In this episode, Henry Norton speaks with Adrian Mendes, CEO of Perimeter, a company using AI and optical imaging to tackle one of cancer surgery’s biggest problems: re operations
Adrian shares his journey from Silicon Valley tech to medtech, and unpacks how Perimeter is using real-time imaging and machine learning to give surgeons confidence they’ve removed all the cancer the first time.
They discuss the challenges of moving fast in healthcare, the value of proprietary data in AI, and how Perimeter is building for scale with a clear commercial and clinical roadmap.
Key Topics:
Why reoperations are such a huge problem in cancer care
How OCT and AI work together during surgery
The culture problem slowing down medtech innovation
What sets “real” AI apart from buzzword AI
Commercial rollout plans and how they’re scaling
The long-term vision to expand beyond breast cancer
Related Insights:
“Clear margins” are one of the biggest unmet needs in cancer surgery
AI in healthcare is only useful if it's usable surgeon workflow matters
Proprietary data is more defensible than algorithms alone
Core Challenges:
Healthcare’s cautious culture often slows meaningful innovation
Many “AI” medtech products are just marketing
Commercial scale is hard when you’re building from a startup base
🎧 Tune in now to hear how Perimeter is building medtech that actually makes surgery smarter.
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