Arbutus Medical Inc.

Orthopaedic surgery innovations that help hospitals treat patients faster and fight rising costs

  • Stage $500K in TTM Revenue
  • Industry Medical Devices and Equipment
  • Location Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • Currency CAD
  • Founded December 2014
  • Employees 13
  • Incorporation Type C-corp
  • Website arbutusmedical.com

Company Summary

Arbutus Medical (AM) develops sterile packed procedure kits for orthopaedic surgery. AM's strategic advantage is IP which allows them to adapt DEWALT® power tools into sterile surgical drills for hospitals & field settings. AM bundles drills with procedure kits (razors/blades) to save time and money for hospitals.

AM launched its first kit (skeletal traction) in 2021. AM's US customer base has grown 4x since Dec 1, 2021 (now at C$700K/yr ARR).

Team

  • Lawrence Buchan
    CEO / Co-founder

    Masters in biomedical engineering from UBC. Orthopaedic research background. BC Business Top 30 under 30, 2020.

  • Geoffrey Borgmann
    Trauma Center Sales

    MBA, sales/product mgmt background with Conmed (industry competitor) and Muse.

  • ILEANA TORRES
    Marketing

    15+ years in sales & marketing (incl. B2B hardware & channels).

  • Michael Cancilla
    Engineering / Co-founder

    Verathon Medical and UBC MEng background; built Arbutus IP strategy, regulatory strategy, product roadmap, and DEWALT partnership.

Advisors

Previous Investors

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