Atlas Medical Technologies

What Atlas Medical Technologies does

Atlas Medical Technologies GmbH is a German medical device company founded in 2019 and headquartered in Bochum that develops the Atlas Laser-Roboterarm, a laser-guided robotic arm navigation system for CT and cone-beam CT (CBCT) guided percutaneous interventions. The system combines a proprietary software tool that integrates CT/CBCT imaging with patient-specific data to plan needle trajectories, with a robotic arm that projects a visible laser reference onto the patient's skin to guide alignment along the planned path. The physician retains full manual control of needle placement while receiving real-time visual orientation through a four-step guided workflow: placing a sterile radiotransparent patient tracker, planning the trajectory on CT/CBCT images, aligning along the planned path via laser projection, and treating with manual needle placement guided by the laser reference.

The company claims 22 patents and proprietary innovations covering the laser-guided navigation architecture, and cites peer-reviewed evidence of 23–45% faster procedure times, 29–53% reduction in radiation exposure, up to 87% improvement in needle entry accuracy, and 40–50% fewer required control scans relative to freehand CT-guided procedures. The platform is positioned for interventional radiology departments, orthopedic surgery and pain management, and select neurosurgical CT-guided interventions.

Atlas generates revenue through direct enterprise sales of the Atlas Laser-Roboterarm as a capital medical device to hospitals and specialized departments, with prospective customers directed to submit inquiries via the company website. The company operates under the doing-business-as name LaserRobotArm, maintains a bilingual German/English digital presence, and claims 52 interventions supported worldwide. Investors include Ancora Finance Group (lead), BEAT DROP, Grönemeyer Health, and Grönemeyer Swiss Health following a ~$2.6M funding round in January 2023, and the company is led by CEO Timo Kruger.

Name

Atlas Medical Technologies

Legal name

Atlas Medical Technologies GmbH

Website

https://atlas4d.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Atlas Medical Technologies GmbH, founded in 2019 in Bochum, Germany, develops the Atlas Laser-Roboterarm, a laser-guided robotic navigation system for CT/CBCT-guided percutaneous needle interventions, sold as capital equipment to interventional radiology, orthopedic, and pain management hospital departments worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Surgical Robotics and Image-Guided Navigation Systems

NAICS

Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (3345), Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing (334510), Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (33451)

SIC

Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus (3841), Electromedical & Electrotherapeutic Apparatus (3845)

akta.pro primary industry

Surgical Navigation, Tracking & Intraoperative Guidance (Ortho/Neuro/ENT) (HLAHADAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Surgical Robotics & Computer-Assisted Surgery Platforms (HLAHADAF), Surgical Navigation, Robotics & Patient-Matched Instrumentation (Ortho/Spine) (HLAHAEAL), Intraoperative Imaging & Guidance (C-arms, O-arm, IOUS, fluorescence) (HLAHADAH), Healthcare & Assistive Robotics (HDAAAIAC)

Keywords

• Medical navigation systems
• Laser-guided robotics
• Image-guided interventions
• CT/CBCT guidance devices
• Interventional radiology equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Bochum

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Medical Device Hardware and Software System Sales: Atlas Medical Technologies sells its Atlas Laser-Roboterarm system as a capital medical device to hospitals and interventional radiology/orthopedics departments. Revenue is generated through the sale of the integrated hardware/software system, likely supplemented by service, maintenance, and consumables contracts.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Atlas Medical Technologies develops and sells the Atlas Laser-Roboterarm, a laser-guided robotic arm navigation system for CT/CBCT-guided percutaneous interventions. The integrated system combines proprietary CT/CBCT imaging software with a robotic arm that projects visible laser reference points onto the patient's skin to assist physicians with needle trajectory alignment, while all clinical decisions and needle placement remain under physician control. The product is sold as a capital medical device to interventional radiology, orthopedic, pain management, and neurosurgery departments at hospitals and specialty medical centers.

Product overview

Atlas Medical Technologies offers a single unified product — the Atlas Laser-Roboterarm system — which is a laser-guided robotic navigation system designed for CT/CBCT-guided interventions. The system combines a proprietary software tool that integrates CT scans and patient data to provide visual information for treatment planning, along with a robotic arm that projects laser reference points onto the patient's skin. The product supports a four-step guided workflow: placing a radiotransparent patient tracker, planning the needle trajectory on CT/CBCT images, aligning along the planned path using the laser projection, and treating with manual needle placement guided by the laser reference. The system is primarily used in orthopedics and interventional radiology for image-guided pain therapies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Atlas Laser-Roboterarm

Quantifiable outcome

• 23-45% faster procedure times (time savings)
• +4 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Brainlab: Munich-based surgical-navigation platform offering image-guided solutions for neurosurgery, spine, ENT, and interventional radiology. Directly competes with Atlas in CT-guided percutaneous interventions, with a much larger installed base and broader modality coverage.

Broad incumbents

• Medtronic (StealthStation): Global medtech incumbent whose StealthStation surgical-navigation system is widely used in neurosurgery, spine, and ENT. Competes broadly in image-guided interventions but is not specialized in CT/CBCT laser guidance.
• Stryker (Navigation): Diversified medtech company with a navigation business (including the acquired Scopis platform) serving ENT, neurosurgery, and spine. Overlaps with Atlas in image-guided percutaneous workflows as part of a much broader surgical portfolio.
• Philips (Image-Guided Therapy): Large imaging and interventional therapy vendor offering CT/ fluoroscopy-guided intervention suites and software. Provides overlapping capabilities to Atlas within a much wider imaging-modality portfolio.
• Siemens Healthineers: Imaging OEM with CT, CBCT, and interventional-radiology solutions used in image-guided needle procedures. Competes via integrated imaging-plus-software offerings rather than a standalone laser-navigation add-on.

Emerging players

• Fiagon: Berlin-based developer of electromagnetic surgical-navigation systems for ENT, spine, and neurosurgery. Comparable as a smaller German surgical-navigation peer, though using a different (electromagnetic) tracking modality.
• Clear Guide Medical: Developer of CT- and ultrasound-guided intervention assistance systems with a similar focus on needle placement accuracy. Comparable to Atlas in target use case (image-guided percutaneous procedures) at a similar early stage.
• 7D Surgical: Image-guided surgery company using machine-vision registration for spinal and cranial procedures. Comparable as a niche navigation player targeting accuracy and reduced radiation in image-guided workflows.
• Centerline Biomedical: Developer of IOPS (Intra-Operative Positioning System) for endovascular and image-guided procedures. Comparable as a specialized navigation guidance vendor in image-guided interventions.

Regional players

• HistoSonics: Image-guided non-invasive robotic platform for tissue destruction, primarily in oncology. Adjacent in image-guided robotic intervention technology but focused on a different procedure category.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors4 records

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M&A

Investments

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