LONDON (ShareCast) - Surgical Innovations Group (SI), the AIM-listed designer and manufacturer of solutions for minimally invasive surgery, has reported that pilot testing for its prototype port access products for hip arthroscopy on a cadaver has concluded successfully.

Hip arthroscopy is a surgical procedure which gives physicians a view of the inside of a joint. A small camera known as an arthroscope is inserted into a hip joint, the camera's images are displayed on a television screen and doctors are able to use these images to guide their use of miniature surgical instruments.

SI reported that the pilot testing for hip arthroscopy had taken place in Oxford and had been overseen by one of SI's hip arthroscopy Clinical Advisory Board (CAB) members. Both the company and the CAB member were "pleased with the promising results produced from the test", SI disclosed.

The company said that it would now continue to develop, modify and improve the port access system and announced its intention to run a second cadaver with a wider group of surgeons to test refined pre-production prototypes.

Graham Bowland, Chief Executive Officer for Surgical Innovations, said: "I am pleased to announce that the company's first pilot test for hip arthroscopy was such a success. With hip arthroscopy believed to be the fastest growing area within orthopaedic surgery SI is positioning itself to service the increasing demand for the required high quality, cost-effective instrumentation."

Surgical Innovations’ share price was up 2.42% to 5.30p at 08:42 on Monday

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