The Shape Sensing Company launches OmniShape for OEM medical and robotics systems

The Shape Sensing Company introduced OmniShape, a new fiber optic shape sensing platform built for OEM integration in medical devices and robotic systems. The company says the system is now available in limited quantities for evaluation and will be shown at LSI Europe in Barcelona.

Why it matters: - OmniShape is The Shape Sensing Company’s first platform built specifically for OEM applications. - The system is designed to help medical device and robotics makers embed real-time shape sensing into their own hardware, software, and data pipelines. - The platform targets use cases where flexible devices need continuous tracking inside the body, including surgical robotics and endovascular navigation.

What happened: - The Shape Sensing Company announced OmniShape, its next-generation fiber optic shape sensing system. - OmniShape is now available in limited quantities for OEM evaluation and development. - The company plans to showcase OmniShape at LSI Europe in Barcelona with live demonstrations.

The details: - OmniShape provides real-time 3D spatial data through an Ethernet-based software interface. - The platform supports update rates of up to 150 Hz. - OmniShape works with TSSC sensors up to 2.0 meters in length. - The system is designed to make shape information easier to incorporate into OEM software and system architectures. - TSSC says the platform combines a more compact architecture with Ethernet-based API access, higher data performance and system control. - The company says the new platform is intended to support deeper integration into OEM platforms. - TSSC’s fiber optic shape sensing technology continuously reconstructs the three-dimensional shape of a flexible device along its length, rather than tracking only discrete points. - The company says more than a decade of development and more than 20 deployed R&D systems informed OmniShape’s design. - Those deployments helped TSSC better understand performance, workflow, form factor and integration needs for OEM engineering teams.

Between the lines: - OmniShape marks a shift from TSSC’s earlier stand-alone R&D systems toward a platform aimed at development, integration and embedded use. - The move suggests TSSC is trying to move shape sensing from specialized testing environments into commercial OEM products. - CEO Ryan DeBoer said the company built OmniShape around what it learned from engineers integrating tracking solutions into real medical devices and robotic systems.

What’s next: - TSSC will use LSI Europe to demonstrate the platform and show how its shape sensing technology works in live settings. - The company is positioning OmniShape for OEM teams building next-generation navigation, robotic control and device intelligence applications. - TSSC expects applications across surgical robotics, endoscopy, electrophysiology and other in-body flexible device workflows.

The bottom line: - OmniShape turns TSSC’s shape sensing technology into a more commercially packaged OEM platform, with real-time 3D data, Ethernet-based integration and limited availability now.