Swan EndoSurgical, a gastrointestinal startup launched by Olympus and Revival Healthcare Capital earlier this year, has named former Stryker executive Erik Todd as its CEO. Todd spent the past quarter-century at Stryker—most recently as vice president and general manager of its robotics and enabling technologies division. Swan, which made its debut in July and is based in Boston, is working on a minimally invasive platform designed to navigate through the GI tract and deploy flexible robotic arms within to help treat lesions, tumors and other diseases. “The appointment of Erik to Swan EndoSurgical as the CEO marks a pivotal step in advancing our shared vision for endoluminal robotics,” Olympus President and CEO Bob White said in a statement.

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