Balloon Trocar
June 16, 2008 1:11 pm | Product Releases | CommentsThe GelPort® balloon trocar features an advanced GelSeal® bolster, which allows enhanced instrument articulation, maintains pneumoperitoneum and adjusts to varying abdominal wall thickness. The latex-free balloon ensures the utmost stability throughout lengthy procedures. The trocar incorporates Applied Medical’s Universal® seal, which accommodates instruments from 5 mm to 12 mm without an adaptor.
LISTED UNDER: TrocarsFive Millimeter Clip Applier
June 16, 2008 1:11 pm | Covidien | Product Releases | CommentsThe ENDO CLIP™ III 5mm clip applier features the innovative Clip Logic™ technology, which is incorporated into the jaw mechanism and allows the capability of blunt dissection. Clip Logic aligns the jaws prior to clip loading, allowing for reliable, consistent clip application. Additionally, a back-lit, liquid crystal display (LCD) Digital Clip Counter makes for easy reading in darkened laparoscopic OR environments.
LISTED UNDER: LigatorsArticulating Hand-Held Instruments
June 16, 2008 1:11 pm | Cambridge Endo | Product Releases | CommentsAutonomy™ Laparo-Angle™ Instruments are a full line of articulating hand-held laparoscopic instruments. While traditional hand-held laparoscopic devices are rigid, these new instruments have seven degrees of freedom, providing surgeons more access and control. Now laparoscopic surgeons no longer need to assume uncomfortable or fatiguing hand, arm or shoulder positions.
LISTED UNDER: Laparoscopic InstrumentsSoft Tissue Dissector
June 16, 2008 1:11 pm | Vascular Technology | Product Releases | CommentsThis new laparoscopic Soft Tissue Dissector (knitter) utilizes a novel atraumatic foam tip for delicate tissue dissection, making it safe and easy to use. The durable, non-absorbent foam tip means that, essentially, one dissector is used per operation, saving time and money. The VTI Soft Tissue Dissector is designed to fit through a 10-mm port and is18 inches long.
LISTED UNDER: Laparoscopic InstrumentsMinimally Invasive Instrument Holder
May 15, 2008 6:32 am | Automated Medical Products Corp. | Product Releases | CommentsThe Iron Intern®, a single or double arm retractor holder, can be used in General, Bariatric and Transplant Surgery. The Iron Intern is used to hold minimally invasive surgery instruments such as Nathanson Hooks Liver Retractor, Pediatric Liver Retractors, grippers, graspers, suturing devices, ports and cameras.
LISTED UNDER: Retractor Holders, SystemsTrocar Depth Control Device
May 15, 2008 6:32 am | Innovamed Inc | Product Releases | CommentsThe Laprostop™ is an innovative device intended to help the surgeon control the trocar insertion depth by providing a way to stop the trocar at a pre-determined depth. It attaches to the outside of the trocar, and can be locked into place at any point along the cannula. If the surgeon chooses, the Laprostop can be sutured to the patient's skin, helping to provide further stability.
LISTED UNDER: TrocarsNeedle Holders & Drivers
May 15, 2008 6:32 am | Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsKarl Storz manufactures over 5,500 products for laparoscopic procedures, including KOH Macro Needle Holders. Combining pistol-grip handles, standard and extended lengths and a variety of tips, KOH Needle Drivers also have a disengageable ratchet mechanism that allows use in matched pairs.
LISTED UNDER: Laparoscopic InstrumentsMinimally Invasive Instrumentation from AESCULAP, Inc.
April 14, 2008 11:50 am | Aesculap, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsIntestinal Bulldog Clamp The Aesculap PL541S Intestinal Bulldog Clip is designed for applications where temporary occlusion of the bowel is desired. It is typically used in laparoscopic gastric bypass procedures during the assessment of the gastrojejunostomy for leaks. At this step of the procedure, the Roux limb can be occluded with the intestinal bulldog clip to prevent excessive bowel and distal gastric dilation.
LISTED UNDER: Laparoscopic InstrumentsLaparoscopic Instruments
March 12, 2008 9:51 am | Mobile Instrument Service | Product Releases | CommentsBooth # 2621 • SpeedLock Laparoscopic Instrumentation can be disassembled in three simple steps for thorough cleaning. The instruments also have an irrigation port for flushing out the barrel when complete disassembly is not desired. SpeedLock instruments have been counter-designed to prevent common malfunctions often found in other modular instrument designs.
LISTED UNDER: Laparoscopic InstrumentsIII 5mm Clip Applier from Covidien
January 14, 2008 5:29 am | Covidien | Product Releases | CommentsThe ENDO CLIP™ III 5mm clip applier features the innovative Clip Logic™ technology, which is incorporated into the jaw mechanism and allows the capability of blunt dissection. Clip Logic™ aligns the jaws prior to clip loading, allowing for reliable, consistent clip application. Additionally, a back-lit, liquid crystal display (LCD) Digital Clip Counter makes for easy reading in darkened laparoscopic OR environments.
LISTED UNDER: LigatorsUniversal Imaging Platform
September 10, 2007 5:21 am | Olympus | Product Releases | CommentsBooth # 2319 • The EVIS EXERA II™ is the only high-definition universal imaging platform designed specifically for application across medical and surgical endoscopy. The flexibility of this system allows for a common platform to be used for endoscopic observation and minimally invasive surgery in the OR.
LISTED UNDER: LaparoscopesVideo Laparoscopes
September 10, 2007 5:18 am | Olympus | Product Releases | CommentsThe HD EndoEYE™ Video Laparoscopes optimize minimally invasive surgery by integrating a distally mounted CCD inside the scope along with the light cable to deliver a lightweight all-in-one system, which delivers outstanding HD imaging performance with an increased level of contrast, detail and color reproduction, providing surgeons with a major advantage during clinical applications.
LISTED UNDER: LaparoscopesClip Applier
September 10, 2007 5:15 am | Microline Surgical, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsBooth # 109 • The Gemini™L Clip Applier features the only Large Clip design, with an extra long shaft, that fits through a 10mm Trocar. With an improved jaw mechanism, the device delivers a patented clip with a unique cross pattern technology that provides superior hold and ligation. This clip applier brings together a superior reposable design, a high quality ergonomic handle and a disposable 18-clip cartridge with an improved pressure seal.
LISTED UNDER: LigatorsIntraluminal Insufflation Unit
September 10, 2007 5:15 am | Olympus | Product Releases | CommentsThe versatility of the EVIS EXERA II™ Universal Platform now allows surgeons to perform an intra-operative endoscopy prior to, during or immediately after a procedure to assess the procedure’s integrity, identify bleeds and check for anastomic leaks when combined with the UCR CO2 Intraluminal Insufflation unit.
LISTED UNDER: Insufflation DevicesArticulating Handheld Instruments
September 10, 2007 5:15 am | Cambridge Endo | Product Releases | CommentsAutonomy™ Laparo-Angle™ Instruments are a full line of articulating handheld instruments for pure laparoscopy. These unique instruments offer seven degrees of freedom for access to difficult areas and for tip positioning and control. They map the motion of the surgeon’s hand, enabling simultaneous actions such as articulating downward while rotating the distal tip.
LISTED UNDER: Laparoscopic Instruments
