Auris Health

Safety record

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

Incidents affecting Auris Health (7)

• Auris Monarch bronchoscope: Navigation EM error at the docking station, scope removed (FDA MAUDE)2026-05-08 · Malfunction
• Auris Monarch: patient developed pneumothorax post-procedure requiring chest-tube placement (FDA MAUDE)2026-04-30 · Injury
• Auris Health (J&J) recalls Monarch over unanticipated robotic arm positioning toward patient-left2026-01-21 · Recall
• Auris Health (J&J) recalls Monarch bronchoscopes over out-of-range leak-test results2025-10-18 · Recall
• Auris Health (J&J) recalls Monarch over a power-cord strain-relief electrical short2024-08-02 · Recall
• Auris Health (J&J) recalls Monarch robotic bronchoscopy platform over software bug that can flip the virtual scope view2023-10-18 · Recall
• Auris Health (J&J) recalls Monarch Aspirating Biopsy Needle over reports of needle breakage2019-04-19 · 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
• Asensus Surgical1 model
• Brain Navi1 model

Financial state

Reporting basis

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Lifecycle stage

acquired

Counterparty risk class

moderate

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Acquisitions (1)

• acquired by Johnson & Johnsonfull acquisition

Patent litigations (1)

• 1:18-cv-01359district_courtsettled · settled undisclosedas respondent2023-01-01

Sources (1)

1. https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/13/jj-spends-3-4-billion-in-cash-for-auris-healths-lung-cancer-diagnostics-and-surgical-robots/ ↗

Common questions

What is Auris Health?

Auris Health is an American medical robotics company based in Redwood City, California, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson MedTech. Its Monarch Platform is the first robotically assisted bronchoscopy system, providing minimally invasive access to and visualization of airways for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.

Where is Auris Health based?

Auris Health is based in Redwood City, CA, USA.

What does Auris Health make?

Auris Health has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Monarch Platform (Auris Health builds physical robots).

Where does Auris Health operate robots?

Auris Health 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 Auris Health?

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

Is Auris Health safe?

Auris Health has 7 active incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. 5 recalls and 2 incidents on record (6 serious, 1 moderate). Most recent: May 2026. Retracted incidents are excluded from this count.