Medical device firm seeking €1.1m

Skellig Medical was founded by Conor O’Shea

Conor O’Shea of Skellig Surgical Picture: John Allen

Name: Conor O’Shea

Company: Skellig Medical

The pitch: medical device for abdominal surgeries

Medtech start-up Skellig Medical will embark on a €1.1 million funding round this year, as founder Conor O’Shea seeks to commercialise a new device he has developed to lessen the impact of keyhole surgery on people undergoing treatment for colorectal cancer, and other abdominal surgeries.

O’Shea, who is completing a PhD in medical device engineering at UCC, has been researching ...