Empowering surgeons with a new perception

by a plug-and-play system that listens to instrument-tissue interactions and turns them into perceivable and valuable feedback

Challenge

The lack of sensory information in minimally invasive surgery.

During minimally invasive procedures, the surgeons‘ haptic information is reduced by 30 to 100 % compared to open surgery. This can limit identification of anatomic structures, cause longer procedure times and increases the patients’ risk of injury. Moreover, many minimal invasive procedures, like surgical access, are entirely blind, i.e., without imaging support – causing discomfort and stress for the surgeon. Adverse events such as the injury of organs or vessels can lead to life-threatening complications or the conversion to open surgery. Besides an increased clinical trauma and prolonged recovery time for the patient, this leads to preventable costs for the healthcare system.

Acoustic Surgineering

Creating a new perception by listening to instrument-tissue interactions.

Any interaction between tissue and interventional instrument causes vibrations, which propagate along the rigid instrument shaft. SURAG “listens” to those vibrations. It is a passive, plug-and-play sensing solution that provides valuable feedback information to the surgeon in real-time. Within seconds, it is attached (and removed) at the end of a standard instrument outside the patient’s body and without direct contact to human tissue. This allows the technology to be used in various applications such as interventional needles, laparoscopic instruments, or surgical robotics. SURAG provides supplementary sensory information and aims to enable surgeons to perform precise and safe interventions – for the patient’s good.

Vision

As a platform technology, SURAG can be adapted to multiple applications. Our worldwide market potential covers:

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Needle Interventions

per year

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Laparoscopic Procedures

per year

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Surgical Robots

installed in 2030

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Arthroscopic Knee Procedures

per year

Testimonials

Multiple surgeons contribute to SURAG and are convinced of the clinical benefit.

Testimonials

Multiple surgeons contribute to SURAG and are convinced of the clinical benefit.

Traction

Founded in 2021, SURAG Medical works towards making surgery more precise and safe.

Proof-of-Principles

We validated our concept for five applications: Needle insertion, guidewire monitoring, palpation, laparoscopic tool interaction and robot-assisted surgery

Patent Applications

Two pending patents protect our technology internationally.

Awards

Critical juries have assessed our concept and awarded it with multiple regional and national awards.

EXIST-Forschungstransfer

From 2020 to 2022, we are publicly funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi).

Clinical Partners

Key-Opinion-Leaders from multiple surgical fields support our development and help us to satisfy the surgeons’ needs and clinical requirements.

TRL 5

We are continuously improving the SURAG technology to achieve optimal product-market fit.

Traction

Founded in 2021, SURAG Medical works towards making surgery more precise and safe.

Proof-of-Principles

We validated our concept for five applications: Needle insertion, guidewire monitoring, palpation, laparoscopic tool interaction and robot-assisted surgery

Patent Applications

Two pending patents protect our technology internationally.

Awards

Critical juries have assessed our concept and awarded it with multiple regional and national awards.

EXIST-Forschungstransfer

From 2020 to 2022, we are publicly funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi).

Clinical Partners

Key-Opinion-Leaders from multiple surgical fields support our development and help us to satisfy the surgeons’ needs and clinical requirements.

TRL 5

We are continuously improving the SURAG technology to achieve optimal product-market fit.

SURAG Medical successfully completes pre-seed financing and advances revolutionary audio-based surgical support systems for minimally invasive procedures 1784 678 SURAG

SURAG Medical successfully completes pre-seed financing and advances revolutionary audio-based surgical support systems for minimally invasive procedures

SURAG Medical successfully closes pre-seed financing round and takes further steps to bring audio-based assistance…

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Prototype validation, great networking and much more – what happened so far in 2022! 3840 2160 SURAG

Prototype validation, great networking and much more – what happened so far in 2022!

A long time has passed since we published our last news article in October 2021,…

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SURAG at the “139. Deutscher Chirurgenkongress” in Leipzig 1536 1536 SURAG

SURAG at the “139. Deutscher Chirurgenkongress” in Leipzig

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News

The latest news about our journey of creating a new perception in surgery.

Team

Since 5 years, we are joining forces to bring our innovation from idea to market.

Dr. Alfredo Illanes

Thomas Sühn

Nazila Esmaeili

Moritz Spiller

Ludwig Wermke

Prof. Dr. med. Patrick Schuler

Dr. Axel Boese

Prof. Michael Friebe

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