Description

Surgical technology can transform outcomes, but innovation does not automatically translate into equitable access, real-world adoption, or sustainable impact. Many important clinical needs remain under-addressed because cases are dispersed, evidence is difficult to generate, workflows are demanding, and the resources required for deployment vary widely across settings. At the same time, devices are increasingly expected to be not only effective and safe, but also affordable, repairable, low-impact, and scalable.
This workshop presents a unified roadmap for responsible surgical innovation, spanning clinical need, design philosophy, device architecture, and implementation pathways. It highlights “smart-by-structure” strategies, where function is embedded in materials, geometry, and embodied intelligence, to enable devices that achieve sensing, actuation, and safety with reduced complexity, improved usability, and a smaller environmental footprint.

Across four interactive sessions, speakers from clinical practice, research, and translational teams will discuss: (1) defining the right problems and endpoints across diverse clinical contexts and access constraints; (2) selecting materials and mechanisms that support smart actuation/sensing and workflow-aware usability; (3) translating these principles into robust device architectures inspired by nature and compliant design; and (4) enabling adoption through affordability, circular design, industrial scaling, regulation, procurement, training, and maintenance, especially beyond high-resource environments.

The workshop combines short talks with moderated discussion and audience participation. Participants will leave with practical principles and a concrete framework for moving from need-led ideas to deployable surgical technologies that are effective, usable, equitable, and sustainable.

Structure (4 sessions)

1. Clinical need / context: needs from research, clinics and translation; global access constraints; selecting meaningful outcomes.
2. Design philosophy: smart-by-structure materials; actuation and sensing; safety and usability by design; low-impact choices.
3. Device architecture: bioinspiration, compliant/soft structures, modularity, reliability, sterilisation and manufacturability.
4. Implementation pathways: low-cost and circular design; scaling and supply chains; training; regulation and procurement; adoption in diverse settings.

Programme

Posted in May 2026

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

1. Frame surgical innovation challenges by translating clinical problems into clear need statements that include pathway, workflow and access constraints across diverse settings;
2. Select patient-meaningful endpoints and feasible evaluation strategies for under-addressed indications and early-stage devices;
3. Apply “smart-by-structure” principles by embedding function in materials, geometry and compliance to achieve actuation/sensing and safety with reduced complexity;
4. Connect design choices to manufacturability and clinical practicality, including sterilisation compatibility, robustness, and reliability;
5. Map implementation pathways that anticipate translation barriers – training, regulation, scaling and maintenance – while incorporating lifecycle and sustainability considerations (cost, circular design, reuse/repair and end-of-life). Participants will leave with a concise Need→Design→Architecture→Adoption roadmap for their own project.

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