Simbionix

What Simbionix does

Simbionix USA Corporation, founded in 1997 and headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, operates within the Surgical Science Sweden AB group (headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden) following acquisition, and provides high-fidelity medical simulation, training, and education solutions for healthcare professionals and medical technology companies. Its core offering is a portfolio of procedure-specific simulators including the LAP Mentor III for laparoscopic surgery, the ANGIO Mentor Flex Pro for vascular and endovascular procedures, and the ENDO Mentor Suite for gastrointestinal and bronchoscopy training, complemented by MentorLearn (a simulator management and curriculum platform) and a dedicated Robotic Surgery Simulation software stack that powers the hardware of all leading robotic surgery companies, including the da Vinci system under a 2016 partnership with Intuitive Surgical. The platform covers 150+ medical procedures and is supported by 400+ clinical validation studies, with 11,000+ simulators deployed across 90+ countries and evidence of a 60% reduction in OR errors from proficiency-based simulation training in a Karolinska Hospital study.

The business model spans three revenue streams: (1) hardware sales of high-fidelity simulator platforms, (2) subscription/recurring revenue from simulation software, MentorLearn licenses, and procedure-specific modules, and (3) professional services through the MedTech Solutions vertical, which delivers tailor-made simulation for medical device companies covering professional education, sales and marketing support, and product development. The company serves two primary customer segments — Healthcare Professionals (surgeons, clinicians, and academic medical centers such as Royal Free Hospital London, UC Davis, Sheba Medical Center, and University of Dundee) and MedTech Companies (e.g., robotic surgery OEMs and specialty device firms such as the UK & Ireland Heart Valves Team). Go-to-market is a direct enterprise field sales motion with global reach, supplemented by content marketing, conferences, and a LinkedIn presence; pricing is not publicly disclosed. Recent strategic activity includes the appointment of Linus Bergqvist as COO (January 2026), joining the SEISMIC consortium (February 2026), and launching a major upgrade to the Endometriosis Ultrasound Simulator (March 2026).

Name

Simbionix

Legal name

Surgical Science Sweden AB

Website

https://simbionix.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Simbionix, founded in 1997 and headquartered in Cleveland, is part of Surgical Science Sweden AB and provides high-fidelity medical simulation training software and hardware for healthcare professionals and MedTech companies, with 11,000+ simulators deployed across 90+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Simulation Training

NAICS

Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing (334510), Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing (339112), Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing (3391)

SIC

Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus (3841), Electromedical & Electrotherapeutic Apparatus (3845), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare & Clinical Simulation (Surgery, Nursing, EMT, Patient Interaction) (EDAFAJAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Robot Software, Autonomy Stacks & Simulation (ROS, digital twins) (HDAAAIAK), Simulation, Scenario & Serious Games Design (EDAGAKAH), Surgical Robotics & Computer-Assisted Surgery Platforms (HLAHADAF), Healthcare & Life Sciences (EDAAAPAA)

Keywords

• Medical simulation training
• Surgical simulators
• Healthcare education platforms
• Medical training software
• Clinical simulation systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Cleveland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Medical Simulators: Sale of high-fidelity medical simulation training hardware and software platforms
2. Simulation Software and Licenses: Software solutions for robotic surgery simulation and procedure-specific training modules
3. MedTech Solutions: Tailor-made simulation services for medical technology companies including professional education, sales and marketing, and product development support

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Simbionix develops and sells simulation, training, and education solutions for medical professionals and the healthcare industry, including high-fidelity medical simulators (laparoscopic, endovascular, endoscopic, and critical-care manikins), simulation software that powers robotic surgery platforms, and the MentorLearn simulator management platform. The company also delivers MedTech Solutions, providing customized training, support, and professional services to medical device companies.

Product overview

Surgical Science offers a portfolio of medical simulation training products and software solutions designed to enhance patient safety and healthcare outcomes. The core offerings include high-fidelity simulators such as LAP Mentor III for laparoscopic procedures, ANGIO Mentor Flex Pro for endovascular training, ENDO Mentor Suite for endoscopy, and Robotic Surgery Simulation software. The company provides simulator management through MentorLearn and comprehensive MedTech Solutions for professional education, sales/marketing, and product development. All simulators are supported by evidence-based customizable curricula, with over 11,000 simulators deployed across 90+ countries supporting 150+ medical procedures.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• LAP Mentor III A surgical simulator designed for laparoscopic procedure training, including courses for general surgery, pain medicine fellowship, GYN oncology, OB/GYN, and weight loss surgery; includes built-in simulator-generated metric tools to assess learning curves.
• ANGIO Mentor Flex Pro An endovascular training simulator that uses patented technology and haptic feedback to provide clinically realistic hands-on practice for endovascular procedures, designed to help healthcare professionals bridge the gap between training and real patient work.
• ENDO Mentor Suite Endoscopy training suite offered as part of the company's simulator portfolio for gastrointestinal endoscopy skill development.
• SimMan Critical Care A patient simulator manikin used for critical-care and resuscitation training, providing realistic physiological response scenarios for healthcare professionals.
• MentorLearn A simulator management platform for educational program administration and curriculum management, designed to organize simulation-based learning across medical training programs.
• Robotic Surgery Simulation Simulation software for robotic surgery that powers the hardware of all leading robotic surgery companies, enabling procedure-specific training on their platforms.
• MedTech Solutions A service offering that delivers customized, tailored medical simulation training experiences and professional services for medical device companies, supporting device-specific training pathways and educational programs.
• Endometriosis Ultrasound Simulator An ultrasound training simulator focused on endometriosis, expanding the company's procedural simulation portfolio for women's health and diagnostic imaging.

Quantifiable outcome

• 60% reduction in errors in the OR for residents during first 10 laparoscopic cholecystectomies

Named customers10 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• SEISMIC ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 February 2026Surgical Science joined the SEISMIC consortium in February 2026 to advance next-generation minimally invasive surgical techniques through simulation collaboration.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Laerdal Medical: Norwegian medical simulation company and SimMan platform owner, dominant in CPR, ACLS, and patient manikin simulation. Overlaps with Simbionix in healthcare professional training, though historically stronger in critical care/resuscitation versus surgical specialties.
• CAE Healthcare: Division of CAE Inc. providing patient, surgical, and ultrasound simulation for healthcare education. Direct competitor across high-fidelity simulators (e.g., CAE Lucina, CAE Vimedix) serving the same hospital and medical school buyer base as Simbionix/Surgical Science.
• VirtaMed: Swiss company building high-fidelity simulators for arthroscopy, laparoscopy, OB/GYN, and urology. Competes head-to-head with the LAP Mentor and ENDO Mentor product lines in minimally invasive procedure training.
• Mentice: Swedish-based endovascular simulation specialist competing directly with ANGIO Mentor for interventional radiology and vascular procedure training at institutions like the University of Rochester and Twente cited in the source.

Broad incumbents

• 3D Systems (Healthcare / Simbionix legacy): 3D Systems acquired the original Simbionix in 2014 and ran the legacy Simbionix simulation business; the Surgical Science-linked entity effectively competes in the same niche. A broader industrial 3D printing incumbent with historical overlap to this segment.
• Philips (Medical Imaging / Training): Diversified MedTech with adjacent simulation and clinical training solutions (echo, interventional imaging education). Operates broadly across healthcare with limited but overlapping presence in clinical skills simulation.

Emerging players

• SimX: VR-based medical simulation for emergency medicine, anesthesiology, and nursing. Niche overlap in clinical simulation modality though no physical hardware footprint.
• FundamentalVR: Haptic VR surgery training platform partnering with MedTech companies (e.g., Smith+Nephew, Boston Scientific). Represents the AR/VR-native challenger model that competes for the same MedTech Solutions budget line.
• Osso VR: VR-native surgical training platform focused on device-specific training for MedTech companies and surgeons. Emerging model with lower hardware overhead that could disrupt the physical-simulator paradigm over time.

Others

• Intuitive Surgical: Largest robotic surgery OEM and source of the da Vinci partnership dating to 2016. Customer and partner - not a simulation peer - but the most important commercial relationship described in the source data.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SimbionixUSA
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/35459
• Facebookfacebook.com/328515966636

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors4 records

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M&A

Investments

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