Momentis Surgical

Accelerating Surgical Robotics Innovation

"The most challenging part is not the time in front of the CAD, but in the stage of thinking about the solution. 80% is the easy part. 20% is fine-tuning, dealing with limiting cases. That is the hardest."

Noam Dalal

Tech Lead, Mechanical Engineering

About Rafael

Momentis Surgical is transforming minimally invasive surgery with the Anovo Surgical System, a robotic platform that enables transvaginal procedures with unprecedented articulation and reach. The company's miniaturized humanoid robotic arms give surgeons 360-degree dexterity while maintaining a small footprint in the operating room. With FDA 510(k) clearance across gynecological and general surgery procedures, Momentis is bringing robotics with a human touch to surgical teams worldwide.

Industry

Medical devices

Engineering Focus

Robotic Arms, Disposable Instruments.

CAD Platform

SolidWorks

The Challenge:

Developing surgical robotics requires extreme precision at miniature scales. Engineers at Momentis design tiny mechanical mechanisms that must be both cost-effective (as disposable devices) and reliable enough for life-critical applications. The engineering team handles hundreds of parts across various manufacturing methods, with big projects spanning 6-12 months and smaller subassemblies taking 2 weeks from concept to production.

For Noam Dalal, who leads mechanical engineering at Momentis, time-to-market is the highest priority. The team frequently used outsourcing, consulting experts, and offshoring manufacturing to accelerate timelines. But the real bottleneck was never the CAD work itself.

Engineers spent significant time on problems that required intelligence but were not inherently challenging, like creating engineering drawings (the contract between designer and manufacturer) or searching for existing designs that could be pulled from inventory instead of reinventing them.

Key Metrics

80%

of engineering time spent on concept and CAD work

20+

subassembly projects per year

2 Weeks

typical time from concept to production

The Solution:

Leo AI provides the engineering intelligence layer that Momentis needed. As a CAD-agnostic copilot, Leo works alongside SOLIDWORKS to help engineers explore solutions faster. The platform's technical Q&A with verified sources helps teams find existing mechanisms and design patterns, while its part search across 120M+ vendor parts ensures engineers can identify off-the-shelf components before designing custom solutions.

Faster Concept Exploration: Leo helps engineers move from functional requirements to initial concepts by surfacing relevant mechanisms, design patterns, and potential solutions with cited sources.

Risk-Aware Design Decisions: Engineers can query Leo about design tradeoffs, potential pitfalls, and failure modes before committing to a direction.

Reduced Reinvention: Part search capabilities help teams find existing designs and vendor parts, reducing time spent creating subassemblies that could be sourced from inventory.

3D Concept Visualization: Leo generates 3D mesh for rapid concept visualization, allowing engineers to see mechanical ideas in minutes instead of hours before moving to CAD refinement.