Less Invasive

In this short episode, I briefly outline 3 pieces of news that recently caught my attention in the surgical robotics, medical imaging and AI space. Bayer launched Calantic cloud-based platform for AI apps in medical imaging Intuitive joined the $14m Series A from Optellum, an AI startup in lung cancer  NDI announces a robotic navigation development kit with KUKA and MPE

In this episode, I speak with Dr. Cory Calendine, board-certified orthopedic surgeon specialized in hip & knee replacement at the Bone & Joint Institute of Tennessee, technology enthusiast and social media influencer. We talk about: Telemedicine for education, remote rep support, and collaboration Virtual Reality for surgical training Social media Dr. Cory Calendine social media accounts:...

In this episode, I speak with Dr. Cory Calendine, board-certified orthopedic surgeon specialized in hip & knee replacement at the Bone & Joint Institute of Tennessee, technology enthusiast and social media influencer. We talk about: Dr Calendine’s life philosophy and the stress in the OR What is less invasive in hip & knee replacement The promise of technologies such as Robotics, Data,...

In this episode, I speak with Anthony Sebaaly, clinical application specialist at Robotics Surgical Systems. We talk about: - Anthony’s journey in the medtech space and his passion for surgical robotics - What is the training required for a surgeon and the clinical support after the first cases - The role of Clinical Application Specialist at national and regional levels - What he learned from wor...

In this episode, I speak with Eric Anderson, founder of Extremity Surgical, host of the Ortho Idea Podcast and creator of the Medical Sales Rx training platform. We talk about: - Eric’s background, story and journey in orthopedics and extremities - Pathologies, procedures and challenges in extremity surgery - The future and place of assistive technologies in extremity surgery - The transition from...

In this special episode, I speak with Romain Moulin, CEO of Exotec, a French company and leader in global warehouse robotics. Exotec raised a total of $446m since 2015 and became this January the 25th unicorn Made in France. We talk about: - Romain's background, story and journey in robotics - His experience designing medical imaging systems at GE - The warehouse robotics market and how the Skypod...

In this second episode, I speak with Karandeep Singh Badwal, a Quality & Regulatory consultant, host of The Medtech Podcast, and content creator on Youtube. We talk about: - Karandeep’s background, story and journey in Quality & Regulatory for medical devices - The transition to full time consultancy - Where entrepreneurs should start with when developing a new medical device - Regulatory...

In this first episode, I speak with Jay Pendleton, VP of Sales at Viseon, a startup commercializing the MaxView visualization system for minimally invasive spine surgery. We talk about: - His background, story and journey in the medical devices space - The visualization challenges in minimally invasive spine surgery and how MaxView aims at solving them - The transition from corporate to startup an...

Welcome to Less Invasive podcast! I am Lucien Blondel and I bring 20 years of experience in surgical robotics for neurosurgery, orthopedics, spine surgery and interventional radiology to the table. We'll talk about Minimally Invasive Surgery - what it means for the physician, patient, hospital, and payers, technologies that enable these techniques, as well as other emerging assistive technologies...