{"id":8974,"date":"2022-07-11T10:10:53","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T10:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gateway.ventures\/startups\/hellstern-medical\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T17:40:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T17:40:04","slug":"hellstern-medical","status":"publish","type":"startups","link":"https:\/\/gateway.ventures\/en\/startups\/hellstern-medical\/","title":{"rendered":"Hellstern Medical"},"author":6,"featured_media":37188,"template":"","meta":[],"startup_status":[36],"investment_focus":[],"class_list":["post-8974","startups","type-startups","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","startup_status-funded-en"],"acf":{"logo":37161,"show_stage":["Yes"],"stage":"Seed","show_niche":["Yes"],"niche":"MedTech","closing_month_year":"","female_founder":["Yes"],"location":"Wannweil, DE","website":"https:\/\/www.hellstern-med.com\/","demo_video_url":"","meet-up_lp_link":"","calendly_code":"","calendly_code_Kopie":"","oneline_description":"Hellstern medical scale surgeon capacity.","description":"<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><b>dual-use<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> surgical capability<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">validated for civilian healthcare<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and defense environments.<\/span>","problem":"<b>NATO classifies surgical capability as strategic infrastructure.<\/b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mission-critical environments require increased surgical throughput.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DIANA selected our solution to close the identified capability gap<\/span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Surgeons are the <\/span><b>capacity drivers <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of every hospital.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">generate up to <\/span><b>70% of hospital revenue<\/b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and define surgical <\/span><b>throughput<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>quality<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Long, physically demanding surgeries <\/span><b>exhaust<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> surgeons.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>75% <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">develop musculoskeletal disorders.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That is why hospitals lose their <\/span><b>best surgeons<\/b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and why surgical <\/span><b>capacity declines<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>","solution":"&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37154\" src=\"https:\/\/gateway.ventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/noac_Logo_S_rgb-300x83.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"83\" \/><\/strong>\r\n\r\n<b>A robotic surgeon assist.<\/b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A cyber-physical system designed to work directly with surgeons in civilian and defense surgical environments. <\/span><b>noac is a dual-use technology in daily clinical use.<\/b>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>noac<\/b> <b>protects<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the top revenue and reputation generators through <\/span><b>robotic assistance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>noac strengthens surgical capacity and performance \u2014 enabling more surgery with the same team, increasing case volume and revenue by reducing physical strain and sustaining surgeon endurance.<\/b>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hellstern medical - a German-American DeepTech company with dual headquarters in Wannweil\/T\u00fcbingen (DE) and New York (US).<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u200b<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Built in Europe. 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