Medical + Surgical Devices

SRI’s integrated approach to engineering R&D has led to advanced medical devices such as novel diagnostic and drug delivery tools, and devices sized for pediatric use. We partner with large and small clients to help maintain their competitive position through development of new diagnostics and therapeutic devices from concept to commercialization. SRI helps clients:

• Generate new product ideas

• Meet the industry’s challenging scientific, engineering, marketing, and regulatory requirements

• Augment their internal innovation teams to create new intellectual property

Clients benefit from SRI's extensive patent portfolio. SRI's innovations include making ultrasound practical for medical diagnostics and developing the first telerobotic surgical system, which SRI spun off as Intuitive Surgical, now a multibillion-dollar company. Surgeons throughout the world use this system, approved by the Food and Drug Administration, to help patients recover faster, with less pain and fewer complications.

Today, SRI's projects focus on

• Dexterous surgical tools

• Medical devices to serve the pediatric market

• Compact chemical and biological sensor development

• Biosensors

• Digital X-ray systems

• Advanced materials for devices such as hearing aids