A new spinout company from Imperial and UCL has received pre-seed funding to develop AI technology that could aid laparoscopic surgery.
EnAcuity's technology could help surgeons carry out laparoscopies more safely and effectively by highlighting functional information in the body that is hard for the eye to detect.
The company's technology could enable surgeons to perform the laparoscopies more precisely by displaying functional information that is undetectable to the naked eye.
Laparoscopies are a form of minimally invasive surgery performed on the abdomen using small incisions and a thin tube with a video camera that shows the surgeon what is going on inside the patient's body. Traditionally, the cameras reproduce on screen what the surgeon would see for themselves if they were performing open surgery.
The company's technology could transform laparoscopic surgery and enable surgeons to perform the procedures more precisely by displaying functional information that is undetectable to the naked eye.
EnAcuity's co-founder and CEO Dr Maria Leiloglou, who is also an honorary research fellow at UCL
