Preoperative
Better understanding.
Better planning.
We are shaping
the operating room
of tomorrow.
The BOPA Innovation Chair develops innovative digital solutions to improve the quality, safety, and patient experience of hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery.
Paul-Brousse AP-HP hospital
Adjacent to the Hepato-Biliary Center~180 liver transplants/year
Direct accessto the clinical field
100% of our projectsare co-developed with healthcare professionals
Our mission
Advancing surgery through digital innovation
Six months after liver transplantation or major hepatectomy, the mortality rate is around 10%.
To address this major clinical challenge, we develop and integrate innovative technologies at every stage of the surgical pathway: to better prepare for surgery, enhance the safety of surgical procedures, and improve postoperative patient follow-up.
Intraoperative
Better vision. Better decisions.
Better surgery
Postoperative
Better follow-up.
Better recovery
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Our innovations
Projects designed to transform surgery
From planning to recovery, our projects deliver concrete solutions to today's surgical challenges, while helping shape the surgery of tomorrow.
LiverSight
Software developed by BOPA to facilitate communication between surgeon and patient before liver surgery, helping the patient better understand the procedure and take an active role in their own care.
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BOPCAM
A "made in BOPA" device to film the surgeon's hands and movements up close during open surgery.
Colette
A conversational AI that supports transplant patients around the clock.
Our vision
From innovation to progress
Our ambition is not to innovate for innovation's sake, but to turn innovation into progress for everyone.
However effective it may be, an innovation only transforms practice if it can truly be adopted and deployed. BOPA builds its projects around three essential conditions to take innovation from prototype to shared progress.
Innovation
Acceptability
An innovation that fits into
clinical practice.
Designing solutions with healthcare professionals that fit their practices and needs, making them relevant and truly adopted.
Interoperability
Innovation that works with what already exists.
Developing solutions that integrate seamlessly with the equipment, tools, and systems already in use in the operating room.
Sustainability
An innovation that can be
deployed for the long term.
Considering economic viability and environmental impact from the very beginning, enabling solutions to be deployed sustainably and at scale.
Progress
for everyone
Who we are
Academic and clinical expertise driving innovation
At the crossroads of research, clinical practice and digital technology, the BOPA Innovation Chair is shaping the surgery of tomorrow to improve patient care.
01A partnership between three institutions
Founded in 2020 following the Surgical Innovation Weekend (WIC) by Prof. Éric Vibert, a transplant surgeon at Paul-Brousse Hospital AP-HP and professor at Université Paris-Saclay, the BOPA Chair is jointly supported by AP-HP, Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT) and Université Paris-Saclay.
Discover WICBOPA conducts rigorous, forward-thinking academic research, generating new knowledge every day, sharing it with the scientific community, and helping train the next generation of researchers.
55Publications
51Conference talks
7PhD students
8Master's students
From research to impact
The BOPA Chair is committed to turning research into concrete, genuinely useful solutions. We pursue this ambition in two complementary ways: through innovations that are already making an impact, and by strengthening connections between academic hospital research and industry partners.
1. Delivering tangible results in clinical practice
Research at BOPA is already translating into concrete solutions in the field, including the creation of start-ups and the development of medical software that directly serves healthcare professionals and patients.
- 2 start-ups launchedto bring breakthrough innovations to life and scale their development
- 2 medical software solutions developed and deployedto meet healthcare professionals' needs
- Colette, a therapeutic education chatbotfor transplant patients
- MesGardes, an app simplifying the managementof operating room on-call schedules
2. Strengthening ties between AP-HP and the pharmaceutical and MedTech industries
Our second priority is to build and strengthen bridges between AP-HP and pharma and medtech companies, fostering the development, testing, and deployment of innovations as close as possible to real-world clinical needs.
The BOPEX
experimentation hub
The gateway for digital surgery companies to AP-HP.
De-risking
Co-development · Testing
Multi-specialty · AP-HP network
The BOPTECH
platform
Equipment dedicated to R&D in liver surgery.
Hybrid operating room · Ex vivo liver perfusion
Paul-Brousse · Technological experimentation
02A unique ecosystem dedicated to innovation
A dedicated space at the heart of the hospital
A 158 m² facility within Paul-Brousse Hospital, including a mock operating room.
500 meters from the Hepato-Biliary Center
Immediate proximity to surgical teams and the operating room.
World-class surgical expertise
A pioneering center for liver transplantation in France and Europe.
High-volume clinical activity
Expertise spanning the full scope of hepato-biliary surgery.
1stFrench liver and pancreas transplant center
150liver transplants / year
1,500surgical procedures / year
46,000consultations / year
Hepato-Biliary Center - Paul-Brousse AP-HP Hospital
An exceptional clinical environment to imagine, test, and evaluate innovations as close as possible to the needs of surgeons and patients.
03The operational team
Bringing together researchers, physicians, nurses, engineers, data scientists, and legal experts, the BOPA Innovation Chair is supported day to day by a dedicated operational team, fully committed to driving its projects forward.
04The BOPA team in action
When healthcare professionals and engineers imagine together
Our warmest thanks to the entire BOPA community, without whom we could not move forward!
CONTACT US
Have an idea, a project, a collaboration in mind?
Let's talk.
Want to collaborate with the BOPA Chair, pitch us a project, or discuss our work?
Our team is here to listen, explore new collaborations and help bring projects to life that will shape the surgery of tomorrow.
Support us
Support surgical innovation with us.
Every donation, whatever the amount, directly contributes to developing, testing and deploying new solutions for the benefit of patients and care teams.
Support the BOPA ChairSecure payment on AP-HP's donation platform.
Our 3 partner foundations
Born from a partnership between three institutions, the BOPA Chair relies on their foundations to support fundraising efforts and help fulfill its missions.
They support us
Companies and individual donors help drive the BOPA Chair's projects forward. The support of our partners and donors is essential to accelerate innovation and improve patient care.
A huge thank you to everyone whose donations make this journey possible.
They work alongside us
We are also fortunate to work alongside expert organizations and institutions that are deeply committed to our mission. They contribute their time, expertise, and/or equipment to help us bring our projects to life.
Their involvement plays a major role in making BOPA what it is today, and we are truly grateful for their support.
