Carey, Marcus
Bali, Anish
Pandeva, Ivilina
Pradhan, Ashish
Slack, Mark
Funding for this research was provided by:
CMR Surgical
Article History
Received: 16 January 2020
Accepted: 30 March 2020
First Online: 14 April 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All cadaver studies were conducted at The Evelyn Cambridge Surgical Training Centre, Back Lane, Melbourn, Hertfordshire, SG8 6DP, UK. The Evelyn Centre is certified as Health Tissue Authority (HTA) compliant under license number 12603. The HTA designated individual responsible at the facility is Mr Christopher Constant MA (Cantab) LLM MCh FRCS RMIMI. All studies conducted by CMR Surgical at The Evelyn Centre met the required HTA, health and safety, and ethical considerations relating to the use of donated cadaveric tissue in dissection, teaching, research, and development. Porcine work was conducted in accordance with the applicable sections of the United Kingdom Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, Amendment Regulations 2012 (the Act) and in compliance with the requirements of current, internationally recognized Good Laboratory Practice Standards (UK Good Laboratory Practice Regulations; Statutory Instrument 199 No. 3106, as amended by Statutory Instrument 2004 No. 994, OECD Principles of Good Laboratory Practice ENV/MC/CHEM(98)17, and EC Commission Directive 2004/10/EC) and was designed to align with the principles of the 3Rs (replacement, reduction, and refinement).
: Not applicable.
: AB and AP are on the medical advisory board and are shareholders of CMR surgical. IP has received consultancy fees from CMR surgical. MC has no financial interest in CMR. However, CMR Surgical covered the cost of travel and accommodation to and from Melbourne, Australia, to allow MC to undertake the cadaver surgery. He received no honorarium. MS is the Chief Medical Officer and co-founder of CMR Surgical.