Posts Tagged ‘endoscopy’
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 »
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 »
Medical Technology Market
One of the advantages of my position at MD Buyline is that I can see in real time who is buying what and when. I did some trending and found ultrasound (up 22%), cath labs (up 17%) endoscopy/laparoscopy (up 16%), and nuclear med (14%) technologies will see the most growth. IT also appears to be growing (12% growth) but not as strong as it did in the last six months. I also found it interesting that high-end technologies, such as MRI, will see growth (3 to 4%) but not like we have seen in years past. 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 »