1. Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
  2. School of Mechanical Engineering
  3. Research and innovation
  4. Institute of Design, Robotics and Manufacturing
  5. Healthcare Mechatronics
  6. Research projects
  7. The intra-abdominal platform for surgical support

Research project

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