vopemed

AIDigital Health & HealthTechMontréal, QC

Montréal company developing CLARIS, AI software that removes surgical smoke and debris from minimally invasive surgery video in real time to give surgeons, and downstream surgical AI models, a clearer view.

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About

Company site: vope.ai

Montréal company developing CLARIS, AI software that removes surgical smoke and debris from minimally invasive surgery video in real time to give surgeons, and downstream surgical AI models, a clearer view.

  • Operates as Vope Medical Inc., federal corporation 1324256-1, status Active, registered office on rue du Square-Victoria in Montréal; its co-founders hold control. ised-isde.canada.ca

  • NRC IRAP contributed $85,000 (October 2025 to March 2026) for CLARIS real-time AI-driven surgical image clarification. search.open.canada.ca

  • Selected in INOVAIT's June 2026 AI image-guided therapy funding to evaluate CLARIS with University Health Network; per-project awards are up to $150,000 and Vope's amount is not published. inovait.ca

Products & Services

Company site: vope.ai

Products vopemed publishes on its own site. Each card links to the page it was taken from.

CLARIS

AI surgical visualisation

Company describes AI-powered software that enhances intraoperative visualisation by removing electrocautery smoke plume and debris in real time, and provides a cleaner visual input for surgical AI models.

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Partnerships

Publicly announced partnerships.

University Health Network

Collaborating with Vope Medical to evaluate CLARIS under INOVAIT's 2026 image-guided therapy funding.

Government & Grants

Government support actually received. Unpublished amounts are left out.

  1. NRC IRAP — CLARIS real-time AI surgical image clarification

  2. INOVAIT — AI-powered image-guided therapy R&D (with University Health Network)

Recent News

  1. Jun 9, 2026Government

    INOVAIT and Government of Canada fund new R&D projects in AI-powered image-guided therapy

    INOVAIT funded ten projects; Vope Medical, with University Health Network, will evaluate CLARIS. INOVAIT's $1.35M commitment covers all ten projects, with each receiving up to $150,000.

  2. Apr 9, 2025Research

    Quantifying lens obstructions in minimally invasive surgery

    vopemed researchers published a Frontiers in Surgery study quantifying how lens obstructions such as smoke affect minimally invasive surgery.

People

Sourced from the company's own pages or announcements.

Amy Lorincz

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer

Timothée Bernard

Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer

Technology Focus

Company site: vope.ai

Terms the company uses about its own work.

AI-enhanced visionIntraoperative visualizationSurgical smoke removal

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