Surgical Tools LLC

Category: Medical Devices & Equipment

SURGICAL TOOLS' MISSION IS TO DEVELOP PRODUCTS WHICH IMPROVE CLINICAL OUTCOMES FOR PATIENTS SELECTING BREAST-CONSERVING SURGERY (BCS) OVER MASTECTOMY, DESPITE THE KNOWN INCREASED RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH BCS, SUCH AS SURGICAL RE-EXCISION AND LOCAL RECURRENCE OF BREAST CANCER. SPECIFICALLY, SURGICAL TOOLS IS DEVELOPING PRODUCTS THAT ENABLE THREE DIMENSIONAL INTRA-OPERATIVE RADIOGRAPHIC MARGIN ASSESSMENT OF EXCISED BREAST TISSUE, AS WELL AS INTRAOPERATIVE MICROSCOPIC MARGIN ASSESSMENT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL THROUGH SPECTROSCOPY. OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO REDUCE SURGICAL RE-EXCISION AND LOCAL RECURRENCE RATES IN BCS BY MORE THAN A FACTOR OF TWO IN THE NEXT 3 YEARS.