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Olive Medical’s HD Rigid Endoscope Provides High Resolution Visualization
Olive Medical out of Salt Lake City, Utah unveiled its HD rigid endoscope for use with the company’s fully HD camera. The endoscope is autoclavable and the company is now offering a rigid endoscope...
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Acuson 300, a New Portable Compact Ultrasound from Siemens
Taking the fight to Sonosite and other smaller players in the portable ultrasound field, Siemens has unveiled its new Acuson P300, a general purpose ultrasound that can be used for a wide array of...
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ProPep Nerve Monitoring System Helps Spot Nerves During da Vinci Surgery (video)
ProPep Surgical, a company out of Austin, Texas, received FDA clearance for its ProPep Nerve Monitoring System for locating nerves during robotic-assisted surgeries with the da Vinci technology.The...
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New HARMONIC ACE+ Shears With Smart Adaptive Tissue Technology
Ethicon Endo-Surgery obtained FDA clearance for the HARMONIC ACE+ Shears that feature the company’s Adaptive Tissue Technology, an improvement over the previous HARMONIC ACE model. Surgeons can use...
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Automatic Sperm Extractor for Automatic Sperm Extraction (video)
There appear to be problems within the Chinese society, as exhibited by a new $2,800 device being introduced to a hospital in Nanjing that helps to automate the extraction of sperm for donation. In...
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Aesculap Introduces Caiman 5 Vessel Sealer for Laparoscopies (video)
Aesculap has announced that its bringing to market the company’s Caiman 5 sealing and cutting device for laparoscopic surgery. The device features a 26 mm jaw, the longest of any 5mm RF device....
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VitaScan LT USB Bladder Scanner Receives FDA Approval (VIDEO)
Vitacon, from Trondheim, Norway, has received FDA clearance for the VitaScan LT USB bladder scanner. The VitaScan LT consists of a handheld 3D ultrasound probe that connects to a standard...
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An Implantable Artificial Kidney: Interview with UCSF’s Dr. Shuvo Roy
Six decades ago the physiologist and philosopher, Dr. Homer Smith, once extolled the kidneys in his book From Fish to Philosopher:Recognizing that we have the kind of blood we have because we have the...
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Acuson Freestyle, a Wireless Interventional Ultrasound System from Siemens
Using ultrasound during interventional procedures can be a cumbersome proposition due to the heavy cables linking the transducer to the main device unit. Clinicians often have to reposition the...
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Mauna Kea UroFlex Optical Biopsy Probe Cleared in Europe
Mauna Kea Technologies has received the European CE mark for the Cellvizio UroFlex confocal miniprobe, for use in cystoscopy procedures.The company describes the device as the “first optical biopsy...
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Flexible Electronics Used to Create SIDS Suit and a New Way to Test Kidney...
Flexible electronics are being rapidly developed to overcome limitations of many current devices, while offering promise of entirely new possibilities in future systems. To that effect, researchers at...
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Cook Medical Introduces Flexor Parallel Ureteral Access Sheath to U.S. (w/video)
Cook Medical is bringing its Flexor Parallel Rapid Release Ureteral Access Sheath to the U.S. market. Unlike traditional ureteral access devices that require the use of two guidewires, the Flexor...
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Bobbi Shield Helps Baby Boys Recover After Circumcision
Male circumcision, whether for religious or health reasons, can be a bit of an unpleasant reality for newborns. The procedure leaves some particularly sensitive tissues open to contact by a diaper. To...
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Embosphere Microspheres for Enlarged Prostate Approved in Europe (w/video)
Merit Medical Systems (South Jordan, UT) received the CE mark to begin offering its Embosphere Microspheres in Europe for relief of symptoms caused by Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH). An enlarged...
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New Robotic Snake for Easier Access for TURBTs
Transurethral resection of bladder tumors (TURBTs) is a common procedure that normally requires the use of a rigid resectoscope, through which tools and an endoscope are passed, that doesn’t allow for...
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Olympus Unveils Articulating HD 3D Laparoscopic Surgical Video System
Olympus released a new laparoscopic surgical video system that provides 3D HD visualization of the surgical field. This is the world’s first 3D HD articulated system for laparoscopic applications,...
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Mobisante Unveils Tablet-Based Ultrasound Imaging System
Mobisante (Redmond, Washington) released its MobiUS TC1 ultrasound system, a tablet version of its MobiUS system that until now was only available in a smartphone format. The system offers a large high...
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Samsung Unveils Its Own Mobile Ultrasound System, UGEO H60 (w/video)
Samsung, continuing its push into the medical device space, has released a new multi-purpose ultrasound to the U.S. market. Dubbed as the UGEO H60, the system features what sounds like a high...
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Microline Flexible Ligating Shears for SPIDER Laparoscopy Platform
Microline Surgical of Beverly, Mass. received FDA regulatory clearance to bring to market its Flexible Ligating Shears. The device is designed for use with TransEnterix’s SPIDER Surgical Platform, a...
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KeyHole Cup Helps Prevent Organ Damage in Laparoscopic Procedures
Life Care Medical Devices (NY, NY) won European regulatory clearance for its KeyHole Cup device that helps to prevent organ damage during initial entry into the abdominal cavity in preparation for...
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