Auctus Surgical
American medical device company
Auctus Surgical is an American medical device company developing a vertebral body tethering system for the treatment of scoliosis.
History
Auctus Surgical was founded in 2017 in the San Francisco Bay Area by John Ashley, John Barrett, Murali Kadaba, and Dillon Kwiat. In 2017, the company was awarded top honors at the inaugural UCSF Pediatric Device Consortium Accelerator Pitch Competition.
In August 2021, Auctus Surgical received FDA Breakthrough Device Designation and a U.S. patent for its vertebral body tethering system.
In 2025, Auctus Surgical was selected as one of the finalists in the AAOS OrthoPitch technology pitch competition.
Technology
The Auctus Dynamic Tethering System uses a flexible polyethylene tether anchored to the spine with bone screws. The implanted device is adjustable using an external magnetic controller.
Techniques involving vertebral body tethering have been discussed in peer-reviewed medical literature, with one author disclosing an advisory role with Auctus Surgical.
Regulatory milestones
The company received FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for its dynamic vertebral body tethering system on August 11, 2021.
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