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Distalmotion, a medtech company based in Lausanne, has secured a senior secured term loan facility of up to USD 70 million from Perceptive Advisors to accelerate the US expansion of its DEXTER robotic surgery system in ambulatory surgery centers.

Distalmotion secures up to USD 70 million to expand its DEXTER surgical robot in the US

26 October 2026

The sitem-insel School in Bern is accepting applications until 15 December 2026 for two continuing education programs of the University of Bern: a CAS in Biomedical Entrepreneurship and a CAS in Artificial Intelligence in Digital Medicine.

From biomedical start-up to clinical AI: sitem-insel opens two University of Bern CAS programs

19 October 2026

Following a CHF 2.4 million seed round, Bern-based medtech start-up Aseptuva has moved from early prototyping to preclinical validation of its Far-UVC technology designed to prevent catheter-related bloodstream infections, and is now raising a CHF 5 million Series A.

Aseptuva moves to preclinical validation and opens a CHF 5 million Series A round

22 September 2026

The Foundation for Innovation and Technology has awarded CHF 100,000 Tech Seed loans to Dexterous Endoscopes, for an endoscope that switches from flexible to rigid during a procedure, and to Precisia Care, for its hospital data analytics platform.

FIT grants Tech Seed loans to Dexterous Endoscopes and Precisia Care

14 September 2026

The tenth Swiss Medtech Industry Study reports a sector generating CHF 26 billion in sales and growing at twice the rate of the Swiss economy, while flagging a marked slowdown in job creation and investment. Western Switzerland accounts for a substantial share of the country's medtech base.

Swiss medtech grows twice as fast as the economy

14 September 2026

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31 August 2026

An interdisciplinary team from the University of Bern and Inselspital has developed CARESCORE, an AI model that calculates a patient's individual risk of postoperative infection within seconds of surgery ending, by drawing on vital signs recorded during the procedure.

Bern researchers develop an AI model that predicts infection risk at the end of surgery

31 August 2026

Distalmotion, the Lausanne-based medtech company, has received FDA 510(k) clearance for ventral hernia repair with its DEXTER Robotic Surgery System, completing its portfolio for the four highest-volume outpatient soft tissue procedures in the United States.

Distalmotion’s DEXTER robot cleared by the FDA for ventral hernia repair

20 August 2026

Spineart, the Geneva-based medtech company specializing in spine surgery, has received FDA approval for its BAGUERA C cervical disc for one and two contiguous levels, expanding access in the United States to a motion-preserving solution for cervical disc disease.

Spineart receives FDA approval for its BAGUERA C cervical disc

20 August 2026

A new study conducted at Bern’s University Hospital shows that VisionOne, the virtual reality eye-testing platform developed by Vaud-based PeriVision, delivers clinical performance comparable to the stationary perimeter considered the gold standard, including in advanced glaucoma.

PeriVision’s VR eye test matches the gold standard across glaucoma severity

17 August 2026

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