# CorTec: robotics company

Canonical ID: `2b73db3c-839f-4443-86b4-e1bb8609d3be`

- **Slug:** cortec
- **Founded:** 2010
- **HQ:** Freiburg, Germany
- **Category:** [Biometric wearables](/biometric-wearables)

## Models

- [CorTec Brain Interchange](/models/cortec-brain-interchange.md) (biometric) (id: `4096e1d9-79d9-4af2-8448-287c3586f92c`)

## Current leadership (2)

- [Dr. Frank Desiere](/people/frank-desiere.md) CEO (secondary-verified)
- [Dr. Martin Schuettler](/people/martin-schuettler.md) CTO & Co-Founder (secondary-verified)

## Supplies to

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## Common questions

### What is CorTec?

CorTec is a Freiburg-based clinical-stage neurotechnology company developing the [Brain Interchange](/models/cortec-brain-interchange) BCI system, a fully implantable bidirectional brain-computer interface for stroke motor rehabilitation. First and only European company with an FDA-approved BCI clinical trial. FDA Breakthrough Device Designation and TAP Program acceptance (April 2026). Three patients implanted at Harborview Medical Center, Seattle. 500+ days of continuous stable operation demonstrated.

### What does CorTec make?

CorTec has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: CorTec Brain Interchange (CorTec builds physical robots).

### Who competes with CorTec?

On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to CorTec building in the same form factors include Samsung Electronics, Butterfly Network, Abbott, Apple.

### Where is CorTec headquartered?

CorTec is headquartered in Freiburg, Germany.

### Where does CorTec operate robots?

CorTec 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.

### Is CorTec a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, CorTec ranks in roughly the top 86% of companies tracked by the registry.

### When was CorTec founded?

CorTec was founded in 2010.


## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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