About Us

About Us

Livac Pty Ltd is an innovative medical device development company established in 2010. Livac Pty Ltd has developed and is responsible for the manufacturing and distribution of, the LiVac Retractor.

The LiVac Retractor takes its name from the description “LIver VACuum retraction device” as it utilizes suction to create a vacuum between the surfaces of the liver and diaphragm within the device. The liver is therefore attached to the diaphragm, exposing the organs beneath.

Our Vision

Our vision is to minimize the invasiveness of surgery requiring liver retraction and to contribute meaningfully to technical innovations in this field.

Laparoscopy has truly revolutionized surgery.

Patients are the beneficiaries of reduced pain, expedited recovery, and being spared the much greater scarring of a laparotomy – a life-long reminder of that experience.

It has also stimulated surgeons and industry to extend the range of operations that can be done laparoscopically, and beyond that, to refine laparoscopic operations to be even more minimally invasive. Fewer (“reduced port”) and smaller incisions, single incision laparoscopic surgery, NOTES, mini-laparoscopic instruments – these are all worthy approaches with the same goal of benefiting patient outcomes.

The liver is a large organ, which has typically required a dedicated incision for a limited variety of hand-held or bolted on retractors. Options for those surgeons seeking to avoid this extra incision have been limited to a few totally internal retractors, which the liver has a tendency to “drape” over. Suturing the liver to the abdominal wall is traumatic, and not adjustable.

LiVac is a simple solution.

The LiVac Retractor is unique in being the only liver retractor that attaches to the superior surface of the liver, and therefore cannot cause any compression or congestion. It is out of the field of surgery and does not require a separate incision. It is disposable, hence always available.