VISE Spring Seminar – Joshua Gafford, PhD – 2.2.23

Jan. 20, 2023—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Joshua Gafford, Ph.D. Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer EndoTheia Date: Thursday, February 2, 2023 Time: 11:45 a.m. Lunch, 12:00 p.m. start Location: Stevenson 5326 Title: EndoTheia: Augmenting the Capabilities of Flexible Endoscopes Abstract: Historically, clinical applications of flexible endoscopes have been primarily diagnostic in nature due to fundamental...

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Company co-founded by VISE affiliate receives distinguished FDA breakthrough device designation for minimally invasive surgical tool

Jan. 10, 2023—A company co-founded by Robert J. Webster III, Richard A. Schroeder Professor of Mechanical Engineering and associate professor of medicine and urology at Vanderbilt University, has received a breakthrough device designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that could open the door for new diagnostic and therapeutic applications of flexible endoscopy.

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