OR Black Box vs Touch Surgery Enterprise
OR Black Box and Touch Surgery Enterprise both compete in surgical ai, but answer different questions. OR Black Box is our pick for recording: Audio/video/physiologic OR recording with AI analytics. Touch Surgery Enterprise earns the mobile simulator slot: Free mobile surgical simulator from Medtronic Digital Surgery. The right choice depends on whether your priority is recording or mobile simulator.
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- May 23, 2026
OR Black Box
by Surgical Safety Technologies
Whole-OR audio/video/physiologic recording with AI analytics.
- Enterprise per-OR contract.
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Touch Surgery Enterprise
by Medtronic Digital Surgery
AI surgical video capture + analysis + mobile simulator.
- App free / Enterprise quote.
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How OR Black Box and Touch Surgery Enterprise compare
Pricing, compliance, and integrations sourced from vendor documentation. Verified May 23, 2026.
| Spec | OR Black Box | Touch Surgery Enterprise |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Enterprise per-OR contract. | App free / Enterprise quote. |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | No / unverified | No / unverified |
| SOC 2 Type II | No / unverified | No / unverified |
| EHR integrations | Not specified | Not specified |
| Founded | — | — |
| HQ | — | — |
| Best for | Best whole-OR recording | Best free mobile simulator |
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When to pick each one
Best whole-OR recording
Audio/video/physiologic OR recording with AI analytics.
- Deployed at Mayo, Mount Sinai, Duke (~40 institutions)
- Enterprise per-OR contract
Best free mobile simulator
Free mobile surgical simulator from Medtronic Digital Surgery.
- App free for individual use
- Enterprise tier for institutional analytics
Open the full surgical ai comparison
Surgical video intelligence (Theator, Caresyntax), OR analytics (OR Black Box), VR training (Osso VR, FundamentalVR), robotic AI (da Vinci 5 Case Insights). Mostly enterprise capital purchases.
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