Who we are
Transforming healthcare through innovation and education. Surglasses designs and develops AR smart surgical eyewear, surgical navigation systems and anatomical education tables — and has done so from the same place the idea started: alongside the surgeons who use them.
About us
We are committed to driving breakthroughs in the evolution of medical care. We specialize in designing and developing AR smart surgical glasses and navigation systems.
In addition to our surgical technological advancements, we design and develop anatomical education tables and lead initiatives to educate and train the next generation of medical professionals.
Meet the specific needs of physicians. The first version of our navigation system was written for one surgeon's cases, in one hospital, and every version since has been shaped the same way — by the people holding the instruments.
Bringing AR into clinical practice. Guidance is rendered onto the surgeon's own field of view rather than on a monitor across the room.
Everything we ship is built under an ISO 13485 quality management system and cleared by the regulator of the market it goes to.
Our evolution
The company was founded in 2017, but the work started five years earlier — in an operating room, with an idea that took a research ethics approval and a documentary crew before it took an office.
2012
Google's first AR glasses sparked Dr. Min Liang Wang's idea to apply augmented reality to surgery. Google's product never succeeded commercially, but the concept stayed. Working at the Show Chwan Medical System, Dr. Wang gained the support of physicians and applied for Human Research Ethics Committee (IRB) approval to explore what AR could do in the operating room.
2015
After finding Dr. Wang's AR surgical technology through academic journals, Discovery Channel produced a special report on orthopedic surgery performed using AR. The documentary brought international recognition and led to a meeting with the president of Taiwan.
2017
The company was established in the Central Taiwan Science Park in Taichung, focused on augmented reality for medical applications and, in particular, spinal surgery navigation. In the same year we began investing in medical education, developing teaching tools for the next generation of clinicians.
2018
The Virtual Anatomy Table was introduced, initially to medical and educational institutions across Asia. Smart surgical glasses followed, designed specifically for orthopedic and neurosurgical use.
2019
The Virtual Anatomy Table expanded into the European market, gaining recognition from medical and educational institutions in Germany, France and the United Kingdom.
2020
Sales of the Virtual Anatomy Table began in the United States and Canada, laying the groundwork for the growth that followed.
2021
The Virtual Anatomy Table entered South America — Brazil, Chile and Argentina — Our 3D reconstruction and surgical planning software received its Taiwan TFDA license in the same year.
2022
The Caduceus S system was licensed by Taiwan's Food and Drug Administration, and Caduceus S received US FDA 510(k) clearance (K220554) in December 2022.
2023
We entered the Thai market, receiving Thai FDA import license No. 66-2-3-2-0016533 in December 2023, and reached clinical application there. A Pre-A funding round closed in the same year, raising capital to accelerate AR product development.
2024
A second US FDA 510(k) clearance, K242271, was granted in October 2024. Both K220554 and K242271 are for Caduceus S. Surglasses, LLC was established in California to expand in the US market and provide local support, and several new models of the Digital Anatomy Table were introduced for teaching and training.
2025
Caduceus S is FDA 510(k) cleared, licensed by Taiwan's TFDA and Thailand's FDA, and registered in the Philippines and Malaysia. Development continues on both product lines, and the commitment behind them has not changed since the first IRB application in 2012.
Medical education
Our anatomical tables are an educational tool. Highly detailed, interactive 3D models let medical professionals and students learn hands-on.
One table serves a whole cohort at once. Everyone sees the same structure at the same moment.
Skin, muscle, vessels, nerves and bone can be peeled back and restored as often as the lesson needs.
Instructors zoom, rotate and annotate on the surface itself, so the explanation happens on the anatomy rather than beside it.
Meet the specific needs of physicians
A smart surgical eyewear navigation system that combines augmented reality and mixed reality. Designed around what spine surgeons actually do.
The system carries US FDA 510(k) clearances (K220554, K242271), a Taiwan TFDA Class II medical device license and a Thai FDA import license. It has a human-machine interface the surgeon can drive without leaving the sterile field.
Quality assurance
Our products are made to the Quality Management System (QMS) standards required of medical devices. Quality certification is not a claim we make about ourselves — it is an audit we pass.
Our manufacturing runs under the international quality management standard for medical devices, covering design controls, risk management and traceability.
The Caduceus S AR Computer Surgical Navigation System holds US FDA 510(k) clearances K220554 and K242271. OOOPDS surgical planning software is cleared under 510(k) K254214.
Our devices are licensed by Taiwan's Food and Drug Administration, and our AR glasses carry EU CE marking against European safety, health and environmental standards.
See it for yourself
Tell us whether you are asking as a hospital, a medical school or a distributor, and we will arrange an online or on-site demonstration of the system that fits.
