Dutch Mellon Medical teaming up with MedTech designer Demcon to further advance major innovation in surgical single-handed suturing using the Switch®, supported by new financing.

Demcon this year was ranked in the top 10 of the Top 50 Engineering Firms 2020 by Technisch Weekblad – a Dutch weekly magazine specializing in engineering topics. In comparison to last year, we rose by one position to number 10. Read the article in Technisch Weekblad website and view all of the Top 50 Engineering Firms.

Suturing reinvented for better quality of life Abdominal wall closure after surgery is a time-consuming and critical job. In the conventional method – with needle holder, tweezers, and suture – the surgeon literally and figuratively has his hands full. The faster and more precise the suturing, the better the result, and for the patient that translates into a better quality of life after the procedure. Dutch company Mellon Medical has devised an instrument for fast and precise suturing using one hand: the Switch suturing device. Contact with technology developer and producer Demcon has resulted in a collaboration for the further development of the device and subsequent production. Now Demcon is also taking part in a new investment round, which provides Mellon Medical with the capital needed for entering the medical market with the Switch. “Surgeons worldwide are willing to learn this technique.”

Demcon is this year once again in the R&D Top 30. This year Demcon is in 18th place in the annual benchmark for industry and research institutions of Technisch Weekblad. View the entire list on the website of the website of Technisch Weekblad.