Investment for Surgical Reality - 3D technology for surgeons

Surgical Reality, a tech startup focused on innovative medical imaging, has received an investment from LUMO Labs and Graduate Entrepreneur. The amount of the money was not disclosed. Surgical Reality plans to use the money to further develop and roll out its plug-and-play software solution that allows surgeons to convert any pulmonary CT into a labeled 3D model of the entire lung within ten minutes.

The Nieuw-Vennep and Almere-based startup is seeking approval from European authorities, further commercialization and to develop enhancements for surgeons, other OR personnel, and patients.

Traditional surgical imaging is based on flat (2D) CT images in which the surgeon creates a 3D image of the patient's anatomy in mind. The huge variation in anatomy from patient to patient can lead to complications. Surgical Reality enables surgeons to create a highly faithful, full-color, patient-specific 3D model within minutes. In addition, the interactive models allow surgeons to distort the patient's anatomy intra-operatively to simulate each step of the procedure. The startup said that no other applications worldwide have such an advanced feature.

The technology is currently available in the Netherlands, Germany, and the US. More than 350 operations have already been performed supported by Surgical Reality. Research by Erasmus MC shows that the operation plan improves in more than 50% of cases compared with CT operation preparation.