🎓 Bachelor Project Spotlight: Expanding Global Access to Surgical Training through Teleproctoring 🌍🔧

TU Delft Mechanical Engineering students Rutgter Hering, Moritz Galisch, and Kai van Wijngaarden have taken on a significant challenge: improving surgical training in rural and underserved regions worldwide.

Their Bachelor's Thesis project focused on designing an innovative 3D-printed camera casing that enables a 270-degree view of the operating theatre—a low-cost, scalable solution for teleproctoring. By combining off-the-shelf camera technology with custom 3D printing, their design supports remote mentorship and training of surgeons in low- and middle-income countries.

This project is a collaborative effort between:

• Dr. Gnanaraj J, urologist and surgical trainer (India)

• Inderjeet Singh, mechanical engineer (India)

• The Biomedical Engineering for Global Health Lab, TU Delft

💬 The team engaged in multiple online brainstorming sessions and had the privilege of welcoming Dr. Gnanaraj to Delft for in-person discussions and hands-on feedback on the prototype.

This project exemplifies how engineering innovation and global collaboration can drive meaningful impact in healthcare access.