Polypus Medical

From clinical practice to medical device.

Polypus Medical is a French holding company dedicated to development and innovation in digestive endoscopy and digital health.

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A holding company born from clinical practice

Polypus Medical was founded by a gastroenterologist. Every project starts from a problem encountered in the endoscopy room, then becomes a device, a piece of software or a research program.

The group's intellectual property is built with the Hospices Civils de Lyon university hospitals and the Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, and every project is validated alongside hospital teams.

  1. 2024The holding company is founded
  2. 2025Patent filings, both in-house and co-owned with Lyon institutions
  3. 2026Structuring the portfolio: devices, simulation and clinical software

The projects

Devices for interventional endoscopy, software for training and clinical practice.

Device · undergoing certification

Adaptive traction for endoscopic submucosal dissection.

As a submucosal dissection progresses, traction on the lesion decreases and visibility of the working plane degrades. ATRACT maintains and re-adjusts tension throughout the procedure, without removing or replacing the device.

The dissection plane stays exposed, the gesture gains fluidity and the en-bloc resection gains quality.

Developed by A-TRACT device & Co · Lyon

  • Tension re-adjustable during the procedure
  • Attached with standard endoscopic clips
  • Class IIa device, undergoing certification

Device · patent filed, prototype validated

The ergonomic mat that organizes and secures foot pedals in the operating room.

Pedals sliding on the floor, and muscle fatigue from repeated actuation: two universal problems of endoscopy and operating rooms. STEP positions, retains and tilts the pedals for a natural, downward press of the foot.

Compatible with standard pedals on the market, designed for digestive endoscopy and applicable to ophthalmology, urology, arthroscopy and interventional radiology.

Polypus Medical · Lyon

  • Stabilizes and organizes control pedals
  • Plantar-flexion actuation, less fatigue
  • Patent filed · working prototype validated

Digital · prototype online, research ongoing

A 3D simulator to train traction strategy in endoscopic submucosal dissection.

The simulator plays through the key phases of a colonic submucosal dissection, from injection to dissection, with traction clip placement and assessment of dissection technique.

It is backed by a biomechanics research program with the LBMC laboratory and the gastroenterology department of the Hospices Civils de Lyon: experimental measurements calibrate the simulator, and R&D work is preparing intra-operative guidance.

Polypus Medical · with LBMC and HCL

  • Playable phases: injection, incision, traction, dissection
  • Dissection technique assessment
  • Calibrated by experimental biomechanical measurements

Digital · available on iOS and Android

The surgical logbook for surgeons and residents, under 25 seconds per case.

DocStrive lets you log a complete procedure in a few taps, annotate operative photos and track your progression, from observation to autonomy, all the way to a career portfolio.

Confidentiality is an architectural choice: patient identifiers encrypted end to end, pseudonymized clinical data, photos and processing kept on the device.

DocStrive · available on the App Store and Google Play

  • A complete case recorded in under 25 seconds
  • Library of over 218 procedures
  • Patient identifiers encrypted end to end

Research and institutional partnerships

The group's intellectual property and clinical validation are built with Lyon's hospital and academic institutions.

  • Hospices Civils de Lyon Clinical validation and patent co-ownership
  • Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 Research and patent co-ownership
  • LBMC · Université Gustave Eiffel / Lyon 1 Biomechanics research program

Work with us

  • Pilot hospitals and departments
  • Medical device distributors
  • Industrial and academic partners
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