Chief Financial Officerreported, not verified

Former / Previously (1)

• Anthony Fernando President & CEO (at acquisition)secondary-verified

Safety record

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Incidents affecting Asensus Surgical (2)

• Asensus Senhance Class I recall: software malfunction caused uncontrolled arm motion after disengaging teleop2023-09-15 · Recall
• Asensus recalls Senhance Surgical System (Class I) over uncontrolled robotic-arm motion2023-09-15 · Recall

Includes incidents linked directly to this company, to its models, or to deployments of its models or under its operation. Retracted incidents are excluded from this view but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Peer companies

• Intuitive Surgical2 models
• Johnson & Johnson2 models
• Stryker2 models
• Vantis2 models
• Auris Health1 model
• Brain Navi1 model

Financial state

Reporting basis

private_reported

Lifecycle stage

acquired

Counterparty risk class

moderate

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Regulatory filings (2)

• fda_recallfda recall · us_fdarecalled2023-09-15

  Linked models: Senhance

• K171120fda 510k · us_fdacleared2017-04-14

  Linked models: Senhance

Acquisitions (1)

• acquired by Karl Storz SE & Co. KGfull acquisition

Sources (4)

1. https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/08/22/asensus-surgical-karl-storz-closing ↗
2. https://www.massdevice.com/asensus-surgical-karl-storz-acquisition/ ↗
3. https://www.urologytimes.com/view/transenterix-senhance-fda-clearance ↗
4. https://www.therobotreport.com/karl-storz-closes-acquisition-of-asensus-surgical/ ↗

Common questions

What is Asensus Surgical?

Asensus Surgical is an American surgical robotics company based in Durham, North Carolina, developing the Senhance robotic surgical system for minimally invasive abdominal surgery, with AI-powered surgical intelligence and augmented reality visualization.

Where is Asensus Surgical based?

Asensus Surgical is based in Durham, NC.

When was Asensus Surgical founded?

Asensus Surgical was founded in 2006.

What does Asensus Surgical make?

Asensus Surgical has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Senhance (Asensus Surgical builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).

Where does Asensus Surgical operate robots?

Asensus Surgical is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

Are there any incidents involving Asensus Surgical?

2 active incidents involving Asensus Surgical are on the DEPLOY registry. Each is a sourced, append-only record; retracted incidents are suppressed from this view.

Is Asensus Surgical safe?

Asensus Surgical has 2 active incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. 2 recalls on record (2 critical). Most recent: Sep 2023. Retracted incidents are excluded from this count.