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Regulated Patient-Facing Clinical AI for Post-Op Recovery
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Physician-Prescribed AI for
Post-Operative Recovery
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A New Class of Clinical AI

Regulated, patient-facing clinical AI
Existing Healthcare AI Landscape

Virtual Care Assistants for Post-Operative Recovery

Virtual Care Assistants for Post-Operative Recovery

A new class of FDA-regulated software that supports patients during recovery from surgery.

  • Virtual Care Assistants (VCAs) are clinician-prescribed, procedure-specific, patient-facing clinical AI designed to support patients during post-operative recovery.
  • After discharge, VCAs provide clinically validated recovery guidance and alert care teams when recovery deviates from expected patterns.
  • Virtual Care Assistants (VCAs) are physician-prescribed, procedure-specific, patient-facing clinical AI designed to support patients during post-procedure recovery.
  • After discharge, VCAs provide clinically validated recovery guidance and alert care teams when recovery deviates from expected patterns.

A New Class of Clinical AI

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Pivotal Study Underway to Support FDA De Novo Submission

Breakthrough Designation – What It Means for FDA Review

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FDA Review Status

[date]
Submitted
[date]
Breakthrough Designation Achieved
[date]
Final Review
[date]
Authorization
Jan 2025
Clinical Study Initiated
Nov 2025Mar 2026
Breakthrough
Device Designation
Apr 2026
Clinical Study Complete
& Data Lock
May 2026
De Novo
Class II Submission
 
FDA Authorization
Jan 2025
Pivotal Clinical
Study Initiated
Mar 2026
Breakthrough
Device Designation
Q2 2026
Last Patient Out
Clinical Trial Ends
Q3 2026
De Novo
Class II Submission
Q4 2026
FDA Authorization(expected)
Richard Watson, MD
Chief Innovation Officer
100+ med device patents
Martin Selberg, MD
Chief Medical Officer
30+ years emergency medicine
Scott Walchek
Chief Executive Officer
40 years, multi-exit tech founder
Jesse Thomas
Chief Product Officer
10+ years medtech product
Advisors

Prominent advisors in healthcare, technology, and medicine from UCSFDr. C. Benjamin MaChairman, Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford MedicineDr. Aaron SalyapongseChief of Orthopaedics, Stanford Health Care – TriValley, Google Healthcare AI, Mayo ClinicDr. Vish AnantramanCTO, Centauri Health · Former CTO, OrthoArizonaDr. Rajan D. BhattCEO, and StripeJeff WinterFormer CTO.

Richard Watson, MD
Chief Innovation Officer
100+ med device patents
Martin Selberg, MD
Chief Medical Officer
30+ years emergency medicine
Scott Walchek
Chief Executive Officer
40 years, multi-exit tech founder
Jesse Thomas
Chief Product Officer
10+ years medtech product
Advisors

Prominent advisors in healthcare, technology, and medicine from UCSFDr. C. Benjamin MaChairman, Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford MedicineDr. Aaron SalyapongseChief of Orthopaedics, Stanford Health Care – TriValley, Google Healthcare AI, Mayo ClinicDr. Vish AnantramanCTO, Centauri Health · Former CTO, OrthoArizonaDr. Rajan D. BhattCEO, and StripeJeff WinterFormer CTO.

A regulated Virtual Care Assistant that can guide routine recovery while escalating meaningful deviations has the potential to strengthen the surgeon–patient connection rather than replace it.

Dr. C. Benjamin Ma
Chairman, Orthopaedic Surgery · UCSF

Patient-facing clinical AI — properly regulated and clinically constrained — may be one of the most important evolutions in surgical care in decades.

Dr. Aaron Salyapongse
Chief of Orthopaedics, Stanford Health Care – TriValley · Stanford Medicine

Healthcare systems will only adopt patient-facing clinical AI at scale when there is regulatory clarity, auditability, and defined accountability. Breakthrough Designation signals that this is not experimentation — it's infrastructure for modern surgical care.

Dr. Vish Anantraman
CTO, Centauri Health · Former CTO · Mayo Clinic

Without FDA authorization, physician adoption of patient-facing AI is unrealistic. RecovryAI's approach aligns with how real practices make decisions.

Dr. Rajan D. Bhatt
CEO · OrthoArizona

A clinically intelligent, FDA-authorized Virtual Care Assistant that can guide routine recovery, triage concerns, and escalate meaningful deviations with full context would fundamentally change how our care team operates.

Dr. James Joseph
President · Kansas Joint and Spine Specialists
STAT News
FDA grants 'breakthrough' status to generative AI chatbot for surgical patients
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On LinkedIn
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Colin Son, MD · 3rd+
Neurosurgeon | Healthcare AI | Robotics
"This is the way. Patient facing AI in medicine will be much more impactful than clinician tools."
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Dr. Zdenka Cumano · 3rd+
Chief AI Officer @ AI Leader Edge
"The governance frameworks being written around RecovryAI will set the standard for every patient-facing AI that follows."
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Eric Henry · 3rd+
Medical Device & Digital advisor
"FDA has granted 'breakthrough designation' to an LLM-based AI chatbot for a very specific use case."
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Aniruddha Adak · 3rd+
AI developer
"The FDA just gave generative AI a foothold in post-surgical care."
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