Monarch Platform

The Auris Health Monarch Platform is a robotic-assisted bronchoscopy system cleared by the FDA in March 2018, enabling physicians to navigate further into the lung for peripheral pulmonary lesion diagnosis and biopsy than is possible with conventional bronchoscopes. The system uses a 10-DOF bronchoscope-and-sheath design with electromagnetic navigation, an outer sheath of 6.0 mm diameter, an inner scope of 4.4 mm, and a 2.1 mm working channel. Auris Health was acquired by Johnson and Johnson for $3.4 billion in 2019 and the Monarch is now commercialised by J&J MedTech.

Monarch Platform is at the research stage: it exists, but DEPLOY has no verified real-world deployment on record. Manufacturer capability claims should be read as claims pending independent verification.

Monarch Platform is made by Auris Health, based in Redwood City, California, USA, founded in 2007.

Monarch Platform is at research stage and is not yet available for sale.

Monarch Platform has 1 regulatory record on the DEPLOY registry: FDA 510(k) clearance, cleared. See the Regulatory filings section for each agency source.

On the DEPLOY registry, comparable surgical robots to Monarch Platform include da Vinci (and Ion), Edge Multi-Port Surgical Robot, Edison Histotripsy System, Stryker Mako SmartRobotics.

Monarch Platform and da Vinci (and Ion) (Intuitive Surgical · 15 deployments) are both surgical robots on the DEPLOY registry. Monarch Platform has 0 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Monarch Platform ranks in roughly the top 94% of surgical models tracked by the registry.

Monarch Platform is at the research stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Research stage means active development without commercial deployments on file.

No verified deployments of Monarch Platform are currently on the DEPLOY registry. DEPLOY records deployments only when verified at a named site with a primary source; absence may reflect pre-deployment, research, or manufacturer-internal use.

Monarch Platform has 7 active incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. 5 recalls and 2 incidents on record (6 serious, 1 moderate). Most recent: May 2026. Retracted incidents are excluded from this count.