What Naviswiss does

Naviswiss AG is a privately held Swiss medical device company headquartered in Brugg, Switzerland (with a US operating subsidiary, Naviswiss Inc., in Denver, CO) that designs, manufactures, and commercializes a miniaturized handheld surgical navigation platform for orthopedic hip and knee arthroplasty. The platform — built around patented Swiss navigation technology, a stamp-sized handheld camera, and disposable NAVItag magnetic trackers attached to minimally invasive pins — guides surgeons through a three-step workflow of registration, real-time navigation (either imageless/landmark-based or CT-based), and automatic surgical documentation, and is offered as an open system compatible with all major hip and knee implant brands.

The product family comprises the Naviswiss System base platform, clinical modules for Knee (imageless TKA, including the 2025 Gap Balancing variant), Hip (imageless THA), Hip CT (CT-based THA execution), and Revision (complex primary and revision cases), the Naviplan AI-based 3D pre-operative planning software that auto-generates patient-specific plans in under 15 minutes with spinopelvic analytics, and the single-use NAVItag consumable. Naviswiss has secured regulatory clearances across the EU (2018), Japan and Australia (2018), and the US (FDA Hip in 2020, Naviplan and Hip CT in 2021), and has shipped since 2019 across US, Japan, Australia, and selected EU markets through a hybrid direct enterprise sales motion (CCO US, President US, US sales team in Denver) supplemented by channel/distributor partners in indirect markets, supported by named KOL endorsements and a Medical Advisory Board of 9+ international orthopedic surgeons.

The business model combines upfront hardware platform sales to hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), recurring per-procedure consumable revenue from single-use NAVItag trackers, and software (Naviplan) bundled or licensed with the platform. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed; the company positions the offering as an "affordable," ASC-friendly alternative to bulky capital-intensive navigation and robotic systems. Revenue figures are not disclosed; total disclosed funding to date is approximately $10M (2013 Series A, 2018 round, 2020 round), the employee base is 11-50, and active hiring in QM/Regulatory and Supply Chain is described by the company as driven by a "positive order situation" and "strong growth."

Name

Naviswiss

Legal name

Naviswiss AG

Website

https://naviswiss.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Orthopedic Surgical Navigation Systems

NAICS

Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing (339113), Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing (339112), Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (3345)

SIC

Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus (3841), Orthopedic, Prosthetic & Surgical Appliances & Supplies (3842)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Surgical Navigation, Robotics & Patient-Matched Instrumentation (Ortho/Spine) (HLAHAEAL), Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Telemedicine Platforms (HLALAGAO)

Keywords

• Orthopedic surgical navigation
• Hip arthroplasty navigation
• Knee arthroplasty navigation
• Handheld navigation system
• Pre-operative planning software

Headquarters

HQ city

Laufen

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Navigation system hardware sales: Sale of the Naviswiss miniaturized navigation hardware platform to hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). Capital purchase model for ASCs and hospitals described as "affordable" and a "strong investment" with "long-term return."
2. Single-use NAVItag trackers (consumables): Recurring revenue from disposable stamp-sized NAVItag trackers used during each surgical case (described as "single-use"). This generates a per-procedure consumable stream tied to surgical volume.
3. Naviplan 3D planning software: AI-based 3D pre-operative planning software integrated with Naviswiss Hip CT for navigated execution. Likely licensed/bundled with the platform and consumable cases.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Naviswiss designs, manufactures, and sells a miniaturized handheld surgical navigation platform for orthopedic hip and knee arthroplasty. The platform is built around a stamp-sized camera and single-use NAVItag trackers and supports four clinical application modules — Naviswiss Knee, Naviswiss Hip, Naviswiss Hip CT, and Naviswiss Revision — along with the AI-based Naviplan 3D pre-operative planning software. The company sells the hardware platform plus recurring NAVItag consumables to hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers in the US, Japan, Australia, and selected EU markets.

Product overview

Naviswiss offers a single, miniaturized handheld surgical navigation platform — the Naviswiss System — designed and manufactured in Switzerland for knee and hip arthroplasty. The platform is an open architecture onto which four clinical application modules (Naviswiss Knee, Naviswiss Hip, Naviswiss Hip CT, and Naviswiss Revision) are deployed, supported by the Naviplan pre-operative planning software module and NAVItag single-use trackers. Naviplan generates AI-based CT-based 3D plans that are exported into Naviswiss Hip CT for intraoperative execution, while the imageless Knee, Hip, and Revision workflows use landmark-based registration directly on the platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Naviswiss Knee: Imageless, handheld surgical navigation solution for Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA), including the Gap Balancing variant introduced in 2025.
• Naviswiss Hip
• Naviswiss Hip CT
• Naviplan

Products and services

• Naviswiss System The miniaturized handheld navigation platform designed and built with Swiss precision for hip and knee arthroplasty. Patented Swiss technology guides surgeons through three steps: registration, navigation (imageless or CT-based), and real-time documentation, with an open-platform architecture compatible with all major implant systems.
• Naviswiss Knee Imageless knee navigation solution for Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) for primary and revision indications. Provides real-time data on varus/valgus angles, flexion/extension angles, tibial slope, resection depth, and (with the 2025 Gap Balancing update) quantitative extension and flexion gap assessment.
• Naviswiss Hip Landmark-based, imageless hip navigation for Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA) supporting primary and revision indications. Delivers real-time feedback on cup inclination and anteversion, leg length and offset, and pelvic tilt; compatible with all major hip implant systems and surgical approaches.
• Naviswiss Hip CT CT-based hip navigation for more complex Total Hip Arthroplasty cases. Provides 32-point acetabular registration, spinopelvic analysis, live navigated reaming with robotic-level cup positioning accuracy, and execution of pre-operative plans created in Naviplan.
• Naviplan CT-based 3D pre-operative planning software for hip arthroplasty featuring AI-based auto-planning completed in under 15 minutes, detailed spinopelvic analytics, and patient-specific prosthetic and bony impingement simulations. Plans are exported directly to Naviswiss Hip CT for intraoperative execution.
• Naviswiss Revision Revision surgery solution enabling imageless or CT-based navigation for the most challenging hip and knee revision cases, with one-click documentation of the surgical outcome, full control of cup alignment/leg length/offset for hip revisions, and joint line restoration plus improved kinematics for knee revisions.
• NAVItag Single-use, stamp-sized magnetic trackers that attach to minimally invasive pins and the cup impactor, enabling the Naviswiss Camera to track patient anatomy and implant positioning during navigated procedures.

Quantifiable outcome

• AI-based auto-planning in less than 15 minutes (Naviplan)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Martyn Inwood (ex-DePuy Synthes EMEA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMartyn Inwood is CCO and Board Member at Naviswiss. Formerly VP at DePuy Synthes EMEA (Johnson & Johnson), leading strategic growth across the orthopaedics portfolio. Brings deep EMEA orthopedic distribution relationships that complement Naviswiss' commercial expansion.
• Raimund Erdmann (Erdmann Design AG)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRaimund Erdmann joined the Naviswiss Board of Directors in 2016. He founded consultancy Erdmann Design AG in 1977, which develops human-centered design and corporate branding for international clients, and teaches Experience Design at Swiss and American universities. Supports Naviswiss' product and brand design.
• LinkedInminorOthersNaviswiss uses LinkedIn as its primary social media channel — the corporate page (linkedin.com/company/naviswiss-ag/) is linked from the site header, footer and Instagram icon. Used for corporate communications and recruiting.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• OrthAlign: OrthAlign is a closely comparable direct peer — a privately held US-based surgical navigation company selling handheld, imageless navigation systems (Lantern, HipAlign, KneeAlign) for hip and knee arthroplasty. Targets the same orthopedic surgeon, ASC, and hospital customers with a similar miniaturized, low-capex navigation positioning.
• Pixee Medical: Pixee Medical is a French medtech that markets augmented-reality glasses-based navigation for total knee and total hip arthroplasty. It is a direct peer in miniaturized, imageless navigation for the same hip/knee arthroplasty use case, although it uses AR glasses rather than a handheld camera like Naviswiss.
• Think Surgical: Think Surgical markets robotic systems (TSolution One, TMINI) for total knee arthroplasty with an open implant-library philosophy similar to Naviswiss's open-platform positioning. It is a direct peer offering precision surgical execution in the same orthopedic arthroplasty use case, with comparable size and stage.
• Fiagon Hemisphere Navigation: Fiagon (acquired by Medtronic) developed a compact, EM-based surgical navigation platform used in ENT, spine, and other surgical specialties. It is a direct peer in miniaturized surgical navigation, with a comparable form-factor and technology approach.

Broad incumbents

• Brainlab: Brainlab is a long-established German surgical navigation and digital O.R. company offering CT-based and imageless navigation platforms (e.g., Curve, Kick) used in orthopedic, spine, and other surgeries. It is a broad incumbent competing across surgical navigation workflows, including the hip and knee arthroplasty segment in which Naviswiss operates.
• Stryker (Mako Surgical): Stryker's Mako robotic-arm-assisted surgery platform is a leading robotic system for total hip and knee arthroplasty. It is a broad incumbent that competes head-on in hip and knee arthroplasty precision surgery, representing both a substitute and a competitive threat to Naviswiss's standalone navigation offering.
• Medtronic (StealthStation / Mazor): Medtronic's StealthStation surgical navigation system and its Mazor robotics platform are entrenched navigation/robotics offerings in orthopedics and spine. As a broad incumbent, Medtronic competes with Naviswiss in surgical navigation for arthroplasty and is also a potential strategic acquirer given its medtech scale.
• Smith+Nephew (CORI): Smith+Nephew markets the CORI handheld robotic-assisted surgery system for knee arthroplasty, a direct substitute to Naviswiss's handheld navigation in the ASC/outpatient segment. It is a broad incumbent with a global sales force and is a primary competitive threat to Naviswiss's ASC-focused value proposition.
• DePuy Synthes (Johnson & Johnson, VELYS): DePuy Synthes (a J&J company) offers the VELYS robotic-assisted solution for total knee arthroplasty and is a leading hip and knee implant vendor. It is a broad incumbent in hip and knee arthroplasty that competes with Naviswiss in both navigation and implant-driven sales channels.

Emerging players

• Holomedicine / Holo Surgical: Holo Surgical (now part of HybridAR) developed an AR-based surgical navigation platform for spine and cranial surgery. It is an emerging player in image-based surgical navigation and shares the focus on miniaturized, software-driven navigation that Naviswiss is pursuing.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/naviswiss-ag

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors2 records

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M&A

Investments1 record

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