The Gentle

Medical Platform

A soft-robotic, smart endoscope that navigates along naturally given pathways. Super minimally invasive, affordable and gentle.

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Flexibillity

A class of its own

The Gentle Medical Platform defines a new class of its own for extraluminal surgeries. It offers access for flexible surgical instruments and devices, even to hard-to-reach organs: Planned, controlled and super minimally invasive.

Navigation

A soft-robotic endoscope

The soft-robotic smart endoscope, inserted through a single gentle port, navigates to its destination along naturally occurring pathways, in-between folds and organs, without the use of gas and under constant visual supervision.

AI Support

AI-assisted treatment planning and evaluation

Based on the available MRI and CT data and supported by artificial intelligence, the optimal path to the target organ is planned. Captured endoscope videos acquired during the movement to the target and during the treatment are automatically evaluated for abnormalities.

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Super minimally invasive surgery

We believe in super minimally invasive surgery – the next evolutionary step towards a more gentle personalized medicine.

Animated human body

The surgical challenge

Medicine continuously advances in making treatments more effective, less invasive and also affordable. The Gentle Medical Platform is a new approach for all surgeons to overcome the following surgical challenges:

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The taking of biopsies from areas of the body that cannot be reached using current standard procedures (e.g. core needle biopsy).
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Diagnosis and treatment of tumours, growths, infections, inflammation, lesions, etc. in hard-to-reach, deep and posterior areas of the body.
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Adhesions and resulting abdominal pain caused by current laparoscopic procedures.
Endoscopy

Localized abdominopelvic endoscopy

Super minimally invasive, flexible endoscopy for investigating areas of concern and findings.The evaluated position will be digitally logged and displayed in the 
digital twin.

Drainage

Abdominopelvic drainage

Insertion of a catheter under endoscopic guidance to drain the abdomen. For the insertion of larger-diameter catheters, it is advisable to position a guidewire, over which the larger catheter can then be advanced to the desired location.

Biopsy

Localized abdominopelvic biopsy

Taking of biopsies under endoscopic control from hard-to-reach areas of the body by using biopsy forceps. The biopsy position will be digitally logged and displayed in the digital twin.

What our experts say

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The Gentle Medical Platform can enable local treatment in areas that are currently difficult to reach using conventional minimally invasive methods (e.g. areas accessible around the curve only).«

Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Orlando Guntinas-Lichius

Director • Klinik für Hals-, Nasen- und Ohrenheilkunde

Universitätsklinikum Jena

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Personalised cancer treatments are becoming increasingly important, and this always requires a tissue sample from the tumour. The Gentle Medical Platform is a very interesting option for taking biopsies very gently, even in hard-to-reach areas.«

Prof. Dr. Hanns-Peter Knaebel

Surgeon, physician, manager, Vorstandsvorsitzender / CEO und Vorstand Medizin

Verbund der Universitätsklinika Heidelberg und Mannheim

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The Gentle Medical Platform is not in competition with daVinci, but represents a new category of devices.«

Prof. Dr. med. Georg Lutter

Lehrstuhl für Experimentelle Herzchirurgie und Herzklappenersatz

Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel

We cover all competence fields required to develop, produce and approve the Gentle Medical Platform as a medical device.

Executive and Management

The highest level of business acumen and a proven track record of commercial success.

Quality Management

Excellent expertise in establishing business processes.

Research

An outstanding scientific foundation and interdisciplinary networking.

Technical Development 

Excellent technical expertise and many years of experience in robot-assisted surgery.

Production

Excellent expertise in the field of series production.

Regulatory affairs

Extensive knowledge of country-specific regulatory requirements.

Clinical trial management

Excellent expertise in trial and physician management.

Sales and (clinical) marketing

Excellent expertise in sales and clinical marketing campaigns.

Innovation Team

Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Karguth
Gentle Robotics
Technical Concept and Project Management
Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Kern
Optana GmbH
Business Marketing Planning
Dr. rer. nat. Dipl.-Ing. Mat. Sc. Anne Kroker
Regulatory and Clinical Affairs
M.Sc. Till Odenkirchen
Mechatronics System Development
Dipl.-Ing. Stefan Amthor
Embedded Systems Development
Dr. rer. nat. Dipl. Phys. Hartmut Vogelsang
Therapy Planning and AI

Competence Team

Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. med. (habil.) Hartmut Witte
Technische Universität Ilmenau
Biomechatronics
Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Martin S. Fischer
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Special Zoology
Prof. Dr. Stanislav N. Gorb
Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
Functional Morphology and Biomechanics
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Lena Zentner
Technische Universität Ilmenau
Mechanics of Compliant Systems
Prof. Andreas Mühlenberend
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Experimental Industrial Design

Invest into a growing market

The Gentle Medical Platform represents a new class of devices and is the right product at the right time.

Together with strong partners and an experienced team, we are laying the foundations for long-term growth and sustainable business success.

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Our Mission

Our mission is to develop, manufacture and sell the Gentle Medical Platform (GMP), which is based on a bio-inspired, intuitively navigable, flexible, soft-robotic smart endoscope with a working channel.

With the GMP system, we aim to support surgeons in performing complex interventional diagnoses and treatments in accordance with the principles of super minimally invasive surgery (SMIS).

The proprietary Gentle Medical Platform represents an affordable and progressively expandable treatment platform designed to secure and maintain a permanent place on the endoscopy tower in every hospital and ambulant care centre.

Outstanding features

The Gentle Medical Platform defines a new class of its own for extraluminal surgery devices and provides a wide range of outstanding clinical as well as commercial features:

Clinical features

Extraluminal endoscopic instrument access to organs
AI supported treatment planning
Online position tracking of the soft robot inside the body 
Intuitive robot control and operation
Automation capability of recurrent movements and procedures
Ready to go sterile setup
Application support via telemedicine

Comercial features

Attractive, competitive and cost-effective pricing structure
Compact dimensions and mobility
Variable use within the medical fields
Single use, sterile design
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Gentle Medical Project

c/o Dr. Andreas Karguth, GentleRobotics

Auf der Enthütte 25

99869 Tüttleben

Phone +49 173 7576011

Email: contact@gentlemedical.de