Neo Medical launches Instant MIS Access platform for minimally invasive spine surgery in the US

Neo Medical SA, a Swiss spine surgery technology company, announced the U.S. commercial launch of its Instant MIS Access platform, a system designed for posterior thoracic, lumbar and sacral minimally invasive surgery (MIS) procedures.

The launch targets what the company describes as one of the most persistent obstacles to wider MIS adoption: the operational infrastructure required to deliver the procedures consistently across hospitals and surgical settings, rather than the surgical technique itself.

Traditional MIS access has typically relied on capital equipment, reusable instrument inventories, reprocessing cycles, table-mounted systems, vendor logistics and workflow coordination — requirements that can limit how easily the approach scales across hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers. Neo Medical said its new platform was built specifically to remove those barriers.

"The future of minimally invasive spine surgery is no longer defined by surgical technique alone," Vincent Lefauconnier, co-founder and CEO of Neo Medical, said in a statement. "It is defined by how efficiently healthcare systems can deliver those procedures at scale. We believe the next frontier in MIS adoption is operational simplicity, and Instant MIS Access was designed specifically to address that challenge."

According to internal value models cited by the company, the platform requires no capital investment, can be prepared in less than two minutes, and may reduce per-case operational costs by up to $2,500 compared with conventional MIS access infrastructure. Neo Medical said the system may also help increase operating room throughput and procedural capacity in facilities where turnover time is a constraint.

Robert Eastlack, head of the division of spine surgery at Scripps Clinic, said the system integrated smoothly into existing surgical workflows.

"The Neo system integrates seamlessly into our workflow for both the surgical team and me," Eastlack said. "It provides stable access and clear visualization through a small incision without adding complexity in the operating room or during turnover. The setup is straightforward, the workflow is intuitive, and it addresses many of the practical barriers that have traditionally limited broader adoption of MIS."

The launch extends Neo Medical's broader strategy of reducing procedural complexity in spine surgery through what the company calls an integrated procedural architecture, combining sterile-ready technologies, modular instrumentation, advanced materials, its proprietary Force Control Technology, and intraoperative augmented reality capabilities.

Lefauconnier credited a group of surgeon collaborators with helping shape the system's design. "We are grateful to the surgeon partners who helped bring this system to market, including Dr. Juan Valdivia-Valdivia, Dr. Ali Mesiwala, Dr. Robert Eastlack, and Dr. Tyler Carson," he said. "Their clinical insight and collaboration were essential to developing a system designed around the realities of spine care, not only what happens in surgery, but what it takes for teams and institutions to deliver MIS efficiently, consistently, and at scale."

MIS techniques are generally associated with reduced tissue disruption, shorter recovery pathways for selected patients, and potential efficiencies in the operating room, according to the company. Despite years of clinical advancement in the field, Neo Medical said the operational infrastructure needed to support MIS at scale has remained a significant constraint on adoption.

The Instant MIS Access platform is now commercially available in the United States. Neo Medical said it expects to expand availability to Europe and other international markets, subject to applicable regulatory processes in each region.

Neo Medical describes itself as a Swiss technology company focused exclusively on spine surgery, developing an integrated procedural architecture intended to reduce complexity, support reproducibility and advance value-based care. The company's platform combines sterile-ready technologies, modular instrumentation, advanced materials, force control principles and intraoperative data capabilities intended to support surgeons, hospitals and patients across spine care.