Archive for the ‘Endoscopy’ Category
New ‘swallowable endoscope’ offers sedation free imaging of esophageal wall
Researchers at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital have developed a promising new swallowable endoscope that will allow physicians to visualize the gastrointestinal tract without sedation. The yet unnamed miniature imaging system was described in a study published earlier this month in Nature Medicine and has been characterized as a possible alternative to the traditional upper intestinal endoscopy for visualization and detection of Barrett’s esophagus. Read More »
Karl Storz Site Visit
Recently I, along with fellow analyst Casie Leiby, took a trip to El Segundo, California to visit the Karl Storz [...] Read More »
Compact Video Systems are Now an Option
With millions of surgical procedures performed each year, video systems are a standard of care. Most video systems consist of [...] Read More »
A Great Debate: What Type of Fluoroscopy System Will Suit My Needs?
The global awareness and proactive reduction of radiation exposure from radiologic procedures has been a pretty hot topic in healthcare [...] Read More »
SpyGlass System, Now You See It…
We have seen a lot of interest in the SpyGlass System, a unique technology that allows the physican to inspect [...] Read More »
In Vivo Endomicroscopy, Next Generation Screening
An interesting find recently is in vivo endomicroscopy, which provides 1,000x magnification with an endoscope. This makes it possible for [...] Read More »
Making Colonoscopy Pay
I was going through the MD Buyline database and found that endoscopy technology costs have been increasing at a rate [...] Read More »
Making Disposable Scopes Possible
New manufacturing processes have allowed engineers to place up to 30,000 image sensors in a 3-mm camera head at a fraction of the cost of existing cameras, which opens the door to a lot more applications. Not only can flexible scopes be made into single-use devices, the 3-mm cameras can now be mounted on the end of instruments, such as biopsy forceps. Read More »