
Destroying cancer at its earliest stage
MDC is a Stanford spinout developing the most advanced surgical robot to destroy soft tissue cancer at its earliest stage. We are building an MRI-compatible robotic system for real-time, teleoperated interventions, starting with cancer biopsies and ablations. Our system allows interventional radiologists to operate inside the MRI bore from the MRI control room with sub-millimeter precision and haptic feedback. This enables real-time, image-guided targeting of small tumors at their earliest and most curable stage. The platform is scalable from manual teleoperation to AI-assisted autonomy, unlocking faster procedures, improved outcomes, and the digitization of interventional workflows.
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Sam Frishman
founder
Millions of patients each year suffer from delayed or missed diagnoses of soft tissue cancers and other conditions due to the difficulty of accurately targeting small lesions with existing image-guided tools. Current MRI-guided procedures are slow, cumbersome, and often not feasible in community hospitals, leaving many patients without timely, minimally invasive treatment options. This gap in access leads to worse outcomes, higher costs, and missed opportunities for early intervention when treatment success rates are highest.

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