--- title: Asensus Surgical AugmentOR Portal: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024 description: Find out why Asensus Surgical AugmentOR Portal is one of the best inventions of 2024 canonical: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094700/asensus-surgical-augmentor-portal/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2024-10-30T11:47:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T11:54:29.426Z article:section: Business og:title: Asensus Surgical AugmentOR Portal: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024 og:description: Find out why Asensus Surgical AugmentOR Portal made this year's list og:url: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094700/asensus-surgical-augmentor-portal/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6e6d312be5b6f3eb/698a8a3c9862f5822b89ac9f/augmentOR-portal-best-inventions-2.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Asensus Surgical AugmentOR Portal: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Asensus Surgical AugmentOR Portal: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024 twitter:description: Find out why Asensus Surgical AugmentOR Portal made this year's list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6e6d312be5b6f3eb/698a8a3c9862f5822b89ac9f/augmentOR-portal-best-inventions-2.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Oct 30, 2024 # Helping Surgeons Improve by [Chris Stokel-Walker](https://time.com/author/chris-stokel-walker/) ## Chris Stokel-Walker  Medical Team Performing Surgical Operation in Modern Operating Room Medical Team Performing Surgical Operation in Modern Operating RoomGorodenkoff Productions—Getty Images Surgeons aren’t perfect. “\[Surgery is\] still an art and directly dependent on the level of experience of the surgeon,” says Anthony Fernando, president and CEO of Asensus Surgical. But more data could help bridge the gap between doctors of different skill levels. The company’s AugmentOR Portal allows surgeons to analyze past performance—based on AI-generated reports that use analytics from surgical robots and associated cameras—to pinpoint areas for improvement. For instance, if tissue is nicked by accident in a surgery, the system can help a doctor better understand how to avoid such an incident in the future. These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094700/asensus-surgical-augmentor-portal/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094700/asensus-surgical-augmentor-portal/"},"headline":"Asensus Surgical AugmentOR Portal: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024","datePublished":"2024-10-30T11:47:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T11:54:29.426Z","description":"Find out why Asensus Surgical AugmentOR Portal is one of the best inventions of 2024","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094700/asensus-surgical-augmentor-portal/","keywords":["Tech","E-Commerce","list","franchise","Magazine","best inventions"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6e6d312be5b6f3eb/698a8a3c9862f5822b89ac9f/augmentOR-portal-best-inventions-2.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Chris Stokel-Walker","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/chris-stokel-walker/"}],"creator":"Chris Stokel-Walker","articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6e6d312be5b6f3eb/698a8a3c9862f5822b89ac9f/augmentOR-portal-best-inventions-2.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094700/asensus-surgical-augmentor-portal/","name":"Asensus Surgical AugmentOR Portal: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024"}}]}] ```