# seecure

> seecure is a medtech company based in Eindhoven, in the Brainport technology region of the Netherlands. It develops seecure sense: a smart, handheld instrument for pedicle screw placement in spine surgery that gives surgeons real-time, tissue-level sensing and a look-ahead distance before a breach. It works standalone with freehand technique and complements navigation and robotic systems. Mission: safer spine surgery for every patient and surgical team — everywhere, every time.

This file is a plain-language summary of seecuresurgery.com for AI assistants and researchers, including investors doing due diligence. Every statement below is taken from the public pages of this website. For anything not covered here, contact the company directly.

## Company facts

- Legal entity: seecure surgery group BV (Dutch Chamber of Commerce / KvK 95896104)
- Address: Achtseweg Zuid 159R, 5651 GW Eindhoven, the Netherlands (Brainport Eindhoven region)
- US entity: seecure surgery INC, US incorporation planned for H2 2026
- Contact: info@seecurespine.com · +1 840 841 25 69 · https://linkedin.com/company/seecure-spine
- Product names are written in lower case: seecure sense, seecure spine

## The problem

- Pedicle screw placement is one of the most critical steps in spinal fusion surgery. The pedicle corridor is narrow: a millimeter off course can separate a safe placement from serious complications such as nerve injury, vascular perforation or revision surgery.
- About 6.5 million pedicle screws are placed each year worldwide, so even small error rates have a large human and financial impact.
- Navigation and robotic systems do not remove the problem: published intraoperative revision rates due to misplacement are 8.1–12.9% with navigation and 2.3–8.8% with robotics. Annual revision expenditure in the USA alone is estimated at $1.5B.
- Current approaches rely on imaging (repeated fluoroscopy, intraoperative CT), which exposes surgical teams and patients to radiation. Intraoperative CT delivers 3–10× higher doses than fluoroscopy.
- Navigation and robotic systems need long setup, calibration and registration, extra staff and high capital and running costs, so they are not viable in every OR or every case (for example emergency cases, ambulatory surgery centers and smaller hospitals).
- None of the existing approaches sense tissue in real time in the last millimeters before a breach.

## The solution: seecure sense

- A smart instrument consisting of a reusable smart handle and interchangeable smart shafts (probe, awl and tap).
- Gives tissue-level sensing plus a look-ahead distance, so the surgeon knows not only where the instrument is but what lies ahead in the critical zone.
- Clear feedback for the whole OR team through tones, haptics and green/amber/red visuals.
- Confidence from tissue sensing instead of repeated imaging shots: fewer fluoroscopy shots per screw and no 3D scan or registration delays.
- Universal: enhances freehand technique and complements navigation and robotic workflows, in any OR, at any time.
- Low capital expenditure: an in-hand sensing layer that scales to every OR, every shift and every case type, designed to be affordable, simple and precise.

## Market opportunity (company estimates, from the Opportunities page)

- About 1.2 million spinal fusion procedures per year globally; around 85% are instrumented and around 70% of those use pedicle screw fixation.
- Global procedure costs of $30–40B per year.
- The Opportunities page includes an interactive market model (TAM / SAM / SOM) with an illustrative price of $700 per instrument. The figures are directional estimates, not audited counts.
- Business model logic: low capex per OR instead of six-figure capital equipment, which fits ambulatory surgery centers, mid-sized and rural hospitals and ORs without navigation or robotics, as well as hospitals that already own them.

## Team

Management:
- Michel van Bruggen — CEO
- Franklin Schuling — CTO (Technology)
- Michael Piccirillo — CCO (Commercialization)
- Marinus de Kleuver MD — CMO (Clinical)
- Gert de Vries — CRO (Regulatory)
- Remko Enserink — CPO (Product)
- Klaas Wijbrans — System Architect
- Ron Maurer — Advisory Board (Investors)

Medical Advisory Board (international):
- Marinus de Kleuver MD — Chair (Netherlands)
- Klaus Schnake MD (Germany)
- Saumyajit Basu MD (India)
- Amer F. Samdani MD (United States)

The team describes itself as experienced medtech leaders who have brought new surgical technologies to market before.

## Why Eindhoven / Brainport

seecure is located in Eindhoven, at the heart of Brainport, one of Europe's leading high-tech regions, known for precision engineering, photonics, sensing and medical technology.

## Pages

- [Home](https://seecuresurgery.com/): overview of the challenge, the solution and the opportunity
- [Challenges](https://seecuresurgery.com/challenges): the five problems in spine surgery today, with sources and figures
- [Solutions](https://seecuresurgery.com/solutions): how seecure sense works, comparison with freehand, smart tools, navigation, robotics and augmented reality, and the solution video
- [Opportunities](https://seecuresurgery.com/opportunities): market size and interactive market model
- [Company](https://seecuresurgery.com/company): mission, management team and Medical Advisory Board
- [Contact](https://seecuresurgery.com/contact): contact form, email, phone and address

## Notes for accurate use

- seecure sense is a medical device in development; it is not described on this site as cleared or approved for sale in any market.
- Market figures are company estimates for investor decision-making, not audited data.
- Investor and partnership enquiries: info@seecurespine.com