Our History
Headquartered in Plano, Texas, AnX Robotica brings versatility in the development and integration of technologies including precise magnetic control, in house ASIC design, artificial intelligence, micro-optical imaging, image processing, and wireless transmission to improve care for patients. With more than 200 patents granted or applications pending, and dozens of clinical papers published in major international journals, AnX Robotica, together with its sister company, have become a leading robotic capsule technology company.
Our company’s roots go back to 2008, when our founders began designing and building the basic Robotic Capsule Endoscopy technology in Silicon Valley. With the vision to develop and manufacture advanced medical devices for diagnosing and treating digestive diseases, they established ANKON Medical Technologies in 2009, which was the first company in the world to commercialize a “Magnetically Controlled Capsule Endoscope System.” In 2019, U.S. based AnX Robotica established a commercial agreement to share products and technologies with ANKON.
The NaviCam® Stomach System
In May of 2020, FDA granted AnX Robotica the De Novo request for the NaviCam® Stomach System, the world’s first commercialized robotic control platform for stomach visualization. The NaviCam® Stomach System utilizes advanced robotic technologies combined with innovative and intelligent software to give medical practitioners external robotic control of capsules inside the human body.
AnX Robotica’s NaviCam® Stomach System has achieved a medical milestone by enabling the ability to perform a stomach examination with a minimally invasive, patient-friendly procedure while giving the physician complete control. By simply swallowing a pill-sized capsule, patients can undergo a thorough stomach examination without the need for sedation.
The NaviCam® Platform – a glimpse into the future
With the innovative NaviCam® Platform, AnX Robotica has developed a new way for a thorough visualization of the stomach. In addition to the NaviCam® Stomach System, AnX Robotica also markets IntraMarx® and IntraMarX® 3D Radiopaque Markers for colonic transit testing in the US.
Outside the US, AnX Robotica markets the NaviCam® SB System for Small Bowel and NaviCam® UGI for upper GI studies. Our ProScan™ for small bowel endoscopy was recognized in Gastroenterology as a “New Era for Diagnosis of Small Bowel Disease”, while other technologies including the NaviCam® Colon and VibraBot™, a capsule for the treatment of constipation, are in development1.
1 NaviCam® Colon and VibraBot™ are not cleared for marketing in the United States.
