{"id":619005,"date":"2024-05-01T18:48:26","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T15:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/dutch-startup-to-bring-robotic-blood-drawing-to-hospitals\/"},"modified":"2024-05-01T18:48:26","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T15:48:26","slug":"dutch-startup-to-bring-robotic-blood-drawing-to-hospitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dutch-startup-to-bring-robotic-blood-drawing-to-hospitals\/","title":{"rendered":"#Dutch startup to bring robotic blood drawing to hospitals"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n Utrecht-based Vitestro has raised \u20ac20mn to bring its robotic blood drawing device to market.<\/p>\n

Founded in 2017, Vitestro aims to improve the blood draw experience for patients and address personnel shortages in healthcare \u2014 where the demand for skilled laboratory professionals is growing at a higher rate<\/a> than any other occupation.<\/p>\n

The startup\u2019s device relies on infrared to locate the vein and ultrasound to create an image of the blood vessel. Then, an AI-based robotic needle uses this information to determine the right puncture location with submillimetre precision.<\/p>\n

Since 2023, Vitestro is running the world\u2019s largest-scale clinical trial for autonomous blood drawing devices in collaboration with hospitals and medical centres in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n

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Following the end of the study, the company expects to receive the EU\u2019s official certification for its device later this year. Vitestro will then deploy it to several hospitals and laboratories that have already made orders.<\/p>\n

With the fresh funding, the company plans to speed up commercialisation in Europe<\/a>, begin expansion in the US, increase its team, and develop additional product features.<\/p>\n

Both existing and new investors backed the round, including Sonder Capita, NYBC Ventures, Invest-NL, and the European Innovation Council Fund (EIC Fund).<\/p>\n

\u201cOur technology<\/a> represents a major step forward in healthcare innovation,\u201d Brian Joseph, commercial director and co-founder at Vitestro, said in the statement.<\/p>\n

With healthcare needs constantly evolving, the use of robotics has been playing a pivotal role<\/a> in fields such as surgery and rehabilitation. While autonomous blood drawing is still a largely uncharted area, it\u2019s also one that holds significant promise.<\/p>\n

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Utrecht-based Vitestro has raised \u20ac20mn to bring its robotic blood drawing device to market. Founded in 2017, Vitestro aims to improve the blood draw experience for patients and address personnel shortages in healthcare \u2014 where the demand for skilled laboratory professionals is growing at a higher rate than any other occupation. The startup\u2019s device relies…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-619005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619005\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}