Med Tech Talks Ep.82: Michele Marzola Pt. 2

Are robots going to take our jobs?🤖

Welcome back to the second part of our conversation with Michele Marzola, the co-founder and CEO of XSurgical Robotics. This time, Geoffrey gets into the nitty-gritties of Michele’s work, and how surgical robotics, instead of their perceived idea of taking away human jobs, are in reality facilitating much better outcomes, in the context of assisting surgeons to perform complicated surgeries with much enhanced precision now.

Geoff and Michele also discuss the future of XSurgical, and healthcare investments at large.

Timestamps

01:32-04:13 - Developing the surgical robot is a mammoth task, and Michele explains why.

04:14-08:34 - XSurgical Robots being deployed in a military base camp at a battlefield.

08:33-11:24 - The varied uses of XSurgical’s product; from soft-tissue surgery to performing a knee-replacement surgery.

11:25-14:20 - How various surgeons have reacted to the robots performing their job.

14:21-18:45 - Michele’s two-pronged approach towards where and what he invests in - life sciences and medical devices vs. digital healthcare and diagnostics.

18:46-23:25 - Michele talks about a few projects he’s currently invested in that he thinks are potential gamechangers.

23:26-25:25 - Future projects that Michele has his eyes on, and his money ready to put in.