Healthcare Industry News: Surgical Planning
News Release - August 21, 2008
Surgical robotics company Prosurgics hires President and establishes US organization
CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA, USA Aug. 21 (HSMN NewsFeed) - Surgical robotics company Prosurgics has appointed Bill Perry as President of its California based US organization, Prosurgics, Inc.Prior to joining Prosurgics Bill was Senior Vice President of Business Development, Marketing and Sales at Nanomix, Inc., a medical device company with a diagnostic and monitoring focus. Before that he held the position of Vice President, Worldwide Marketing and International Sales at VNUS Medical Technologies, Inc., a minimally invasive vascular surgery company that went public in October 2004.
In all, Bill brings more than 19 years experience in sales, marketing and business development for venture capital-backed growth companies, almost all of it within the medical devices sector.
Bill is delighted to be joining Prosurgics at this pivotal stage in the company's development: "Prosurgics is producing advances which will move robotic assisted surgery into every operating room and I am very pleased to be at the forefront of this tremendous opportunity."
Paul Moraviec, Chief Executive of Prosurgics, says the whole company is excited by Bill's appointment: "This is an important time for us. Bill's arrival marks the foundation of our US operation. We believe that our technology will put robotics into the hands of every surgeon and have every confidence in Bill's ability to spearhead this uptake in the US."
For further information please contact:
Bill Perry, President, Prosurgics, Inc., 10121 Miller Avenue, Suite 205, Cupertino, CA 95014, USA. Tel: 1-877-ROBOT11 bperry@prosurgics.com
Colin Robertson, Global Marketing and Business Development Director, Prosurgics Ltd., Knaves Beech Business Centre, Loudwater, High Wycombe, HP10 9QR, United Kingdom. Tel. +44 (0)1628 536900 crobertson@prosurgics.com
About Prosurgics
Prosurgics is dedicated to pioneering a new generation innovative but affordable surgical robots. Its range of robotic solutions helps improve patient outcomes and healthcare economics in hospitals around the world. The company's technology portfolio encompasses image guided and tele-manipulator systems, Surgical Planning and intra-operative navigation.
With offices in the UK (High Wycombe) USA (Cupertino, CA) and Germany (Berlin) and a global network of expert distributors, Prosurgics delivers innovative and effective solutions for today's surgeons and hospitals around the world. FreeHand®, Prosurgics' next generation robotic camera holder for laparoscopic surgery was launched in Europe in June 2008. (Note: FreeHand is not cleared by the FDA for distribution in the United States, limited to Investigational Use)
Source: Prosurgics
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