INEN ROBOTICS
Description:
Inen Robotics is developing robotic solutions for flexible endoscopic digestive surgery. While the first target of Inen Robotics is endoluminal surgery, the second will be transluminal surgery.
In practical terms, robotising endoluminal digestive procedures will enable :
- to remove large colonic polyps much more quickly and with fewer complications
- to democratise minimally invasive procedures, sparing patients the need for major surgery
Transluminal procedures will allow :
- intra-abdominal surgery through natural orifices, for example to operate on the gall bladder through the vaginal pouch or through the mouth via the gastric wall.
The health stakes and the target market are high. The ambition is to make all current surgeries obsolete for the benefit of patients.
At the origin of the project
- I-Cube laboratory (ICube engineering, computing and imaging sciences laboratory, under the supervision of the University of Strasbourg, CNRS, INSA Strasbourg, ENGEES and the Inria Strasbourg branch)
- IRCAD (Institut de recherche contre les cancers de l'appareil digestif)