XIGEN, LLC — Department of Health and Human Services SBIR Phase I: DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The primary objective of this SBIR is to develop and
XIGEN, LLC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Health and Human Services.
- Amount
- $697,078
- Agency
- Department of Health and Human Services · National Institutes of Health
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Solicitation
- PA11-335
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- MD
- Period
- —
Description
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The primary objective of this SBIR is to develop and pre-clinically evaluate a novel lightfield 3D endoscope, dubbed Cerberus-LNR, specially designed for laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS), natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES), and robotic LESS (R-LESS) (hereafter LNR) procedures. The miniature Cerberus-LNR lightfield 3D endoscope consists of multiple sensors for real-time multiview lightfield 3D image acquisition, an array of LEDs for providing adequate illumination of targets, soft cable for extracorporeal power and video signal connection, and a pair of magnets allowing position/orientation control by a set of reciprocal extracorporeal magnets placed on the external abdominal wall. The Cerberus-LNR is inserted into peritoneal cavity via the single access port, then is navigated to the surgical site and stabilized via extracorporeal magnetic control. It does not occupy the access port after its insertion, leaving the precious asset to oth