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Virtuoso Surgical

HQ: Nashville, TN source · virtuososurgical.net ↗ · Southeast

Location: Nashville, TN · source · Oct 15, 2026

Profile checked Oct 10, 2026

Keywords: Bladder Neoplasm The study is to evaluate the use of the Virtuoso Endoscopy System to perform safe and effective bladder lesion excisions.

1Trials (company is sponsor)10NIH grants

Funding and NIH signals

SEC Form D raise Raised $2.9M (Form D filed May 11, 2026). SEC Form D 0001742075-26-000004 (May 11, 2026)
Evidence (1 event)
- May 11, 2026 · SEC Form D 0001742075-26-000004
  Name of Issuer: Virtuoso Surgical, Inc.; CIK: 1742075; Address: Nashville, TN; Submission type: D; Filing date: 2026-05-11; Industry Group: Biotechnology; Date of First Sale: 2026-02-15; Types of Securities Offered: Equity; Business combination transaction: false; Total Offering Amount: 10000000; Total Amount Sold: 2900000; Federal exemptions: 06b
NIH award NIH awarded $1.09M (SBIR Phase II 1R44EB038843-01A1, new, notice Sep 1, 2026). NIH RePORTER 1R44EB038843-01A1 (Sep 1, 2026)
Evidence (1 event)
- Sep 1, 2026 · NIH RePORTER 1R44EB038843-01A1
  Organization: VIRTUOSO SURGICAL, INC.; City/State: NASHVILLE, TN; Project number: 1R44EB038843-01A1; Activity code: R44; Fiscal year: 2026; Award notice date: 2026-09-01; FY total cost (award amount): 1094485; Administering IC: National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering; Project title: A Robot to Enable Broad Deployment of the Least Invasive Uterine Fibroid Surgical Intervention; Organization type: Domestic For-Profits

Job counts as of Oct 18, 2026. All funding and NIH signals

Timeline

Sep 1, 2026 Grant Government grant — SBIR: $1.09M (annual award, as published), announced Sep 1, 2026. Agency: NIH/NIBIB. Source: government award database. source ↗
Apr 17, 2025 Trial start Not phased (device or behavioral study): Virtuoso Improving Anatomic Bladder Lesion Excision (VIABLE) Trial source ↗

Funding

Last 2 years.

Sep 1, 2026 Government grant — SBIR: $1.09M (annual award, as published), announced Sep 1, 2026. Agency: NIH/NIBIB. Source: government award database. source ↗

Clinical trials (lead sponsor) 1

Record	Title	Phase	Status	Start	Primary completion
NCT06940648	Virtuoso Improving Anatomic Bladder Lesion Excision (VIABLE) Trial	Not phased (device or behavioral study)	Enrolling by invitation	Apr 17, 2025	2026-09 (estimated)

NIH awards 10

Annual award amounts. Total $5.2M.

Aug 22, 2024 NIH award 5R44EB035063-02 FY2024: $908,121 awarded for that fiscal year; activity R44 (SBIR); PI HENDRICK, RICHARD JOSEPH; recipient as written: VIRTUOSO SURGICAL, INC., NASHVILLE, TN. A Robotic System to Remove Blad source ↗
Sep 8, 2023 NIH award 1R44EB035063-01 FY2023: $913,993 awarded for that fiscal year; activity R44 (SBIR); PI HENDRICK, RICHARD JOSEPH; recipient as written: VIRTUOSO SURGICAL, INC., NASHVILLE, TN. A Robotic System to Remove Blad source ↗
Jun 30, 2020 NIH award 5R44HL140709-03 FY2020: $749,037 awarded for that fiscal year; activity R44 (SBIR); PI HENDRICK, RICHARD JOSEPH; recipient as written: VIRTUOSO SURGICAL, INC., NASHVILLE, TN. Reopening the Central Airway Wi source ↗
Sep 21, 2019 NIH award 3R44HL140709-02S1 FY2019: $74,205 awarded for that fiscal year; activity R44 (SBIR); PI HENDRICK, RICHARD JOSEPH; recipient as written: VIRTUOSO SURGICAL, INC., NASHVILLE, TN. Reopening the Central Airway W source ↗
Aug 5, 2019 NIH award 2R44HL140709-02 FY2019: $748,125 awarded for that fiscal year; activity R44 (SBIR); PI HENDRICK, RICHARD JOSEPH; recipient as written: VIRTUOSO SURGICAL, INC., NASHVILLE, TN. Reopening the Central Airway Wi source ↗
Jul 9, 2019 NIH award 3R44EB024423-02S1 FY2019: $72,004 awarded for that fiscal year; activity R44 (SBIR); PI HENDRICK, RICHARD JOSEPH; recipient as written: VIRTUOSO SURGICAL, INC., NASHVILLE, TN. A Hand-Held Robot to Cure BPH source ↗
Aug 27, 2018 NIH award 5R44EB024423-02 FY2018: $732,937 awarded for that fiscal year; activity R44 (SBIR); PI HENDRICK, RICHARD JOSEPH; recipient as written: VIRTUOSO SURGICAL, INC., NASHVILLE, TN. A Hand-Held Robot to Cure BPH source ↗
Dec 15, 2017 NIH award 1R41HL140709-01 FY2018: $224,598 awarded for that fiscal year; activity R41 (STTR); PI WEBSTER, ROBERT JAMES; recipient as written: VIRTUOSO SURGICAL, INC., NASHVILLE, TN. Reopening the Central Airway With source ↗
Sep 15, 2017 NIH award 3R44EB024423-01A1S1 FY2017: $30,000 awarded for that fiscal year; activity R44 (SBIR); PI HENDRICK, RICHARD JOSEPH; recipient as written: VIRTUOSO SURGICAL, INC., NASHVILLE, TN. A Hand-Held Robot to Cure BP source ↗
Sep 4, 2017 NIH award 1R44EB024423-01A1 FY2017: $726,587 awarded for that fiscal year; activity R44 (SBIR); PI HENDRICK, RICHARD JOSEPH; recipient as written: VIRTUOSO SURGICAL, INC., NASHVILLE, TN. A Hand-Held Robot to Cure BPH source ↗