Next Unicorns: Making surgeons bionic via computer vision & AI with Proprio’s Gabriel Jones | E1790
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
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🗓️ 9 August 2023
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Today’s show:
Proprio CEO Gabriel Jones joins Jason to discuss the struggles surgeons face in the operating room today (23:05), the solutions Proprio’s Paradigm system provides (27:14), the future of surgery (37:03), and much more!
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(0:00) Proprio CEO Gabriel Jones joins Jason
(2:09) Proprio’s Light Field-Enabled Surgical technology
(7:03) Gabriel demos the Proprio Paradigm robotic computer vision system
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(11:58) Generational shifts in medicine
(18:03) The ultimate impact of this technology
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(23:05) The data Proprio operates on and the struggles surgeons face today
(27:14) Bench-top simulation
(32:05) Use of AI and robotics in surgery today
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(37:03) The choice to utilize Proprio’s technology for spine surgery first
(39:03) Reducing the time needed to perform surgeries
(44:17) Academia vs. Venture, and the importance of “proof points” for investors
(46:44) The FDA approval process
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| 0:00.0 | The data is actually the most important piece here because you get very detailed information |
| 0:05.2 | and measurements about the performance of the surgery from the plan and the diagnosis |
| 0:10.1 | from the imaging before the surgery was ever done through the entire surgery and through |
| 0:15.2 | the outcome. |
| 0:16.2 | So, this is the first time in history that anybody, any company has been able to invent and |
| 0:21.4 | bring to market a technology that could actually connect all that longitudinal proprietary data |
| 0:28.3 | that says, what was the intent? |
| 0:30.3 | You know, we know the plan, so we know your surgical intent. |
| 0:32.9 | What were you trying to accomplish here? |
| 0:34.4 | This week in Startups is brought to you by SuperSide, Design and Creative are Crucial |
| 0:40.5 | for Growth. |
| 0:42.0 | Tech companies like Shopify, Amazon and Meta have found the perfect solution. |
| 0:47.8 | SuperSide, get $2,000 off with SuperSide Startup Accelerator Package at superside.com |
| 0:55.3 | Translash Twist, Vanta, Compliance and Security shouldn't be a deal breaker for Startups |
| 1:01.1 | to win new business. |
| 1:03.1 | Vanta makes it easy for companies to get a SOC 2 report fast. |
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| 1:23.1 | slash Next Unicorn. |
| 1:25.1 | All right, everybody. |
| 1:27.1 | You've heard all about computer vision, cameras, AI, all of this stuff has been coming together |
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