All feel the PAIN
Hospitals
Doctors
"Hospitals, doctors and patients"
No specific test for appendicitis, symptoms may be caused by other illnesses
Patients do not all have the same symptoms
No specific test for appendicitis, symptoms may be caused by other illnesses
Patients do not all have the same symptoms
Patients
"Hospitals, doctors and patients"
Feel increasing intensity of pain, nausea, pain aggravated by movement
Face a long wait and uncertainty
in an overcrowded area
Feel increasing intensity of pain, nausea, pain aggravated by movement
Face a long wait and uncertainty
in an overcrowded area
Endoways S.A.
SAGES
Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons 2009 Meeting (Phoenix, April 22-25, 2009)
Poster Presentation during the Emerging Technology Session: and the Scientific Session. The article “A Novel Minimal Access Surgery Prototype for Rapid Diagnosis of Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Room” was submitted on April 25 for publication in the Journal Surgical Endoscopy. Currently under evaluation.
Business in Development
BID Challenge 2008, Bogotá, November 2008
Trocamera was awarded First Prize in the Category of Innovation. The prizes included US$2,500 in cash for project development and the invitation to participate in the World BID Challenge held in The Netherlands in January, 2009.
Ventures 2008
Ventures Business Plan Competition, Bogotá, November, 2008.
Trocamera won First Prize in the General Category and Second Prize as product with high export potential. The prizes amounted to US$14,000 for Project development.
Congress
III Colombian Congress of Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering (Pereira, June 4-6, 2008)
The presentation was awarded Second Prize among Professional Presentations.The corresponding article “Prototype of a Minimally Invasive Surgical Device for the Rapid Diagnosis of Abdominal Pain Surgical Pathology in Emergency Rooms” (Prototipo de un aparato de cirugía mínimamente invasiva para el diagnóstico rápido de patología quirúrgica en dolor abdominal en los servicios de urgencias) was published in the Journal Scientia et Technica, Year XIV, No 39, September, 2008; Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira. ISSN 0122-1701; pp. 449-452.
