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| Industry | Health informatics and medical technology |
| Founded | London, United Kingdom |
| Founders | Advait Gandhe, FRCS, Andre Chow, M.D., Jean Nehme, M.D. |
| Headquarters | London and New York City |
| Key people | Jean Nehme, M.D. (CEO), Andre Chow, M.D.,(COO) |
| Products | Medical education Medical technology |
| Website | Official website |
Touch Surgery is a London and New York City-based health technology app and trading name for the company Kinosis LTD. The app was conceived and developed initially by Advait Gandhe who founded the company with Jean Nehme in March 2011(the current CEO). Touch Surgery mobile app is designed to simulate surgical procedures. The company was founded in 2013. As of August 2014, The Touch Surgery mobile app included surgical instructions for about 50 surgical procedures. As of 2014 the company claimed patients make about forty percent of the app's downloads.
References
- ^ "Touch Surgery: the iPad app that teaches surgeons how to operate," by Oliver Wainwright, The Guardian, February 27, 2013, retrieved March 18, 2015.
- "About Us," Touch Surgery official website, retrieved March 18, 2015.
- "Surgeons develop app to practise surgery," by Parul Agrawal, BBC News, June 15, 2013, retrieved March 19, 2015.
- ^ "Touch Surgery: learning surgery on the operating table," by Joao Mederios, Wired, July 28, 2014, retrieved March 18, 2014.
- "Education to Android," by Guido Giunti, M.D., imedicalapps, January 14, 2014, retrieved March 19, 2015.
- "Operations," Touch Surgery website, retrieved March 19, 2015.