# Virtuoso Surgical

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## TL;DR

Virtuoso Surgical makes needle-sized robotic arms that work through an endoscope, letting surgeons remove bladder tumours in one piece without an external cut.

## Summary

Virtuoso Surgical, Inc., a Nashville company founded in April 2016, according to the company, out of research at Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center, develops a robotic endoscopic surgery system with needle-sized dexterous arms. The VIABLE trial is studying the system for en bloc resection of bladder lesions (NCT06940648); the company reported in April 2026 that 20 patients had been treated in the trial. The company says it has been funded by more than USD 15 million of private funding from individual investors, as well as NIH and State of Tennessee grants. Its first registered cancer trial, NCT06940648, was posted on ClinicalTrials.gov in April 2025.

## Fields

- Kind: Company
- Last checked: 2026-10-29
- Also known as: Virtuoso Surgical, Inc.
- HQ: Nashville, TN
- Type: devices
- Website: https://virtuososurgical.net/

## Notes

- Founding date, origins and funding statement from the company's About page; trial progress from the company news list, read on 29 October 2026. No funding row is recorded because the company gives a cumulative total rather than a round. The registry lists Hong Kong as the trial country.

## Sources

- Official website: https://virtuososurgical.net/
- About: https://virtuososurgical.net/about/
- ClinicalTrials.gov: VIABLE trial (NCT06940648): https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06940648

## Connected records

- cancers: [Bladder & urothelial cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/urothelial/)
- fronts: [Devices & Physical Therapies](https://onco.cc/fronts/devices/), [Surgery & Interventional](https://onco.cc/fronts/surgery/)
- technologies: [Cystoscopy, blue-light imaging & TURBT](https://onco.cc/technologies/cystoscopy-turbt/), [Robotic & minimally invasive surgery](https://onco.cc/technologies/robotic-surgery/)

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