Medical
Japanese medical company Terumo agreed to sell LightStrike robots in Japan.
A dated step forward on the record · Company-reported
What the source says
“Terumo Corp. (TYO:4543) said today it inked a Japanese distribution deal with Xenex”
What it means
LightStrike, from Xenex Disinfection Services, is at stage 5 of 5 on our ladder: regulator-cleared or mass market. Its stage is set by other milestones on its record; this one adds to the history. This line rests on the company's own announcement; no regulator, customer or independent report confirms it in our sources yet.
Human help: Our sources report it working without human help.
More on LightStrike
- Health Canada registered the LightStrike6 robot for sale to healthcare facilities in Canada.
- Xenex said hospitals using LightStrike had completed 44 million cycles.
- Xenex said its robots had run more than 40 million cycles in more than 1,200 hospitals and healthcare sites.
- The FDA cleared the LightStrike+ robot through the De Novo route, creating a new device category for UV robots that reduce germs on hard surfaces in healthcare settings.
- Xenex raised $38 million in a round led by Essex Woodlands.