EndoTheia Announces Successful Clinical Trial of FlexStone, the World’s First Independently Steerable Kidney Stone Basket Surgical Device! Click here to read more.

Dang et al., 'Design of Transmission Tubes for Surgical Concentric Push-Pull Robots,' which details the design and analysis of steerable sheaths utilizing EndoTheia technology, wins best paper at International Symposium on Medical Robotics 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia!

EndoTheia receives trademark approval from the USPTO for its upcoming urologic portfolio spanning stone lithotripsy, capture, and aspiration.

EndoTheia filed provisional patent applications for: (1) a steerable stone lithotripsy device, and (2) a novel modular system to facilitate the endoscopic treatment of biliary disease. In addition, EndoTheia has converted its provisional application for a steerable stone capture device into a full non-provisional application.

EndoTheia secures $4.7m capital in its latest funding round.

EndoTheia is thrilled to announce a strategic partnership with Nissha Medical Technologies (NMT)! This exciting engagement will allow us to leverage NMT's extensive design, development, and manufacturing expertise in the furtherance of our mission to improve standards of care in flexible endoscopy.  Follow this link for more information.

EndoTheia reaches design freeze for its next-generation steerable device for ureteroscopic procedures. The company will now work with contract manufacturing partners to move forward with production-equivalent builds in support of our upcoming commercial rollout.

EndoTheia receives approval to conduct a first-in-human (FIH) study to assess the safety of our novel steerable technology in the ureteroscopic treatment of kidney stones. Subject recruitment will commence in Q1 of 2024.

EndoTheia further strengthens its intellectual property portfolio through the conversion of two provisional patent applications into full non-provisional patent applications.

EndoTheia has been awarded a $1.9m Direct-To-Phase II grant from the NIH and NIDDK. This funding will be used to continue the development and commercialization of a novel stone aspiration device to expediate minimally-invasive ureteroscopic kidney stone removal.

EndoTheia announces the successful results of a clinical trial run at Vanderbilt University assessing a new medical device for the treatment of biliary disease. All primary and secondary endpoints were successfully met during the trial and no adverse events were noted. Results to be used in support of a FDA 510(k) submission scheduled for later this year. Click here to view the press release.

EndoTheia receives the ‘Innovation Award’ after being invited to present its technology at TechConnect’s World 2023 International Conference held in Washington, DC.

EndoTheia receives a claims allowance notice on its foundational patent for steerable sheath technology.

EndoTheia has gained priority status from the FDA by receiving a Breakthrough Device designation from the agency for its technology that radically improves minimally invasive flexible endoscopic surgery. Click here to read more.

EndoTheia feature on the cover of MedTech Outlook's December Endoscopy Edition as one of the “Top 10 Endoscopy Solutions Providers of 2022”. Visit the online article by clicking here or download a .pdf of the printed article by clicking here.

EndoTheia submits a full patent application for a future expansion product to the USPTO.

The provisional application protecting EndoTheia's foundational nested tube technology is converted into a full patent application and is submitted to the USPTO. EndoTheia also submits two provisional applications for future expansion products.

EndoTheia has registered with the USPTO secure brand protections through trademark applications for items such as the company name, company logo, and specific select brand names for their initial devices to reach the market.

EndoTheia has been awarded $300,000 in SBIR matching funding from the state of TN to support its commercialization efforts. This funding will be used to continue support for previously established in-state manufacturing partnerships and to support a First-in-Human clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of EndoTheia’s endoscopic technology. Click Here for more info. 

EndoTheia expands its corporate headquarters, located in Nashville TN, by extending their engineering workspace. This increased workspace will enable additional engineering effort to advance their technology to the market.

EndoTheia has reached a design freeze for their first product. This is a major milestone and means that the device is ready for production manufacturing to support the planned V&V testing to support FDA 510(k) submission.

EndoTheia received approval to conduct a small-scale first-in-human (FIH) study to assess the safety of our endoscopic technology in support of our upcoming regulatory submission. Subject recruitment will commence in Q1 of 2023.

EndoTheia receives FDA signs off on their submitted pre-submission outlining their planned regulatory pathway and selected predicate device to support a 510(k) application. Further, alignment is reached on all proposed V&V activities to support the future 510(k) market application.

EndoTheia significantly expands its overall team to drive the development process forward to both support key development milestones and to accelerate the overall timeline to market for their initial product rollout. Additional effort has been added within the areas of quality control, mechanical engineering, R&D engineering, product development and manufacturing. EndoTheia welcomes Laura Davis, Tyler Efird, Chris Schlichter, and Jake Childs to the team!

EndoTheia received funding from the National Institutes of Health to conduct experiments to explore the utility of their technology in a robotic endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) application. The final experiments were a success, demonstrating clear benefits of the technology and the vast potential within the robotic space.

The provisional application protecting EndoTheia's first product is converted into a full patent application and is submitted to the USPTO.

EndoTheia is awarded $300,000 in SBIR match funding from the state of TN to forge in-state manufacturing partnerships, finance laboratory testing efforts for upcoming regulatory submissions, and secure vital intellectual property. 

EndoTheia engages with the FDA through a pre-submission regarding the required testing to support a future 510(k) market application for their initial product. EndoTheia and the agency reach alignment on the required testing related to human factors and select V&V activities for their first product.  

EndoTheia is awarded a $1.4m SBIR Direct-To-Phase II Grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioinformatics (NIBIB) to explore the use of EndoTheia technology in the minimally-invasive treatment of renal calculi. 

EndoTheia is awarded a $1.4m SBIR Direct-To-Phase II Grant from the National Institute of Deafness and Communication Disorders (NIDCD) to explore the use of EndoTheia technology in the nonsurgical surveillance and diagnosis of middle ear disease. 

After incubating within Vanderbilt University since 2018, EndoTheia begins formal operations and moves into its first engineering offices and engineering laboratory, located in the bustling Midtown district of downtown Nashville, to begin developing next-generation endoscopic devices.

EndoTheia negotiates and exclusive license with the Vanderbilt University Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization (CTTC) to commercialize the underlying micromachined concentric tube technology.

EndoTheia is awarded a $1.2m SBIR Direct-To-Phase II Grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) to further study the use of EndoTheia's technology in the treatment of biliary disease. 

EndoTheia is awarded a $225k STTR Phase I Grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) to investigate the use of EndoTheia's technology in the endoscopic treatment of early-stage colorectal tumors.

EndoTheia, Inc. is formally incorporated to commercialize an innovative flexible medical device technology originally developed at Vanderbilt University.