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Channel Robotics named finalist for UC San Diego Faculty Startup of the Year

Mar 31, 2025 · Award · Channel Robotics · Surgical

  • UC San Diego listed Channel Robotics and co-founder Philip Weissbrod among the finalists for Faculty Startup of the Year in the 2025 Chancellor's Innovation Awards.
  • The awards program recognized university innovators shaping commercialization outcomes across healthcare and technology, with more than 50 applications submitted that year.
  • The finalist recognition highlighted Channel's flexible endoscopic surgical robotics platform inside UC San Diego's innovation ecosystem.

Develops surgical robotic systems focused on minimally invasive procedures, with an emphasis on improving precision and efficiency in endoscopic workflows. The company is early-stage and building toward clinical deployment of its platform.

Segment
Surgical
Event type
Award
Geography
Baltimore · United States