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'''Touch Surgery''' is a ] and ]-based ] app and trading name for the company Kinosis LTD. The app was conceived and developed initially by Jean Nehme (the current CEO) and Andre Chow in March 2011. Touch Surgery ] is designed to simulate ].<ref>, retrieved March 19, 2015.</ref> <ref name=wired/><ref name=guardian/><ref name=wired>, retrieved March 18, 2014.</ref> As of August 2014, The Touch Surgery mobile app included surgical instructions for about 50 surgical procedures.<ref>, retrieved March 19, 2015.</ref> As of 2014 the company claimed patients make about forty percent of the app's downloads.<ref name=wired/> '''Touch Surgery''' is a ] and ]-based ] app and trading name for the company Kinosis LTD. The app was conceived and developed initially by Advait Gandhe in October 2010. He subsequently founded Kinosis Ltd with Jean Nehme in 2011. Touch Surgery ] is designed to simulate ].<ref>, retrieved March 19, 2015.</ref> <ref name=wired/><ref name=guardian/><ref name=wired>, retrieved March 18, 2014.</ref> As of August 2014, The Touch Surgery mobile app included surgical instructions for about 50 surgical procedures.<ref>, retrieved March 19, 2015.</ref> As of 2014 the company claimed patients make about forty percent of the app's downloads.<ref name=wired/>


==References== ==References==

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Touch Surgery
Company typePrivate
IndustryHealth informatics and medical technology
FoundedLondon, United Kingdom
FoundersAdavit Gandhe, F.R.C.S., Jean Nehme, M.D.
HeadquartersLondon and New York City
Key peopleAdvait Gandhe, F.R.C.S
(Inventor and Founder), Jean Nehme, M.D.
(CEO), Andre Chow, M.D.,(COO)
ProductsMedical education
Medical technology
WebsiteOfficial 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 in October 2010. He subsequently founded Kinosis Ltd with Jean Nehme in 2011. Touch Surgery mobile app is designed to simulate surgical procedures. 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

  1. ^ "Touch Surgery: the iPad app that teaches surgeons how to operate," by Oliver Wainwright, The Guardian, February 27, 2013, retrieved March 18, 2015.
  2. "About Us," Touch Surgery official website, retrieved March 18, 2015.
  3. "Surgeons develop app to practise surgery," by Parul Agrawal, BBC News, June 15, 2013, retrieved March 19, 2015.
  4. ^ "Touch Surgery: learning surgery on the operating table," by Joao Mederios, Wired, July 28, 2014, retrieved March 18, 2014.
  5. "Operations," Touch Surgery website, retrieved March 19, 2015.

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