Need Statements

During VATS lobectomies, there is a need to cut the pulmonary artery and vein before resecting the lobe in order to reduce the risk of harm to the patient.

During open abdominal and thoracic surgeries, there is a need for a way to illuminate deep in the chest cavity without sacrificing the comfort or maneuverability of the surgeon.

There is a need to monitor internal bleeding that does not require the patient to stay the night at the hospital in order to reduce costs.

During the lumbar posterior decompression and internal fixation surgery, there is a need to help the surgeons align screws more accurately.

During VATS there is a need to reduce the risk of seeding of cancer cells.

There is a need to reduce the user unfamiliarity that arises from having similar equipment with different steps required to operate.

During laparoscopic cholecystectomies, when there are large stones lodged in the cystic duct, there is a need to reduce the time required to cut the duct.

During laparoscopic procedures, there is a need for the surgeon to more easily distinguish between the location of the tools and the internal tissue in order to increase his awareness of the tool’s position.

During long surgeries, there is a need to improve the surgeons’ alertness in order to reduce human error during operation.

During gastroscopies, there is a need to improve the camera’s image output in order to provide better control of the instruments.

During lobectomies, there is a need for the doctor to have better control of the linear stapler in order to improve the accuracy of the procedure.

During endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy, there is a need to reduce the time required to reliably identify the first rib.