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I am so happy about this announcement! The team at Pd-m International are incredibly pleased to announce a major global health project success with an investment by NLC - The European Healthtech Venture Builder to create a new start-up company LORESA to address inequalities in health care. Our journey started with a conversation with Professor Pete Culmer at the University of Leeds about a frugal innovation medical device to address inequalities in low to middle income countries. The health tech innovation was focused around gasless laparoscopy in order to avoid using expensive carbon dioxide, so that it was more widely available to regions such as rural India and Sub-Saharan Africa. With funding from NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) the Pd-m team worked closely with the University of Leeds, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Anurag Mishra and Lovenish Bains, the clinical and surgical team at a teaching hospital in Delhi. During several team deployments in rural India locations the team carried out initial user insight, attended live operating procedures, interviewed rural surgeons and carried out early-stage design thinking in order to capture the requirements and formulate the design brief. Following ideation, product development, prototyping, engineering, cadaveric testing and iterations Pd-m onboarded medical device manufacturer XLO with new collaborators Sundeep Singh Sawhney and Tamandeep Singh Kochhar to join the team. Fast forward through regulatory approval and production, the project is now being used in India has now been so successful it has caught the attention of NLC who have invested to form a new company LORESA, lead by Deborah Maufi MBBS, MBA. This announcement is incredibly important to us because it demonstrates that having the right team with a range of diverse skills can take the seed of an academic idea and really go global to address health inequalities. The device we have collaborated to innovate empowers surgeons to perform gasless laparoscopy with minimal infrastructure requirements, expanding the reach of minimally invasive surgery to underserved communities. The team at Pd-m and LORESA believe that healthcare innovations should not be limited by geographical boundaries, socio-economic backgrounds or resource constraints. If you'd like to now more about the project, how we work with academic institutions to commercialise innovation and lead innovation please follow this link https://lnkd.in/eXqJwHur #HealthcareInnovation #SurgicalTechnology #GlobalHealth #ResourceLimitedSettings #RAIS #Laparoscopy #gaslesslaparoscopy #healthtech #ABHI #Medilink #Bionow Ian Newington
🌍 Innovating for Impact: Gasless Laparoscopy in Resource-Limited Settings 🏥 In the world of healthcare, innovation often stems from a need to bridge gaps and overcome challenges. In many parts of the world, access to advanced medical facilities is limited, making complex surgical procedures a daunting task. Traditional laparoscopic surgery, which relies on carbon dioxide insufflation, poses challenges in resource-constrained environments. Enter Retractor for Abdominal Insufflationless Surgery (RAIS), a groundbreaking solution designed to eliminate the need for gas insufflation during laparoscopy. 🔍 What sets RAIS apart? ✅ Accessibility: RAIS empowers surgeons to perform gasless laparoscopy with minimal infrastructure requirements, expanding the reach of minimally invasive surgery to underserved communities. ✅ Affordability: By reducing the reliance on expensive gas systems, RAIS makes laparoscopy more cost-effective, making healthcare more accessible to those who need it most. ✅ Innovation: Loresa's dedication to innovation has resulted in a tool that enhances surgical precision while prioritizing patient safety. At Loresa, we believe that healthcare innovations should not be limited by geographical boundaries or resource constraints. RAIS represents our commitment to making healthcare more equitable and accessible to all. 🙌 We're pushing the boundaries of medical technology and bringing transformative change to the world of surgery. Stay tuned for more updates on RAIS and its impact on global healthcare. #HealthcareInnovation #SurgicalTechnology #GlobalHealth #ResourceLimitedSettings #RAIS #Laparoscopy #gaslesslaparoscopy University of Leeds Pete Culmer @Noel Aruparayil Anurag Mishra Sundeep Singh Sawhney Deborah Maufi MBBS, MBA Richard Hall MSc, BA(Hons), CMgr MCMI, FRSA Pd-m International Tamandeep Singh Kochhar
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1yThank you Richard Hall MSc, BA(Hons), CMgr MCMI, FRSA for sharing this! We are excited to bring RAIS to surgeons, expanding the reach of minimally invasive surgery to underserved communities. 🤝 🎉