# Galen Robotics: robotics company

Canonical ID: `97859053-8687-4b20-ba48-171158652bae`

## Key facts

- **CEO:** Bruce Lichorowic (President & CEO)
- **Product:** Galen ES — cooperatively powered robotic surgical assistant for ENT
- **FDA clearance:** De Novo clearance — first ENT surgical robot
- **Total funding:** $26.1M ($15M Series A oversubscribed + $500K TEDCO seed + earlier rounds)
- **Business model:** Digital-surgery-as-a-service — per-usage, not upfront hospital purchase
- **Origin:** Johns Hopkins University spin-out
- **Financial stage:** Growth — FDA cleared, deploying with RaaS model

- **Slug:** galen-robotics
- **HQ:** Baltimore, MD, USA

## Models

- [Galen Surgical Robot](/models/galen-surgical-robot.md) (surgical) (id: `e4b709e3-7947-419d-b519-5e064e43031f`)

## Current leadership (1)

- [Bruce Lichorowic](/people/bruce-lichorowic.md) President & CEO (SEC-verified)

## Supplies to

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## Common questions

### What is Galen Robotics?

Baltimore-based surgical robotics company developing the Galen ES robotic surgical assistant platform, the first cooperatively powered robotic surgical system for ear, nose, and throat (ENT) procedures. Spun out of Johns Hopkins University, Galen received FDA De Novo clearance for ENT surgeries. The company uses a digital-surgery-as-a-service business model — placing robots at hospitals and charging per use rather than upfront capital purchase. Relocated from Silicon Valley to Baltimore in 2019 with state and city incentives.

### What does Galen Robotics make?

Galen Robotics has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Galen Surgical Robot (Galen Robotics builds physical robots).

### Where is Galen Robotics headquartered?

Galen Robotics is headquartered in Baltimore, MD, USA.

### Where does Galen Robotics operate robots?

Galen Robotics 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 Galen Robotics a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Galen Robotics ranks in roughly the top 76% of companies tracked by the registry.


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