Mr Mark Steven WHITELEY MS FRCS - Servo Medical health care ...

Royal Surrey County Hospital - Sept 2002
VISITS TO OVERSEAS CENTERS as a Trainee
ALLGEMEINES KRANKENHAUS HARBURG, HAMBURG, GERMANY - April
1995, March 1997, April 1998
Prof. Dr. H Imig has a special interest in aortic surgery. His group are also producing work
on the fate of vascular grafts after implantation. I have set up some collaborative research on
this subject and am publishing and presenting our current results.
ST. ANTONIUS ZIEKENHUIS, NIEUWEGEIN, THE NETHERLANDS - February
1996 & March 1997
Dr Frans Moll has invented an instrument that allows superficial femoral artery
endarterectomy to be performed through a single groin incision. The early results of this
technique are excellent. I visited his centre and have performed this technique under his
guidance. I have introduced this to the Royal Berkshire Hospital Reading, where we have
been performing this technique since February 1997.
SURGICAL INVENTIONS
1991 - Depth Specific Cone Biopsy Instrument
As a medical student I invented the above instrument to reduce the complication of cervical
cone biopsy. It won 3rd place in a national competition but unfortunately the geometry made
it commercially too expensive to produce commercially.
1995 - Abdominal Guarding Probe
This probe quantifies abdominal guarding. It is currently undergoing clinical testing and
development. Preliminary results have been presented at the Association of Surgeon Meeting,
1998. Now being further evaluated at the Department of Medical Electronics, Royal Surrey
County Hospital.
1996 - Vascular Doppler Forceps
UK Patent Application GB 2 302 025; date of publication 8/1/97. Currently a prototype is
undergoing clinical assessment. The finished product is currently being sold by Arthrodax.
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