Instruments & Accessories
Handheld Laparoscopic Instruments
April 15, 2013 10:52 am | by Aesculap | Product Releases | CommentsAesculap offers over 100 patterns of monopolar enabled handheld laparoscopic instruments. The Sovereign monopolar line of reusable scissors, forceps, graspers, and dissectors are designed to meet both the high performance expectations of surgeons and today’s rigorous reprocessing environment.
LISTED UNDER: MIS Instruments, bariatric
Bariatric Instruments
March 1, 2013 10:22 am | by gSource | Product Releases | CommentsgSource introduces bariatric instruments. With their extra long length, they are useful for larger patients.
LISTED UNDER: MIS Instruments, bariatric | Open Surgical Instruments, bariatricSurvey Shows Increase In Bariatric Procedures, Related Costs
December 3, 2012 12:22 pm | by PRNewswire | News | CommentsAccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 36 percent of U.S. adults and 17 percent of children and adolescents are obese, with these numbers projected to rise significantly by 2030.
LISTED UNDER: MIS Instruments, bariatric | Surgical Tables, bariatricBypass Helps, Doesn't Cure Diabetes
November 28, 2012 12:16 pm | News | CommentsAfter gastric bypass surgery, diabetes goes away for some people—often even before they lose much weight. So does that mean gastric surgery "cures" diabetes? Not necessarily, according to the largest community-based study of long-term diabetes outcomes after bariatric surgery. For most people in the study, e-published in advance of print in Obesity Surgery, diabetes either never remitted after gastric surgery or relapsed within five years.
LISTED UNDER: Gastic Banding ProductsSupport Tool For REALIZE® Adjustable Gastric Band Patients
July 12, 2010 8:06 am | Ethicon Endo-Surgery | Product Releases | CommentsEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. (EES) recently announced an 18-month data analysis demonstrating that REALIZE® Adjustable Gastric Band (shown) patients who consistently utilized the company’s REALIZE mySUCCESS® Program lost significantly more weight compared to those who inconsistently used the program.
LISTED UNDER: Gastic Banding ProductsFlex Wound Care
August 28, 2009 1:01 pm | Smith & Nephew | Product Releases | CommentsSmith & Nephew Inc (NYSE: SNN) (LSE: SN) Advanced Wound Management division, announces the U.S. launch of ACTICOAT™ Flex 3 and ACTICOAT™ Flex 7. According to the company, ACTICOAT Flex products have been designed to support physicians dealing with wounds and injuries at high risk of infection.
LISTED UNDER: Wound dressing, bariatricCompany Provides Funding For NOTES Research
July 13, 2009 11:08 am | Olympus America Inc. | News | CommentsOAK BROOK, Ill., July 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Natural Orifice Surgery Consortium for Assessment and Research® (NOSCAR®) a joint effort of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) and the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), announce Olympus' continued funding of research in an emerging minimally invasive transdisciplinary therapy known as Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery(R), with a $250,000 grant to the existing Olympus Research Fund supporting NOTES® research.
LISTED UNDER: MIS Instruments, bariatricImproved Intra-Abdominal Access
July 13, 2009 10:54 am | Surgiquest, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsThe Airseal™ System from Surgiquest, Inc. employs an invisible air barrier within the access port's 2 to 12 mm cannula housing that automatically self adjusts for constant and proper intra-abdominal pressure, using the company's Dynamic Pressure System (DPS 1000) unit.
LISTED UNDER: MIS Instruments, bariatricStreamlined Design For Larger Patients
July 13, 2009 10:49 am | Ethicon Endo-Surgery | Product Releases | CommentsEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. introduces the REALIZE™ Adjustable Gastric Band-C, a new gastric band with a streamlined design that eases placement and has an expanded adjustment range that can accommodate larger patients. The REALIZE Band-C has the same clinically proven high-volume, low-pressure system as the original REALIZE Band, but offers additional features, including: A 14 percent greater stoma adjustment range to accommodate larger patients.
LISTED UNDER: Gastic Banding ProductsNo Scars: New Obesity Surgery Goes Through Mouth
June 8, 2009 7:43 am | News | CommentsLINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer Graphic shows process of the TOGA scarless obesity surgery. (AP) CHICAGO (AP) — Doctors are testing a new kind of obesity surgery without any cuts through the abdomen, snaking a tube as thick as a garden hose down the throat to snap staples into the stomach.
LISTED UNDER: MIS Instruments, bariatricStudies Show Potential Of Pure NOTES Surgery With Toolbox
June 3, 2009 7:20 am | Ethicon Endo-Surgery | News | CommentsCINCINNATI, June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. announce multiple studies at 2009 Digestive Disease Week (DDW) demonstrating the company's novel, investigational Toolbox enables natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) procedures without laparoscopic support in porcine models.
LISTED UNDER: MIS Instruments, bariatricEliminate Abdominal Access Problems
May 22, 2009 11:09 am | Surgiquest, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsThe AnchorPort® from Surgiquest, Inc. is an abdominal entry product that can be used for peripheral applications or for single incision surgery. Features of the AnchorPort® include: 5 mm optical tip trocars are precisely placed for safety, each employing an elastomeric technology to match cannula length to the thickness of each patient's abdominal wall.
LISTED UNDER: MIS Instruments, bariatricGastric Banding Device Introducer
March 17, 2009 11:19 am | Automated Medical Products Corp. | Product Releases | CommentsBooth # 1000 • The Steinberg Lap-Band® Introducer is designed to simplify the introduction of the Lap-Band® and minimize potential tissue damage. The guide is placed into a 10-mm port, which is then removed. This novel Introducer is then placed onto the guide and slid into the abdomen.
LISTED UNDER: MIS Instruments, bariatricBariatric Abdominal Binder
September 15, 2008 6:21 am | Dale Medical Products, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsThe Dale Bariatric Abdominal Binder is an all-elastic, latex-free post-op support that features paneled construction to prevent riding, roping and folding over. Evenly distributing compression to brace abdominal muscles, the binder now includes a new EasyGrip Strip™ which can be placed anywhere on the binder to secure drainage bulbs and tubing without pins or tape.
LISTED UNDER: Wound dressing, bariatricLaparoscopic Instruments for Bariatric Surgery
May 15, 2008 6:36 am | Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsKarl Storz offers a full range of laparoscopic solutions for bariatric procedures and surgeries involving obese patients. In addition to gastric band retractors and large liver retractors, the company offers extended-length telescopes, trocars and access systems, as well as a selection of precision Clickline® instruments that provide comfortable handling to ensure proper positioning and functionality.
LISTED UNDER: MIS Instruments, bariatric
