300M+
surgeries performed worldwide every year
WHO, 2024
About
Advancing robotic-assisted surgery, for surgeon and patient.
Yukalyptus develops ergonomic robotic assistance systems and intelligent surgical tools designed to enhance minimally invasive surgery.
We build innovative, ergonomic instruments that give surgeons greater precision and control during minimally invasive procedures, while fitting the operating rooms and instruments they already use.
Our goal is to enhance the surgical experience and improve patient outcomes. Every tool is designed to make demanding procedures safer, more efficient, and less fatiguing.
Built to the standards we’ll be cleared against
- FDA 21 CFR Part 820
- ISO 13485
- IEC 60601
- IEC 62366
- ISO 10993
- ISO 14971
- 510(k) pathway
The opportunity
A $45 billion market —
and the largest surgeries are still untapped.
Capital robotic systems — Intuitive da Vinci, CMR Surgical Versius, Asensus Senhance, Stryker Mako — dominate specialty procedures at $500K–$2.5M per OR. The high-volume cases (hernia, gallbladder, appendix, cholecystectomy) remain wide open for tools that work alongside the surgeon’s existing instruments.
13M+
laparoscopic procedures performed globally each year
iData Research, 2024
$36–$100/min
cost of operating-room time — every minute saved is money back to the hospital
Childers & Maggard-Gibbons, JAMA Surg 2018
$500K–$2.5M
capital cost of today's robotic systems — locking out most hospitals
Industry estimates, 2024
How we compare
Robotic capability — without rebuilding the operating room.
Capital robotic systems
da Vinci · Versius · Senhance · Mako
- $500K–$2.5M capital outlay
- Dedicated OR, vendor-trained staff
- Per-case docking and setup time
- 7-DoF wristed articulation — at the console
- Force feedback at the console, not the hand
- Vendor-locked disposables
Traditional laparoscopy
Hand-held laparoscopic instruments
- Low capital cost
- Existing OR, existing workflow
- No docking, minimal setup
- 4 DoF — no wrist inside the patient
- Native haptic feedback
- Open instrument market
Yukalyptus
Camera holder + handheld instrument
- Per-device capital, no closed system
- Existing OR, existing workflow
- No docking — pick up and operate
- 7-DoF wristed — in the surgeon's hand
- Native haptic feedback
- Modular, surgeon-owned tools
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