[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":140},["ShallowReactive",2],{"Womurg8iL9qxMlUyhaNMo6yqzrB9yjy_P-Diobno6ZI":3,"article_solidworks-entrepreneur-marion-surgical-virtually-removes-kidney-stone_solidworks":10,"_apollo:default":138,"_apollo:identified":139},{"mailchimpAudience":4},{"actionUrl":5,"slug":6,"locale":7,"default":8,"__typename":9},"","solidworks-entrepreneur-marion-surgical-virtually-removes-kidney-stone","en","https:\u002F\u002F3ds.us3.list-manage.com\u002Fsubscribe\u002Fpost?u=ed4601044e1936748c0d2aa6b&id=e5080ff9fe&f_id=002d4de2f0","MailchimpAudience",{"posts":11},{"nodes":12,"__typename":137},[13],{"id":14,"slug":6,"title":15,"uri":16,"excerpt":17,"locale":18,"featuredImage":21,"tableOfContents":30,"content":31,"date":32,"authorJobTitle":5,"author":33,"masterings":46,"globalTags":60,"products":67,"disciplines":80,"seo":126,"__typename":136},"cG9zdDo1Mjg2NA==","SOLIDWORKS Entrepreneur Marion Surgical Virtually Removes Kidney Stone","\u002Fproducts\u002Fsolidworks\u002Fsolidworks-entrepreneur-marion-surgical-virtually-removes-kidney-stone","\u003Cp>Marion Surgical’s mission is to capture and share the worlds’ surgical knowledge…\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"locale":19,"__typename":20},"en_US","Locale",{"node":22,"__typename":29},{"large":23,"__typename":24,"medium_large":25,"thumbnail":26,"srcSet":27,"sizes":28},"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fmarion-surgical-e1494006822157-1024x743.png.webp","MediaItem","https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fmarion-surgical-e1494006822157-768x557.png.webp","https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fmarion-surgical-e1494006822157-150x150.png.webp","https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fmarion-surgical-e1494006822157-1024x743.png.webp 1024w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fmarion-surgical-e1494006822157-300x218.png.webp 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fmarion-surgical-e1494006822157-768x557.png.webp 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fmarion-surgical-e1494006822157.png.webp 1134w","(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px","NodeWithFeaturedImageToMediaItemConnectionEdge",[],"\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"308\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fmarion-surgical-615x308-1.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52866\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fmarion-surgical-615x308-1.png.webp 615w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fmarion-surgical-615x308-1-300x150.png.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.marionsurgical.com\u002F\">Marion Surgical’s\u003C\u002Fa> mission is to capture and share the worlds’ surgical knowledge to improve patient outcomes. This entrepreneur team has built a virtual reality surgical simulator for urologists.  The results are connecting to big data.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fplayer.vimeo.com\u002Fvideo\u002F163465662\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">\u003C\u002Fiframe>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fvimeo.com\u002F163465662\">Marion Surgical early Product Demo\u003C\u002Fa> from \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fvimeo.com\u002Fuser9669578\">ben sainsbury\u003C\u002Fa> on \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fvimeo.com\">Vimeo\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Marian Surgical will be showing off their kidney stone removal prototype at the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.aua2017.org\u002F\">American Urology Conference \u003C\u002Fa>(#aua17) in Boston from May 13-14th.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>You can conduct surgery in the virtual environment with Dr. Rajiv K. Singal, Urologic Surgeon.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fmarion-surgical-solidworks-model-1-615x346-1.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52867\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fmarion-surgical-solidworks-model-1-615x346-1.jpg.webp 615w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fmarion-surgical-solidworks-model-1-615x346-1-300x169.jpg.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp>The entire hardware system was designed in SOLIDWORKS.  Marion Surgical is managing files with SOLIDWORKS PDM, using eDrawings for communications and SOLIDWORKS Simulation for Finite Element Analysis.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>I caught up with one of the enthusiastic founder & CEO,  Ben Sainsbury before the conference, “We chose SOLIDWORKS because it is the market leader, all of our vendors are using it and the learning curve was a breeze for our engineers. The SOLIDWORKS Entrepreneurship program has allowed us to kit our team out with the very best tools so that we can build our company and products the right way out of the gate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"516\" height=\"615\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fmarion-surgical-team-e1494011288944-516x615-1.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52868\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fmarion-surgical-team-e1494011288944-516x615-1.jpg.webp 516w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fmarion-surgical-team-e1494011288944-516x615-1-252x300.jpg.webp 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp>In March, Marion Surgical team, Jessica Henry, Maciej Bartosz Lacki, & Ben, were assisted by Shawn Hall from our Value Aided Reseller, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cadimensions.com\u002F\">CADimensions\u003C\u002Fa>, that introduced Ben to the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.solidworks.com\u002Fsw\u002Fcommunities\u002FSOLIDWORKS-for-Entrepreneurs.htm\">SOLIDWORKS Entrepreneur Program\u003C\u002Fa> for innovative young hardware start-ups.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fmarion-surgical-solidworks-model-5-615x330-1.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52869\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fmarion-surgical-solidworks-model-5-615x330-1.jpg.webp 615w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fmarion-surgical-solidworks-model-5-615x330-1-300x161.jpg.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp>You can visit with Marion Surgical in the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cookmedical.com\u002F\">Cook Medical\u003C\u002Fa> 2024 booth at the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.aua2017.org\u002F\">American Urology Conference \u003C\u002Fa>next week in Boston and see how virtual surgery gives surgeons a real operating experience,  or find out more information about \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.marionsurgical.com\u002F\">Marion Surgical\u003C\u002Fa> on their website, www.marionsurgical.com.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Thank you Ben for being a \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.solidworks.com\u002Fsw\u002Fcommunities\u002FSOLIDWORKS-for-Entrepreneurs.htm\">SOLIDWORKS Entrepreneur\u003C\u002Fa> and sharing this innovative technology with our community.  Marie\u003C\u002Fp>","2017-05-08T09:24:21",{"node":34,"__typename":45},{"nicename":35,"description":36,"slug":37,"name":38,"firstName":39,"lastName":40,"avatar":41,"__typename":44},"marie-planchard","Marie Planchard is an education and engineering advocate. 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