About

We help teams adopt AI with reliable delivery—strategy, integrations, and enablement that fit your tools and constraints.

What we do

Intelligent colonoscopy technology

How we engage

Clinician-led, technology-focused

Where

Cambridge, UK

Security

Evidence-led

Our Mission

Core Scope Endoscopy is developing technology to improve colonoscopy for patients, endoscopists and healthcare systems.

We are developing practical technology around the colonoscopy procedure — helping endoscopists manage challenging insertion, understand procedural navigation and improve awareness of mucosal coverage.

Our mission is to bring together mechanical control, AI and clinical insight to advance the next generation of intelligent colonoscopy.

80%
Approximate proportion of colonoscopies in which looping occurs.
100M+
Colonoscopies performed globally every year.
25%
Potential NHS capacity increase identified in Core Scope's health-economic modelling.

OUR APPROACH

Technology designed around the real procedure

Clinical Need

We focus on real challenges faced by patients, endoscopists and healthcare systems.

Mechanical Control

The Loop Straightener is being developed to provide additional mechanical control when looping occurs.

AI Intelligence

We work closely with clients and partners, sharing knowledge and embracing diverse perspectives to achieve the best results together.

Existing Workflow

Every decision we make is focused on measurable results, delivering lasting value and meaningful change for our clients.

FROM CLINICAL PROBLEM TO CLINICAL TECHNOLOGY

A development journey grounded in clinical need

From identifying an unmet clinical challenge to prototype development, proof of concept and future clinical evaluation, Core Scope is progressing its technology through defined development stages.

Step 01
Clinical Problem

Identify the procedural challenges affecting colonoscopy.

Step 02
Prototype & Proof of Concept

Develop and test technology designed around these challenges.

Step 03
Validation

Progress through engineering validation, AI dataset development and design verification.

Step 04
Clinical Evaluation

Move towards clinical evaluation and translation into clinical use.

Supported by
NIHR
NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme-1
NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme
Hoop Medical
Health Tech Enterprise
Cambridge Judge Business School

Human expertise. Intelligent technology

Our Team

Leadership & Expertise

Dr Medhat Aker​
Director & Chief Medical Officer
Stuart Kay
Chief Technology Officer
Dr Ian McEwan
Chief Financial Officer
Dr Roz Archer
Quality & Regulatory Lead

What clients say

Careers

Open roles

We build high-impact AI systems for ambitious companies. 
If you think in systems, move fast, and care about measurable results — we’d like to meet you.

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Building the next generation of intelligent colonoscopy

We are working with clinicians, engineers, healthcare organisations and industry partners to bring Core Scope technology towards clinical use.

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