Mazur Rongeur
November 15, 2010 5:54 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe ability to increase the accuracy of bone shaping and osteophyte removal. The ability to help surgeons work faster and more accurately. The ability to increase the strength of your cervical spine plate and screw constructs. The ability to increase fusion success rates.
LISTED UNDER: Rongeurs‘The Doctors’ Profiles SPIDER® Surgical System
November 8, 2010 5:27 am | Transenterix, Inc. | News | CommentsThe show aired Friday, Nov. 5. “The Doctors” – which features practicing physicians discussing topical health and medical issues in an easy-to-understand, conversational manner – reaches millions of viewers and just picked up its first Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show in the informative category.
LISTED UNDER: Laparoscopic InstrumentsAdvanced Energy Device
November 1, 2010 7:13 am | Ethicon Endo-Surgery | Product Releases | CommentsHARMONIC ACE® 45E Curved Shears is a new advanced energy device from Ethicon Endo-Surgery that is longer (or 9 cm) than the standard length HARMONIC ACE®, enabling improved obese patients. As with other devices in the HARMONIC® family, the HARMONIC precisely cuts, coagulates, grasps and dissects – without instrument exchanges.
LISTED UNDER: Electrocautery InstrumentsLong Curved Shears
October 20, 2010 7:11 am | Ethicon Endo-Surgery | Product Releases | CommentsEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. (EES) showcased multiple recent innovations and previewed future advancements in surgery at the 96th Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) this month. Of the instruments highlighted included the HARMONIC FOCUS® Long Curved Shears.
LISTED UNDER: Electrocautery InstrumentsiDrive™ Right Angle Linear Cutter
October 4, 2010 3:11 pm | Covidien | Product Releases | CommentsAt ACS this week, Covidien will offer a preview of its iDrive powered handle and Right Angle Linear Cutter (RALC) is a reusable stapling platform that offers microprocessor-controlled precision and push-button control. The RALC was also specially designed to give surgeons deeper access to, and better visibility in, the pelvis for low anterior resection procedures.
LISTED UNDER: Laparoscopic InstrumentsLaparoscopic Instrument Moves Like A Finger
September 28, 2010 8:25 am | Microline Surgical, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsMicroline’s LapFinger is a 5 mm laparoscopic instrument that mimics the movements of the human index finger with a reusable handpiece and interchangeable, disposable tips. The instrument helps facilitate advanced laparoscopic procedures by reaching behind and around objects.
LISTED UNDER: Laparoscopic InstrumentsSelf-Expanding Laproscopic Hernia Repair
September 23, 2010 12:35 pm | Minnesota Medical Development Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsMinnesota Medical Development's Rebound HRD and HRD V are self-expanding Nitinol framed/surgical mesh medical devices designed for the laparoscopic repair of inguinal, ventral and incisional hernias. The super-elastic Nitinol frame allows the device to be folded and inserted laparoscopically through an access port or small incision.
LISTED UNDER: Laparoscopic InstrumentsEndoscopic Imaging Technology
September 23, 2010 12:35 pm | Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsThe KARL STORZ Image 1® camera system delivers 16:9 images from acquisition to display. This addresses the need, especially of laparoscopists, to see instruments entering the abdominal cavity earlier.
LISTED UNDER: Laparoscopic InstrumentsNathanson Hook Liver Retractor
September 23, 2010 12:34 pm | Automated Medical Products Corp. | Product Releases | CommentsBooth #705 The Nathanson Hook Liver Retractors® are designed specifically to retract the liver during laparoscopic surgery. When required, these hooks hold the liver out of the way for the duration of the surgery. They come in a set of 3 (small, medium and large), allowing the surgeon alternative options during the procedure.
LISTED UNDER: Liver Retractor, Self FormingHysterectomy A Success With Combined Robots
August 25, 2010 6:34 am | Endocontrol | Product Releases | CommentsEndoControl, the French company specializing in advanced laparoscopy just experienced its first success with the new application for their ViKY® robot: a Uterus Positioner. On July 22nd for the first time in Europe, ViKY® was used in combination with the da Vinci surgical robot.
LISTED UNDER: LaparoscopesHand Instruments For LESS
August 13, 2010 6:53 am | Olympus America Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsOlympus offer the HiQ LS curved 5-mm diameter hand instruments specifically designed for Laparo-Endoscopic Single-Site (LESS) surgery. LESS surgery is an advanced, minimally invasive surgical technique in which an endoscope and hand instruments are inserted through an access port via a single incision often made in the navel.
LISTED UNDER: Laparoscopic InstrumentsSingle-Incision Laparoscopy With New Instrumentation
August 12, 2010 6:08 am | Videos | CommentsSurgiQuest’s Ultra Low Profile AnchorPort® SIL Kit is used to perform a laparoscopic single incision cholecystectomy.
LISTED UNDER: Laparoscopic InstrumentsEndoscopic Suturing Solution
August 10, 2010 7:26 am | Covidien | Product Releases | CommentsThe Endo Stitch™ automated endoscopic suturing instrument from Covidien enables advanced laparoscopic procedures that require endoscopic suturing and knot tying. According to the company, features include: An integrated needle and suture that eliminates the need for loading and unloading the needle.
LISTED UNDER: Laparoscopic InstrumentsMiniLap Instruments
August 10, 2010 7:25 am | Stryker Endoscopy | Product Releases | CommentsStryker’s MiniLap instrument line allows for access and instrumentation in one laparoscopic device. According to the company, the instruments are designed percutaneous entry through the abdominal cavity, and feature: A diameter of 2.3 mm. Availability in 4 tip styles for a variety of laparoscopic procedures.
LISTED UNDER: Laparoscopic InstrumentsGreater Precision In Single Incision
August 9, 2010 7:26 am | Covidien | Product Releases | CommentsThe SILS™ Hand instruments from Covidien are the latest advancements in endoscopic tissue manipulation, enhancing the surgeon’s flexibility and visualization when performing SILS™ procedures the company’s SILS™ Clinch, SILS™ Hook, SILS™ Shears and SILS™ Dissector offer: The ability to articulate infinitely in a near hemispherical space, allowing access to surgical site from different angles and assisting in providing triangulation and visualization needed to facilitate SILS™ procedures.
LISTED UNDER: Laparoscopic Instruments
