The intra-abdominal platform for surgical support

Start date: 1 February 2014
End date: 1 August 2017
Primary investigator: Professor Peter Culmer
Co-investigators: Professor David Jayne, Mo Sanami

Global health rig in the surgical technologies lab

The IAP system provides a surgical support platform to aid retraction in laparoscopic surgery. Developed over several years within the research group, we are currently working with industry partners and a clinical advisory group to develop and validate a complete system for commercialisation.

Supported by EPSRC IKC and NIHR i4i, in Collaboration with Pd-M International (Medical Device Design) and the NIHR HTC in Colorectal Therapies