Tribute from Prof. Jacques Marescaux and the IRCAD teams: It is a delicate task to pay tribute to Raymond Waydelich, a man whose life and work were nothing short of extraordinary. As an artist, visual storyteller, and poet, Raymond possessed a rare gift: the ability to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary, weaving together humor […]
Editorial Last month, IRCAD was in Maastricht, Netherlands, for the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES) congress. Endoscopic surgery involves performing procedures via natural routes using a flexible endoscope. Initially practiced in gynecology, it later expanded into gastroenterology, attracting significant interest. From the 2000s onward, research around the concept of NOTES (Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic […]
Professor Marescaux and the R&D department had the pleasure of welcoming to IRCAD : – Prof. Bin Liu, CEO at Endoangel – Mr. Giuseppe Waldner, CEO of the Italian company Waldner, accompanied by Mr. Giuseppe Conti, Chief Innovation Officer, Mr. Francesco Faggin, Chief Sales Officer, and Mr. Alessandro Waldner, Import/Export Manager – Prof. Guido Costamagna […]
We were delighted to welcome a delegation from Fujifilm Healthcare at IRCAD, to discuss a potential partnership, particularly in the field of ultrasound image-guided surgery. Thank you for your visit : – Ludovic Sangourard, Manager Commercial Pneumologie & Planification chirurgicale, Fujifilm Healthcare France – Frederic Philippe, Ultrasound Clinical and Product Manager, Fujifilm Healthcare France – […]
Editorial Thirty years ago, we founded IRCAD, convinced that robotic surgery, telesurgery, artificial intelligence, and new technologies in general would revolutionize surgery and bring significant benefits to patients. At that time, robotics was considered a gimmick, a curiosity to attract journalists, and we were sometimes seen as eccentrics. Thirty years later, history has proven us […]
As in previous years, representatives from IRCAD’s mirror institutes gathered for an International Summit at IRCAD France on May 31 to discuss ongoing and future projects. This year’s meeting was chaired by Dr. Wayne Huang from IRCAD Taiwan. It was a pleasure to have you all here!
On Saturday, June 1, we celebrated IRCAD’s 30th anniversary, marking three decades of surgical innovation and excellence. The event began with a speech ceremony hosted by Margaux Diebold and Christopher Burel from the IRCAD communications department. In the evening, we embraced an aviation theme, highlighting the parallels between surgery and aviation, such as precision, teamwork, […]
We were delighted to welcome a delegation from IRCAD China for a week-long immersion program, along with a delegation from WEGO, led by their CEO Lin Chen. WEGO, China’s largest medical device company, boasts annual sales of €57 billion and nearly 30,000 employees. CEO Lin Chen was impressed by his visit to IRCAD France, which […]
As part of our partnership with the Centre de Formation des Professions Paramédicales de Colmar (Colmar Training Centre for Paramedical Professions), we had the pleasure of welcoming operating room nurses in IBODE training. They attended the pre-recorded and live operative demonstrations during this week’s course in laparoscopic general surgery.
This week, we had the privilege of hosting two esteemed guests from Siemens Healthcare at IRCAD. We were delighted to welcome: – Mr. Hassan Safer-Tebbi, Executive Vice President France (Belgium and Luxembourg) – Mrs. Joana Crochet, Manager Advanced Therapy Activities
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