Scalpel - Making Surgery Safer

We build AI software that improves patient safety and operating room efficiency

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What happens when there’s no trust in the surgical supply chain?

🔍 Trays get inspected 3-4 times by 3PLs, reps, sterile processing, & OR staff—all reacting to potential mistakes.

What if the system was trustworthy enough to prevent errors from the start? #AISurgery #Implants

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😷Scalpel AI (@Scalpel_ai) raises $4.8M: Can AI revolutionise surgical logistics to save lives and cut costs? https://t.co/sfO8BSq7iz
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NHS patient waiting lists hit seven million.

Now, more than ever, we need to transform patient safety and efficiencies in surgery, to free resources and work through the waiting lists.

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The NHS is under "record pressure".

Statistics continue to paint a concerning picture of #NHS performance and, with growing staffing issues and continued disruptions to care, this is only likely to worsen in the coming months.

Read more via @HealthFdn➡️https://t.co/sn1pK5HK6f

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Identifying and replacing a single surgical instrument takes approximately seven minutes.

Using object recognition technology, our platform helps up-skill and empower Sterile Service Technicians to identify the correct surgical instruments, faster and more confidently.⬇️

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While surgical never events are rare, it only takes one preventable mistake to cause devastation.

Data collected in surgery is scarce compared with other areas of healthcare. Using real-time analytics, surgical safety can be transformed.

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It is safe to say the #healthcare industry is facing a staffing crisis.

Technology will prove a vital role in the education and up-skilling of NHS employees – helping team members get to grips with new technologies as quickly as possible.

Find out more➡️https://t.co/sOt5HpRgeh

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"Adverse events due to unsafe care is one of the 10 leading causes of death in the world" - @WHO

Technology will transform surgery to be less invasive, more personalised, and prevent the occurrence of retained surgical instruments.

Find out more➡️ https://t.co/sOt5HpRO3P

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Operating rooms are a hub for millions of valuable data insights that go largely unrecorded.

In the future, real-time data insights will uncover new knowledge that surgeons will use to make better decisions for their patients.

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https://t.co/eukPq0Yery

#patientsafety

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Once a surgical procedure is underway, operating rooms act like black boxes - with clinicians on the outside unaware of what stage the surgery is in.

Using real-time data, Scalpel's technology removes these unknowns, to champion patient safety and improve efficiencies��️

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"Only a fraction of patient-related data is digitised and stored in a structured manner" - Nature Biomedical Engineering Journal

Using #ML and #AI, We create a web of data to optimise patient safety and streamline efficiencies.

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The need for novel technological solutions is increasing. But, how do we ensure that the current workforce is equipped for a digital transformation?

We summarise @RCSnews' key recommendations for surgical training below ⬇️

Read the full report at https://t.co/cicg0FEpDu

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We need to implement innovative technology to improve patient safety & save valuable resources, in order to guarantee a sustainable #health system.

Listen to Scalpel's co-founder and CEO, Yeshwanth Pulijala, as he tells us his predictions for the future of #surgery⬇️

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What does it take to become a surgeon?

In this video, British pilot and Scalpel advisor, Jonathan Sackier, describes the true responsibility he felt as a surgeon in the operating room.⬇️

#surgery #patientsafety #makingsurgerysafer

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Hospitals in the US are being forced to cancel surgeries and shut operating rooms due to the workforce crisis.

Pressure on the front line is causing more staff sickness, costing millions and risking #patientsafety.

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https://t.co/jmTOI280SM

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What does Scalpel have in common with Google Translate?

Our surgical equipment knowledge graph detects when an instrument is being identified by varying names, and translates it into a standard nomenclature in real time – reducing the risk of #patient harm.

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Introducing Yaasha Hasan & Shruti Agerwala - two talented people who share our passion for #health & #technology. ⬇️

We're delighted to welcome Yaasha and Shruti to the team, to help make our vision of safer #surgery for every patient a reality!

#healthtech

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Today, we are delighted to introduce Ade Olatubosun, Scalpel's Surgical Inventory Champion! 🙌

With over 2 decades of experience in Sterile Services, Ade has expertise in the data capture of surgical instruments, dataset annotation & operating theatre user research.

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"#NHS in England is facing the greatest workforce shortage in history" - Health and Social Care Select Committee

In order to create a sustainable #healthcare system, #technology is needed to relieve the burden on front-line staff.

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https://t.co/YLlOEovrr2

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🌎 Scalpel is going global!

Over the last few months, our co-founder and CEO, Yeshwanth Pulijala has been collaborating with the Texas Medical Center (TMC) team to understand important challenges within the US healthcare system.

Found out more⬇️
https://t.co/qLFKpNY2tS