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Our steering technology offers optimal navigation in the surgical area. We are continuously developing new applications for minimally invasive surgery, in close collaboration with R&D partners in hospitals and universities. In addition, we keep our finger on the pulse of ongoing research lines on the cutting edge of surgery and precision mechanics.
Hornet
The Hornet aims to solve the problem of needle handling during suturing in minimally invasive procedures. An example is the closing of the vaginal cuff after hysterectomy, where multiple sutures have to be applied at the very top of the vaginal canal. The innovation is in the mechanism at the tip of the instrument…
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November 18, 2020
NeuroFlex
The NeuroFlex is a steerable instrument for intraventricular neuroendoscopy. It aims to increase the reach inside the ventricles, while maximising stability in the endoscopic system.
The neuro-oncological department of the Prinses Máxima Centre is strongly involved in the project…
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October 29, 2020
November 18, 2020
October 29, 2020
Mariana
With a steerable catheter and guidewire, diagnosis and treatment of conditions of the patient’s outer airways (e.g. lung cancer) can be performed with greater precision and lower x-ray exposure. A visualisation system consisting of the sensor on the guidewire, an electro-magnetic field and a patient-specific virtual model of the lungs, enables the specialist to navigate to the desired location…
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September 24, 2020
SiFlex
The SiFlex is being developed in cooperation with SINTEF, Quadrant Scientific and St. Olavs hospital. The knowledge of these institutes combined will result in a product that significantly reduces the amount of radiation exposure that the surgeon suffers during endovascular procedures. The steerable catheter can navigate in sharp corners of branching vessels, applying a tracking technology instead of fluoroscopy…
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August 6, 2020
September 24, 2020
August 6, 2020
LaproYaw
The LaproYaw started as a technical feasibility project to solve the challenge of designing a 5 mm pulley jaw mechanism (used for the end-effector in most robotic surgical robotic systems) that is actuated by a purely mechanical handheld mechanism…
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June 2, 2020
NeuroPunch
The NeuroPunch provides access to the pituitary gland through the nose, minimizing the number of instrument changes and conflicts with other instruments needed simultaneously in the nasal cavity. This instrument is under development in collaboration with neurosurgeons and ENT surgeons at UMC Groningen…
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May 8, 2020
June 2, 2020
May 8, 2020
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