SSL - Proof of Concept for Medusascope

这个概念验证项目将采用Surgical Synergy有限公司在过去两年开发的一种新的内窥镜手术器械(Medusascope)的设计，并将其转化为基本的工作原型。该项目的定义是通过物理模型和原型开发，确认详细的设计可以经济高效地制造，并将带来预期的好处。这将使人们做出可靠和明智的决定，将这种原型开发成能够进行临床测试的可行仪器，然后进行认证，用于活体手术。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，如前列腺癌和胆囊炎手术，现在越来越多地被关节外科、神经外科和脊柱外科接受和倡导。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，只是尺寸较小。这些器械施加的限制直接导致了通过与来自多个学科的外科医生的讨论，提出了一套详细的要求和需要改进的声明。这是支持产品定义的设计简介，以便在整个项目中得到更好的体现。这种仪器，特别是它的第二代灵活版本，将允许通过内窥镜进行更多类型的手术，为患者带来重大好处：更快的手术，更少的疤痕和疼痛，更少的附带损伤和感染-导致更快的恢复和恢复正常。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，采用了模块化设计和多功能。它将适用于所有外科学科，以补充现有的高科技

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