Smile in the OR, you are on film! - Medinbox

In Press11 March 2014

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The medtech startup from Toulouse, Medinbox, continues its ascent

After New York City, Paris and London. The MedTech startup just equipped the Hospital Necker and the Hammersmith Hospital with their new system that allows broadcasting from the operating theaters.

You no longer need a film crew. A British cardiologist just live transmitted his colleague’s intervention in one of the ORs of the Hammersmith Hospital of London. At the exact same time, over forty foreign specialists were watching. “They were able to follow the intervention in every aspect, says MD Nijjer Sukhjinder. It is a high-quality video, with an intuitive software that allows a beginner to create great content!” The Hammersmith Hospital was using for the very first time, last February 4th, the new Medinbox System.

No more film crews in the operating rooms and labs

Created in Toulouse in 2010, the MedTech startup has been known in the industry after successfully closing a deal with the Presbyterian Hospital of New York City. Now they celebrate two more, with Hospital Necker in Paris and the Hammersmith Hospital in London. “We were looking for an innovative solution to broadcast our techniques in international cardiology, says Nijjer Sukhjinder, who is also a medical researcher at the University Imperial College London. We are conducting experiments, with angioplasty for instance, that should be shared worldwide.”

It is a matter of fact: surgical procedures are being recorded more and more. However, doing so requires heavy devices that are also intrusive for the hospital staffs. With Medinbox, surgeons free themselves of a film crew inside of their operating rooms. They can now control with a touch screen a whole system including multiple cameras. And it takes less than thirty minutes to learn how to use the system. “Medical Doctors do not have the time to read a manual, they need a turnkey solution that is easy to use, says Nicolas Gausserand, founder of Medinbox, of which the Clinic Pasteur in Toulouse is a shareholder. While a surgeon is working in the OR, a colleague of his can broadcast the surgery through the Medinbox solution. I know, from experience, that only a medical doctor is competent to know when to zoom in or out, or when to switch frames during an intervention.” Another asset: “Our system costs 70.000€, when a shooting day alone already costs 20.000€” says the CEO.

Dubaï and Poland soon

Medinbox will soon equip a hospital in Poland before flying off to Dubaï. Recently the Medinbox device allowed a unique livestream, the first of its kind: a renal denervation by radial route, done by French cardiologist Jean Fajadet, in front of over a hundred medical doctors gathered in New York City for the occasion.

In 2013, the medtech startup’s turnover exceeded 400,000€, which is three times higher than their previous year. Full of ambition about his solution, Nicolas Gausserand would love to be the first to film a Carmat heart transplant in the Georges Pompidou Hospital, in Paris.

-Translated article from Hugues-Olivier Dumez – La Tribune

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Medinbox arrives in New York City

In Press28 May 2013

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Toulouse. Medinbox startup is equipping New York's operating theaters.

The French startup Medinbox was first known for its work as a production company, but it has now stood out in the MedTech industry as it released an audiovisual management system directly integrated into the operating theater. A little barbaric at first glance, the equipment intended for hospitals and clinics is less complicated than expected: “there is an audiovisual system integrated to the operating theater with several cameras and microphones. We place connected screens outside of the room and direct from there, where we can both record the surgery and stream it live” explains Nicolas Gausserand, CEO of Medinbox. For instance, this solution allows for a surgery to be broadcasted to a medical classroom: students can follow the surgery and the control screens, as if they were in the OR themselves. A strong point? No training is needed to use the system: “I gave the cameras to my three-year-old daughter, and she could control them! says the CEO. Our strong suit is the ergonomics.”

And Nicolas Gausserand managed to stand out by recently partnering up with the Presbyterian Hospital of New York City: “We just equipped one of their operating rooms with a Medinbox system, a second system is already in the works, and we are negotiating for a third.” A contract with the hospital, being attached to Columbia, which is one of the most prestigious university in the world, should open more doors to the five-person-company in Toulouse.

Toulouse is where it all started, when in January 2010 Nicolas Gausserand set his offices in Port Saint-Sauveur. The Clinique Pasteur took part in the company’s capital, becoming a testing ground for the Medinbox system. Ever since the tryout period, Medinbox systems started spreading throughout France, Switzerland and the Principality of Monaco. After the US, the company is now turning towards England, Germany and even the United Arab Emirates, where a Medinbox system is to be set up by the month of July.

It’s a beautiful story for the MedTech startup, and it is only beginning. On one side, negotiations are going with other American hospitals, and on another, the tech team keeps on improving the quality of the images, working with Ultra HD technology, always closer to an “in-real-life” operating room experience.

In the heart of surgery

In medical drama television programs, it’s a classic scene: interns are watching through a window a surgeon working in the operating room. This is the Medinbox system itself: watch live surgeries, record them, and keep them for the archives and/or for the patient’s file. Cameras must remain discreet, and video cables close to invisible. The Medinbox solution also takes into account the medical imaging that are X rays, ultrasound, fluorography…

The MedTech company sets up a system in an operating theater, and then the hospital disposes of it; whether it is for medical collaboration purposes, or medical training, online CME, live or remote proctoring etc.

A number: twenty

Already over twenty ORs are equipped by Medinbox. The system is installed in over twenty hospitals worldwide. For now, already more than ten establishments have trusted Medinbox.

-Translated article from Julien Auguy – La Dépêche

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Master stroke for Medinbox

In Press24 May 2013

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A young medtech startup company from Toulouse, South of France, seduced one of the biggest hospitals in the United States of America.

Medinbox has already equipped many clinics and hospitals in France.

Started in 2008, the company specializes in operating room camera systems and facilitating medical collaboration. They just strategically partnered up with the Presbyterian Hospital of the University of Columbia in New York City, USA.

Founded in Toulouse, the Medtech startup is the venture between Next Media Factory and the Clinique Pasteur.

After developing solutions, in close collaboration with surgery professionals, Medinbox released a high quality, autonomous, easy to use, and financially affordable operating room camera system; making Medinbox the non-intrusive solution most adapted for streaming and broadcasting live surgery, but also for telemedicine, remote proctoring and support.

The Medinbox AV medical solution has seduced hospitals and clinics in France, but also in Switzerland and the Principality of Monaco. Amongst the first clients are the Clinique Pasteur de Toulouse, the University Hospital Center (CHU) of Brest or the Clinique des Fleurs in Ollioules… and rumor has it Medinbox is in negotiation with the United Arab Emirates.

-Translated article from Frenchweb.fr

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Settling in the United States

In Press24 May 2013

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The healthcare startup that specializes in OR integrated AV systems just signed a contract with a prestigious American hospital.

Medinbox was founded in 2008 in Toulouse, South of France. It first started as a partnership between Next Media Factory, a production company, and the Clinique Pasteur, the first cardiovascular center of France. The small startup was specialized in filming and live streaming surgical operations. Today, their success is ongoing as they just equipped a hospital in the United States.

Contrary to what one may believe, the industry of medical-friendly AV systems is greatly sought after. Videos are not only useful for training and apprenticeship but also for medical congresses and conferences. But there is one issue: to fit a filming crew in an operating room is quite troublesome for the hospital staff. That first solution was intrusive and expensive, it was not ideal.

That is where Medinbox comes in: the MedTech startup created a new system with cameras that can be controlled remotely. Simple of use and efficient, the Medinbox solution allows one to gather footage from the OR without disturbing the hospital staff.

After their beginnings, equipping the Clinique Pasteur in Toulouse, the University Hospital Center (CHU) of Brest, and the Clinic des Fleurs in Ollioules, Medinbox extended its fields of action. Today the startup has clients in France, Switzerland and the Principality of Monaco. And Medinbox is not stopping there. Two days ago, the MedTech startup announced a successful contract with the Presbyterian Hospital of the University of Columbia in New York City, what an achievement!

-Translated article from Axel Cereloz – Presse Citron

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From Toulouse to New York City

In Press22 May 2013

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Medinbox, the medtech startup from Toulouse is to install their system in one of the biggest hospitals in the United States.

The young MedTech company that specializes in OR integrated AV systems just signed a contract with the Presbyterian Hospital of the University of Columbia, New York.

Medinbox started in 2008 as the crossover between the Clinique Pasteur and Next Media Factory, a small production company. They have put together a medical-friendly AV system for operating theaters, ORs and cath-labs. Whether it was for medical education purposes, medical training, medical congresses or conferences, the demand remained high, and AV systems and solutions were intrusive in operating theaters, until Medinbox released their new technology.

Medinbox stated on May 22nd, that they signed a contract with the prestigious Presbyterian Hospital / Columbia University medical center of New York City. The company already works with French, Swiss and Monegasque hospitals.

-Translated article from Fabrice Valery – France 3

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