Touch Surgery
| Private | |
| Industry | Health informatics and medical technology |
| Founded | London, United Kingdom |
| Founders | Advait Gandhe, FRCS, Andre Chow, M.D., Jean Nehme, M.D.[1] |
| Headquarters | London and New York City |
Key people |
Jean Nehme, M.D. (CEO), Andre Chow, M.D.,(COO)[2] |
| Products |
Medical education Medical technology |
| Website | Official website |
Touch Surgery is a London and New York City-based health technology app and trading name for the company Kinosis LTD. The app was conceived and developed initially by Advait Gandhe[1] who founded the company with Jean Nehme (the current CEO) in March 2011. Touch Surgery mobile app is designed to simulate surgical procedures.[3] [4][1][4] As of August 2014, The Touch Surgery mobile app included surgical instructions for about 50 surgical procedures.[5] As of 2014 the company claimed patients make about forty percent of the app's downloads.[4]
References
- 1 2 3 "Touch Surgery: the iPad app that teaches surgeons how to operate," by Oliver Wainwright, The Guardian, February 27, 2013, retrieved March 18, 2015.
- ↑ "About Us," Touch Surgery official website, retrieved March 18, 2015.
- ↑ "Surgeons develop app to practise surgery," by Parul Agrawal, BBC News, June 15, 2013, retrieved March 19, 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Touch Surgery: learning surgery on the operating table," by Joao Mederios, Wired, July 28, 2014, retrieved March 18, 2014.
- ↑ "Operations," Touch Surgery website, retrieved March 19, 2015.
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