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BeeBlıp

Bone measure, one step ahead.

“Give me a 17. Locking.”
The surgeon, eyes on the field

BeeBlip sits on the drill you already hold. It reads the bone while you drill and shows you the length. No depth gauge, no second step.

Try the menu

Today

A hook on a stick.

Push it through the hole, catch the far cortex, read the sleeve by eye, through blood, at an angle. Then pick a screw and hope.

>50% of depth-gauge readings are wrong.

Seniormore than 10 years
4/10 wrong
Mid-career5–10 years
6/10 wrong
Juniorless than 5 years
7/10 wrong

accurate wrong length

Liu P et al., Front Surg 2022 · 585 measurements by 13 orthopaedic surgeons.
Intra-operative footage, DragonflyLabs

Every hole, every plate, every case

The gauge goes in, a number is called out, a screw is chosen.

Thousands of times a day.

How it works

Try it. One joystick, a few screens.

The real menu of the device. Each arrow says what it does: click the words, the joystick, or use the arrow keys.

  1. ReadyPlate offset and battery.
  2. OffsetPlate thickness, once per case. The screen then gives the screw length.
  3. MenuLanguage, 180° rotation and the last ten measures.
  4. StabilizingHold steady a moment, then drill as usual.
  5. Near cortex · C1Detected as the bit passes it.
  6. Far cortex · C2The screw length, before the bit is out.

Side by side

Same hole, same screw. One step instead of four.

TodayDepth gauge

  • When it measuresAfter the hole is drilled
  • How you read itBy eye, off a sleeve
  • ResolutionWhole millimetres
  • Extra instrumentYes, passed across the field
  • Steps per holeDrill, probe, hook, read
  • Implant systemsOne gauge per system

BeeBlipOn the drill

  • When it measuresWhile you drill
  • How you read itA number on a screen
  • ResolutionTenths of a millimetre
  • Extra instrumentNone, it rides on the drill
  • Steps per holeDrill
  • Implant systemsAny system

Two years

From a sensor taped to a drill, to an instrument.

2024 prototype: a sensor taped to a drill
2024 A breadboard, a battery and a lot of adhesive.
2026 BeeBlip device
2026 One board, one sensor, one button and a case.

What surgeons told us

They want it. Most would switch for it.

Pilot survey, 25 orthopaedic and hand surgeons. Preliminary.

0%
want a screw-depth tool
0%
would switch vendor for it
0%
would pay to add it
PD Dr. med. Thomas Giesen

Founder

PD Dr. med. Thomas Giesen

Specialist in Hand Surgery · Specialist in Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Trauma

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By 2035

Every operating room will measure screws automatically. We would like yours to be one of the first.

Developed by DragonflyLabs®. Two patents filed.