Company

Olympus Medical

www.olympus-global.com

Japanese medical device company; endoscopes, surgical devices, and therapeutic systems.

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HQ: Tokyo, Japan
Status: Public

PublicTSE: 7733

CategorySurgical robots

Models

Overview

Japanese medical device company; endoscopes, surgical devices, and therapeutic systems. Public company (TYO: 7733).

Reality check

Swan EndoSurgical (company-claimed)

On July 25 2025 Olympus agreed with Revival Healthcare Capital to co-found U.S.-based Swan EndoSurgical to develop an endoluminal robotic system for GI therapy.

Swan EndoSurgical funding (company-claimed)

Jul 2025: Olympus takes a significant equity stake; combined initial investment of at least $65 million, and up to $458 million in total if pre-agreed milestones are met.

Endoluminal robotics rationale (company-claimed)

CEO Bob White said flexible robotic arms inside the lumen could let more physicians perform organ-sparing GI therapies, such as cancer resection, beyond manual endoscopy.

Verified record

Verified deployments: None on file
Active incidents: None on file

Key facts

Focus

Medical devices including endoscopes, surgical devices and therapeutic systems.

Data & sources

Web sources

3 sources backing this record.View all →

Models (1)

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Current platform

Olympus Endoscope

Olympus Medical Japanese endoscope and surgical device system.

surgicalView model →

Partnerships

Every company Olympus Medical has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.

4 total3 operating1 just announced

Most-frequent partners

1AWS1× joint30 total
2Canon Medical Systems1× joint
3NVIDIA1× joint132 total
4Proximie1× joint

Most recent

Olympus Medical on the deployment map

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Olympus Medical has no verified deployments on the DEPLOY registry yet. Explore the deployment map by place and type.

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Relationships

PProximieCo-developerCCanon Medical SystemsManufacturerNNVIDIATechnology partner AAWSTechnology partner

Current leadership (1)

Yasuo Takeuchi President and CEOsecondary-verified

Safety record

No incidents on record for Olympus Medical.

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

Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →

Recent coverage

Olympus Medical in third-party press

Olympus Signs Global Distribution Agreement with EndoRobotics, Adds Robot-Assisted Technologies to EndoTherapy Portfolio

May 4, 2026

Olympus Announces Voluntary Corrective Action for the Single-Use Ligating Device

Dec 5, 2025

Olympus lets 2,000 staff go in endoscopy restructuring initiative

Nov 10, 2025

Peer companies

DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
Brainlab2 models
EndoQuest Robotics2 models
Intuitive Surgical2 models
Koninklijke Philips2 models
LEM Surgical2 models

Partnerships

4 total · 3 operating · 1 just announced

Every company Olympus Medical has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.

Most recent

Most-frequent partners

1AWS1× joint30 total
2Canon Medical Systems1× joint
3NVIDIA1× joint132 total
4Proximie1× joint

All 4 partnerships

open in the atlas →

Olympus x Proximie Surgical Connectivity Partnership
withProximie
technology—
operating
Olympus x Canon Medical Endoscopic Ultrasound Alliance
withCanon Medical Systems
development—
operating
olympus-medical x nvidia
withNVIDIA132
technology—
just announced
olympus-medical x aws
withAWS30
technology—
operating

Timeline

Every recorded move in Olympus Medical’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.

Started supplyingBecame supplier to Asensus Surgical
2026-08-23
Supply: Endoscope cameras for Senhance to Asensus Surgical
Started supplyingBecame supplier to CMR Surgical
2026-08-23
Supply: Endoscope cameras for Versius to CMR Surgical
Started supplyingBecame supplier to Medtronic
2026-08-23
Supply: Olympus endoscopes for Hugo RAS to Medtronic
Started supplyingBecame supplier to Intuitive Surgical
2026-08-23
Supply: Olympus endoscopes for da Vinci to Intuitive Surgical

Recent activity

Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.

Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry

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Sources (3)

Common questions

What is Olympus Medical?

Japanese medical device company; endoscopes, surgical devices, and therapeutic systems. Public company (TYO: 7733).

What does Olympus Medical make?

Olympus Medical has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Olympus Endoscope (Olympus Medical builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).

Is Olympus Medical publicly traded?

Yes. Olympus Medical is publicly traded on public markets, per the DEPLOY registry.

Who competes with Olympus Medical?

On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Olympus Medical building in the same form factors include DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics, Brainlab, EndoQuest Robotics, Intuitive Surgical.

Who is the CEO of Olympus Medical?

Yasuo Takeuchi is the ceo of Olympus Medical, per the DEPLOY registry.

How can I invest in Olympus Medical?

Olympus Medical is publicly traded (public markets), so its shares can be bought through any broker.

Where is Olympus Medical headquartered?

Olympus Medical is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Who owns Olympus Medical?

Olympus Medical is publicly held by its shareholders.

Where does Olympus Medical operate robots?

Olympus Medical 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 Olympus Medical a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Olympus Medical ranks in roughly the top 98% of companies tracked by the registry.

Is Olympus Medical safe?

Olympus Medical has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-22

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-10-22

Sources by quality tier

3: unclassified; Unclassified source

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Peer companies

DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
Brainlab2 models
EndoQuest Robotics2 models
Intuitive Surgical2 models
Koninklijke Philips2 models
LEM Surgical2 models

Olympus Medical

Overview

Reality check

Key facts

Data & sources

Models (1)

Olympus Endoscope

Partnerships

Olympus Medical on the deployment map

Relationships

Current leadership (1)

Safety record

Recent coverage

Peer companies

Partnerships

All 4 partnerships

Timeline

Recent activity

Sources (3)

Common questions

Peer companies

In the press

Olympus Signs Global Distribution Agreement with EndoRobotics, Adds Robot-Assisted Technologies to EndoTherapy Portfolio

Olympus Announces Voluntary Corrective Action for the Single-Use Ligating Device

Olympus lets 2,000 staff go in endoscopy restructuring initiative

Olympus launches Olysense AI-powered colorectal polyp detection platform

Olympus Appoints Slawek Kierner as Chief Digital Officer - Smart Connected Care

Olympus adds former Intuitive digital leader as chief digital officer

Olympus partners HCLTech to set up an R&D centre for medical tech in India

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How the ORBEYE medical innovation came to be

Cantel Medical taps ex-Cardinal Health COO Fotiades for CEO | Personnel Moves, March 5, 2019

Olympus Launches 4K-3D Video Microscope Called ORBEYE

Machine-readable surfaces

Peer companies