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SharpArrow Medical: J&J Company Spotlight
SharpArrow Medical, founded by Jay Kim in 2014, is on a mission to replace outdated monopolar electrosurgical (ES) devices, which have been causing tissue burns in surgeries for over 100 years. Inspired by a CNBC report and a discussion with a J&J executive, Kim set out to develop a surgical laser system that minimizes tissue damage, improving safety in minimally invasive and robotic surgeries.
In 2024, after residencies at JLABS Shanghai and SSF, SharpArrow is seeking funding to advance its laser technology and conduct clinical testing. The team is focused on addressing two key challenges: reducing post-surgical complications from tissue burns and enhancing surgical precision with AI-assisted, in-surgery biopsies.
SharpArrow Medical: HealthTech Innovator Award 2024
We are thrilled to announce that on January 31st, SharpArrow Medical has been selected as one of the recipients of the Global Startup Accelerator Award! This achievement secures SharpArrow a one-year residency at JLABS @ SSF, mentorship from Johnson & Johnson experts, and access to funding that will further their mission to enhance patient outcomes globally.
Founder and CEO Jay Kim expressed his gratitude, saying, “This award opens doors for us to advance our technology and expand our impact on the healthcare industry.”
SharpArrow Medical: Medtech Forum
A pleasure to participate in this year’s MedTech Forum to announce the awardee of the MedTech Innovator Asia Pacific #JLABS Award. Please join us in congratulating and welcoming SharpArrow Medical and its CEO Jay Kim to the JLABS Shanghai family! SharpArrow is working on developing laser-based medical devices and equipment that can perform tissue cutting, ablating and sealing functions, and has been designed to supplant monopolar electrosurgical devices.
SharpArrow Medical: JLABS Award
Extending a big congratulations to SharpArrow, for being crowned as the winner of the JLABS Award!
When asked about how founder Jay Kim felt after winning the award, he stated, “Wonderful, we felt wonderful. Winning this award will be such a powerful ticket for us going forward to further grow and develop our company. It certainly is more than we ever expected.”
SharpArrow is a company that is designing a surgical laser to cut tissue without bleeding and tissue burn and as the JLABS Award Winner, they will be getting a one year residency at the JLABS facilities in Shanghai.