SSL - Proof of Concept for Medusascope

该概念验证项目将采用Surgical Synergy Limited在过去2年中开发的新型内窥镜手术器械（Medusascope）的设计，并将其转化为基本工作原型。该项目的目的是通过物理建模和原型开发，确认详细设计可以成本有效地制造，并将提供预期的好处。这将使我们能够做出一个稳健和知情的决定，将该原型开发成一个能够进行临床测试的可行仪器，然后继续进行现场手术的认证。在过去的25年里，内窥镜手术的规模和范围每年都在增加，成为许多疾病的首选干预措施，如前列腺和胆囊手术中治疗的疾病，现在越来越多地被关节外科、神经外科和脊柱外科所接受和提倡。许多用于内窥镜介入的器械与200年前外科医生使用的器械相似，只是尺寸更小。这些器械所带来的限制直接导致了与多个学科的外科医生的讨论，得出了一套详细的要求和所需改进的声明。这是一个设计概要，它支撑着通过这个项目进行测试的产品定义。这款仪器，尤其是第二代柔性版，将允许更多类型的手术在内窥镜下进行，从而使患者受益匪浅：更快的手术，更少的疤痕和疼痛，更少的附带损伤和感染-从而更快地恢复和恢复正常。Medusascope代表了一种全新的一次性方法，使用了一系列现代合成材料，采用模块化设计和多功能用途。它将适用于所有外科学科，以补充现有的高技术

This Proof of Concept project will take the designs for a new endoscopic surgery instrument(Medusascope) developed by Surgical Synergy Limited over the last 2 years and turn theminto a basic working prototype. The project has been defined to confirm, through physicalmodelling and prototype development, that the detailed designs can be manufactured costeffectively and will deliver the anticipated benefits.This will enable a robust and informeddecision to be made on developing this prototype into a workable instrument capable ofclinical testing, then proceeding to accreditation for use in live surgery.Endoscopic surgery has increased in scale and scope every year for the last 25 years,becoming the preferred intervention for many conditions such as those treated in prostate andgall bladder surgery and is now increasingly accepted and advocated in joint surgery,neurosurgery and spinal surgery. Many of the instruments used for endoscopic interventionsremain similar to those used 200 years ago by surgeons, excepting only their smaller size.The constraints imposed by these instruments have directly led, through discussions withsurgeons from a number of disciplines, to a detailed set of requirements and statement ofimprovement needed. This is the design brief that underpins the product definitions to betested through this project. This instrument, especially its 2nd generation flexible version,will allow more types of operation to be undertaken endoscopically to the significant benefitof patients: quicker operations, less scarring and pain, less collateral damage and infections -resulting in faster recovery and return to normal.The Medusascope represents a radical new disposable approach, uses a range of modernsynthetic materials, adopts a modular design and a multifunctional purpose. It will be usableacross all surgical disciplines to complement existing high tec