Virtual Ports was founded in 2006 and developed groundbreaking medical devices for laparoscopic single port surgery.
A shift in the market to robotic and human extension surgery resulted in a re-start for the company, taking its proprietary technology and applying it to provide surgeons with the “Freedom to Operate”.
This concept resulted in an innovative operational line of products that provides surgeons with greater autonomy and enhanced surgical flexibility, reducing operational duration, man power and tools.
We are a dedicated, passionate and experienced team of surgical innovation professionals, devoted to providing end to end laparoscopic surgical support, through an un-matched intra-procedural organ positioning with minimal risk to patients and maximum surgeon dependency, helping healthcare systems reduce the costs associated with laparoscopic surgery, whether during or post procedure.
A serial medical device and industry entrepreneur, with a proven track record of establishing and capitalizing high-tech entities. Mr. Sivan was the Founder and CEO of STI Laser industries as well as co-founder and Director of multiple companies including V-Wave, Femigurd, Endoways, AnchorMesh and others. Tovy Sivan is the spirit behind Virtual Ports version 2.0 and the driving force to provide surgeons the Freedom to Operate.
Dr. Tamir Ben David is a medical device industry expert, combining domain expertise with entrepreneurship and hands-on executive management for the past two decades. Tamir founded multiple medical device companies, including: Cogniguard, Endoways, Femiguard, Anchormesh and Vibemedic and serves as active president for OB-Tools and Virtual Ports Ltd.
With more than 20 years of management and investment in medical device companies, Mr. Yaskil is responsible for the establishment and financial realization of multiple startups in the
Surgical field, nano polymers and bio-responsive medical devices.
Mr. Yaskil is the co-founder of polyMERit, Core Scientific Creations and Moringa Virtus and a co-founding member of the Freedom to Operate movement.
With more than 20 years of management and investment in medical device companies, Mr. Yaskil is responsible for the establishment and financial realization of multiple startups in the
Surgical field, nano polymers and bio-responsive medical devices.
Mr. Yaskil is the co-founder of polyMERit, Core Scientific Creations and Moringa Virtus and a co-founding member of the Freedom to Operate movement.
In 2022, Ofra Rivlin became a part of Virtual Ports, bringing with her over a decade of experience as a manager in the field of quality assurance within the medical device and pharmaceutical industry. Before joining Virtual Ports, she dedicated 10 years to various positions within the operations and manufacturing departments at Teva Pharmaceutical Industries.
Anna Babayev is an experienced medical device mechanical engineer and production manager with a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA in Biomed. Anna as mechanical engineer in Virtual Ports, is a member of the R&D team of “The Freedom to Operate” movement. She is responsible for product design, tech transfer and streamlining of the manufacturing process.
Surgeon.
President of the European Society of Coloproctology -ESCP.
Director Division of Colorectal Surgery and
Co-Director of IBD Center @Humanitas
Professor and Director General Surgery Residency Program @Hunimed.
Honorary Fellow of American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, of the Dutch Society of Colorectal Surgery and of the Czech Society of Surgery.
Honorary Fellow of the Brazilian College of Digestive Surgery.
Member of IOIBD and ESA
>440 PubMed scientific publications (H-Index 62 Scopus/ 75 Google Scholar)
Founder of WWW.MICORS.ORG (courses and events on minimally invasive colorectal surgery)
Associate Editor of Disease of Colon Rectum, Journal of Anus Rectum and Colon.
Editorial Board Member of Journal of Crohn’s and Colitis, Updates in Surgery and Coloproctology
Prof. Pansky is an internationally recognized expert in Obstetrics and Gynecology who specializes in advanced gynecological surgery.
He is a pioneer of endoscopic surgery in Israel, and his mission is to continuously improve the safety and efficacy of GYN/Endoscopy Technology and Practices to benefit women world-wide.
Professor Yoav Mintz completed his medical training at the Hebrew University Medical School followed by residency at Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem and Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York.
He completed a surgical fellowship at the University of California San Diego under the mentorship of internationally renowned MIS and robotic surgeons.
Professor Mintz is the first surgeon in Israel to perform robotic assisted surgery, surgery using NOTES (an innovative minimally invasive surgical technique) as well as single port surgery.
Professor Mintz is currently the only surgeon in Israel performing the Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy.
Chairman and Medical Director of Assia Medical. Senior surgeon and prominent expert in minimally invasive surgery (laparoscopic surgery). Founder of the Endoscopic Surgery Division at Ichilov hospital and founder of the Israeli Society for Endoscopic Surgery.
Specialized in laparoscopic surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, in the early 90’s. Returned to Israel as one of the few surgeons who specialized in laparoscopic surgery. He lectured hundreds of times at medical conferences around the world, including in the US, Europe, China, and India, and is often invited to guide surgical workshops and perform live surgeries all over the world. His special interests currently are upper GI surgery, abdominal wall and general surgery.
Want to join the Freedom to Operate revolution?
Contact info@virtual-ports.com