CIT Ortho

CIT Ortho

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Private Company

Total funding raised: $15.7M

Overview

Clear Image Technology (CIT) is an innovator in micro-visualization, developing proprietary single-use scopes and camera-embedded instruments to provide surgeons with unobstructed, real-time views of surgical sites. With over a decade of experience in medical imaging, CIT has created a modular system that can function as a standalone scope or be integrated into instruments, enabling less invasive surgeries with superior visualization. The company is initially focused on outpatient orthopedics with its C-Scope product while expanding into neurosurgery, spine, and ENT markets, with the mission to improve accuracy, efficiency, and quality of life for patients.

OrthopedicsNeurosurgerySpineENT (Otolaryngology)

Technology Platform

A proprietary modular system for high-acuity, single-use micro-visualization that can be deployed as a standalone scope or integrated into camera-embedded surgical instruments, designed for portability and use across multiple surgical specialties.

Funding History

2
Total raised:$15.7M
Series A$12.5M
Seed$3.2M

Opportunities

Significant growth opportunities exist in the expanding market for single-use endoscopes, the migration of surgeries to outpatient settings (ASCs and offices), and the application of its modular platform to high-complexity, high-value procedures in neurosurgery and spine.
Strategic partnerships for distribution could accelerate market penetration.

Risk Factors

Key risks include intense competition from large, established medtech companies and other single-use specialists, challenges in driving physician adoption and changing clinical practice, dependency on future funding rounds, and regulatory hurdles for new device clearances in complex surgical fields.

Competitive Landscape

CIT Ortho competes with major medtech players (Stryker, Medtronic, J&J) offering reusable systems and with growing single-use specialists like Ambu and Boston Scientific. Its differentiation lies in its focus on micro-visualization for difficult-to-see anatomy, a modular platform adaptable to multiple specialties, and a design optimized for portability and simplicity in outpatient care.