Torrey Smith, MSc
Torrey Smith, MSc is the CEO and Cofounder of Endiatx and Founder of Sextant. His focus is on telemedicine and affordable robot pills and he wants to dematerialize hospital visits into video calls.
As the CEO at Endiatx, Torrey is working on a groundbreaking wireless motorized capsule endoscope for stomach visualization, a micro-robotic pill solution. His flagship innovation, PillBot™, is a miniature robot designed to navigate the human stomach, providing access to gastrointestinal diagnosis and treatment. His mission is to transform the landscape of medical care by employing miniature robotics throughout the human body.
The company’s robots have a propulsion system to actively navigate the entire length of the gastrointestinal tract with real-time video control, enabling doctors to perform sedation-free endoscopies in difficult-to-reach places.
Watch Torrey Smith on Endiatx funding, What technology does Endiatx utilize?, Building drone bots for the gut, and Torrey Smith on challenges faced when starting Endiatx. Listen to A Robot You Swallow with Torrey Smith.
Watch Patients swallow a drone for gastrointestinal examination.
Torrey also likes to make giant Tesla Coils and has exhibited them internationally. He has been the Principal Founder of Sextant since 2013. Sextant was founded to bring large-scale interactive works of Science and Engineering to the public. It began as a theme camp at the Burning Man event and has grown into an international arts collective.
Watch Bridging the toroids of the Sextant Tesla Coil for the first time, Sextant Tesla Coil: Mortal Kombat at Burning Man 2017, and Sextant Tesla Coil at San Mateo Maker Faire 2017.
Sextant was active at the Burning Man event from 2013 through 2018. Torrey paused their presence at Burning Man in the 2019 cycle to launch Endiatx with Sextant personnel. Some of his kinetic jewelry is proudly displayed in the Smithsonian as well.
Read Continuous run of the Sextant Tesla Coil at m0xy, The Makers Revolution: Sextant Founder Torrey Pines Smith, Testing the 2017 Sextant Tesla Coil, and The Tesla Coils. Listen to Sextant Camp.
Watch I Can’t Get No Satisfaction, Rolling Stones on Tesla Coil.
Torrey earned his Master’s Degree of Science in Aerospace Engineering from California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo in 2005.
After graduation, he began his career as an R&D Engineer at Ensure Medical, where he worked on the EXOSEAL™ Vascular Closure Device between 2006 and 2007.
In 2008, Torrey joined AtheroMed, where he worked as a R&D Engineer until 2016. He worked on their Phoenix Atherectomy System, later bought by Volcano Corp, which is now owned by Philips. Read The AtheroMed Device: Early Experience with the First Hybrid Atherectomy Catheter.
In 2016, Torrey became Senior R&D Engineer at AEGEA Medical, working on Mara™ Water Vapor Ablation. In 2019, he left the company to start Endiatx.
Torrey is also an Advisor at Stabl Inc., a member of the Live Forever Club, and has been Inducted into the Prestigious Marquis Who’s Who Biographical Registry. He was also awarded the Top 100 Healthcare Leaders Award At IFAH Las Vegas in 2021.
Read This CEO is swallowing his own devices to fund his swimming PillBot, Endiatx’s pill-sized robot sees and swims inside the stomach, Mayo Clinic takes a stake in PillBot developer Endiatx, and Leader In The Spotlight: Torrey Smith CEO Endiatx.
Watch Torrey Smith Presents Endiatx at LSI USA ‘23., Endiatx Part 1: Pioneering Medical Robotics and Telemedicine with Torrey Smith, and Endiatx Part 2: Advice to founders from Torrey Smith #DeltaHealthTechInnovators #startup #HealthTech.
Watch and listen to OneRepublic — Secrets, Large Tesla Coil Cover (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice). Listen to Innovation: Endiatx with Torrey Smith and A swallowable robot pill to examine the gastric cavity. Torrey Smith, founder and CEO of Endiatx talks about the journey building Pillbot and tiny robots in the human body.
Read Endiatx plans pivotal trial through Mayo Clinic; watch its live TED Talk demo.
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