News & updates

Where the work is going.

May 26, 2026Founder note

Why we're starting with the camera holder.

Sequencing the LumaArm ahead of the LumaGrip — lower regulatory risk, camera-holder precedent, no tissue contact — and the OR access it earns to validate the wristed instrument.

May 21, 2026Editorial

The OR minute, costed.

Operating-room time runs $36–$100 per minute (Childers & Maggard-Gibbons, JAMA Surg 2018). A short read on what that figure means for hospital adoption of tools that compress case length.

May 14, 2026Engineering

Designing surgical tools to the standards we ship to.

FDA 21 CFR Part 820, ISO 13485, IEC 60601, ISO 14971 — the regulatory frameworks Yukalyptus builds to from day one, and why that matters for clinical and commercial partners.