TransEnterix Receives FDA Clearance for Intelligent Surgical Unit
TransEnterix announced that it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Intelligent Surgical Unit (ISU), a system that enables machine vision capabilities on the company’s Senhance Surgical System.
According to the company, the ISU allows surgeons to better control the laparoscopic camera by responding to commands and recognizing certain objects and locations in the surgical field. It is also compatible with planned scene cognition and surgical image analytics features.
The ISU is used with the Senhance Surgical System, which is currently indicated for use in laparoscopic gynecological surgery, colorectal surgery, ch...
Source: Medgadget - March 18, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Cici Zhou Tags: Ob/Gyn Surgery Urology Source Type: blogs
Here ’s what it’s really like to live in pain
I am a retired union plumber with the state of Illinois. I’ve had laparoscopic surgery on both knees, a lower back surgery that required two stainless rods, and I’m not sure how many screws, and three cervical fusions. I now suffer from neuropathy (nerve dysfunction) in my feet. They’re painfully numb: A shoe could come […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 11, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/james-mackey" rel="tag" > James Mackey < /a > < /span > Tags: Patient Pain Management Source Type: blogs
LapTrainer Mixed Reality Simulator for Laparoscopy Training Unveiled
KARL STORZ, a German maker of surgical tools and endoscopy products, has partnered with VirtaMed, a Swiss maker of medical simulators, to release a simulator for laparoscopic training.
The LapTrainer device is a mixed reality simulator combining real laparoscopic tools with a computer generated representation of what is going on inside the model patient.
Students can use the device to do repeat practice sets of common techniques and procedures, improving their skills and gaining experience that would otherwise have to be acquired on real patients.
Patient positioning, how to place trocars, and even how to prep...
Source: Medgadget - February 3, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Ob/Gyn Surgery Thoracic Surgery Urology Source Type: blogs
Switching to Outpatient Surgery for Everyone ’s Benefit
By AMY KRAMBECK, MD
The
trend toward less invasive procedures, shifting from inpatient to outpatient, has
changed the face of surgery. Industry-changing leaps in technology and surgical
techniques have allowed us to achieve our treatment goals with smaller
incisions, laparoscopy and other “closed” procedures, less bleeding, less pain,
and lower complication rates. As a result, patients who used to require days of
recovery in the hospital for many common surgeries can now recuperate in their
own homes.
Outpatient
procedures grew from about 50% to 67% of hospitals’
total surgeries between 1994 and 2016,1,2 and o...
Source: The Health Care Blog - December 19, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Medical Practice Physicians Amy Krambeck benign prostatic hyperplasia outpatient surgery Source Type: blogs
Avatera Robot Cleared in Europe for Minimally Invasive Laparoscopies
A German company called avateramedical GmbH won European regulatory approval for its avatera robot-assisted, minimally invasive surgical system. The CE Mark was issued separately for all the system’s components, including the control unit, the robot itself, as well as instruments, an endoscope, and sterile parts that accompany the avatera. Together, the separate CE Marks allow the entire system to be used in Europe during minimally invasive procedures.
The avatera robot relies on single-use instruments, something that helps to guarantee sterility during every procedure using the new system. The potential for c...
Source: Medgadget - November 19, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Ob/Gyn Surgery Urology Source Type: blogs
Do Virtual Simulations Prepare For Medical Realities?
How do you study organs and complex living structures
in two dimensions? It’s like trying to piece together life on the planet in the
age of the dinosaurs from fossils – almost impossible. So why do medical
schools require students to learn the tricks of the trade from densely written
books and PowerPoint presentations? Luckily, the advancement of technology
brought in another dimension: virtual reality. So, we looked around to what
extent VR as a three-dimensional teaching tool can support medical education. Let’s
dive into virtual laparoscopy, simulated empathy, and co.
Can simulated
realities trick your senses...
Source: The Medical Futurist - September 7, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine Medical Education Virtual Reality doctor Health Healthcare medical student nurse study surgeon Surgery technology VR Source Type: blogs
The decision to undergo robotic surgery is a more than just about the length of the scar
Over the last three decades, surgery has slowly but steadily evolved towards a minimally invasive technique. The standard of care for appendicitis now involves creating three half-inch incisions and using a laparoscopic technique to remove the appendix. This technique uses a camera to see inside the body via a large screen. Instruments that are over […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 27, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/anonymous" rel="tag" > Anonymous < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Surgery Source Type: blogs
Lumendi Gets FDA Clearance for New Endolumenal Interventional Knife
Lumendi, an English firm, won FDA clearance to introduce its DiLumen Ik endolumenal interventional knife.
The single-use monopolar device is used for surgical dissections, performing cuts, and cauterizing of tissues of the gastrointestinal tract. To help perform many procedures that require a section to be elevated from the surrounding tissue, the same device can be used to administer submucosal fluid injections.
The knife is designed to be compatible with the company’s latest DiLumen C2 Endolumenal Interventional Platform, which positions an endoscope within the large intestine to help perform diagnostic ...
Source: Medgadget - August 26, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: GI Surgery Source Type: blogs
Nexus Ultrasonic Surgical Platform from Misonix Cleared in Europe
Mixonix, a Farmingdale, New York company that focuses on ultrasonic devices for surgical applications, including osteotomies and debridements, landed European CE Mark approval for its Nexus surgical platform. The system was FDA cleared earlier this year.
The Nexus combines the capabilities of Mixonix’s three existing products, namely BoneScalpel, SonicOne and Sonastar, into a single system that can be used to perform tumor resections, bone corrections, and a variety of other procedures.
The Nexus is designed to accommodate future ultrasonic devices that Mixonix expects to develop. It is powered by the firm’s uniq...
Source: Medgadget - August 14, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Cardiac Surgery Oncology Orthopedic Surgery Plastic Surgery Source Type: blogs
Levita Magnetic Surgical System Cleared by FDA for Prostatectomies
Minimally invasive surgical procedures are potentially safer, easier on patients during recovery, and can even reduce the cost burden on hospitals, when compared with conventional open surgeries. There are still serious risks that are involved, in large part arising from the laparoscopy sites that need to be punched in the abdomen through which instruments are delivered and used. The fewer such incisions, the fewer possible complications. Levita Magnetics, a San Mateo, California firm, has been working to widen the scope of its Magnetic Surgical System so as to reduce the number of access ports used during minimally invasi...
Source: Medgadget - May 1, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Surgery Urology Source Type: blogs
We Went To A NATO Military Medical Exercise. Here ’ s What We Learned.
In Afghanistan, when we went out for a mission, the
thought always calmed me down that no matter what happens the medical team has
our back, says Lieutenant Colonel Dirk Mathes, currently Desk Officer at NATO’s
Headquarters to The Medical Futurist in the middle of a field somewhere close
to Craiova, Romania. We’re sipping coffee from white plastic cups, while some
military vehicles fire at imaginary enemies in the distance. A live firing
exercise is underway on the first day of the NATO Vigorous Warrior
Multinational Joint Medical Exercise. How did we end up there? Sometimes our
Editor-in-Chief was asking herself the s...
Source: The Medical Futurist - April 25, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine army exercise field medical military military medical NATO review technology telemedicine virtual reality Source Type: blogs
Safer surgery: Steps you can take
Chances are high that most of us will have a surgical procedure at some point during our lives. Estimates based on 2002 data in three states suggest Americans have a lifetime average of nine surgical procedures. In 2010 in the United States, there were an estimated 1.4 million inpatient procedures, ranging from childhood tonsillectomies, breast lumpectomies, and gallbladder removal to cataract surgeries, hernia repairs, and hip or knee replacements. And the rate of surgical procedures continues to rise. So it’s valuable to know what you can do to make safer surgery and a successful outcome more likely.
How do I choos...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - March 28, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Susan Abookire, BSEE, MD, MPH, FACP Tags: Health Managing your health care Safety Surgery Source Type: blogs
Where Is The Best Place For Untying Tubes?
The best place for untying tubes is A Personal Choice in Raleigh, North Carolina.
If you think untying your tubes is not possible… or if you think Raleigh is too far from you then you should continue reading.
Dr. Monteith is the Medical Director of A Personal Choice and he is committed to making surgery for untying tubes affordable and successful for his patients.
No distance is too far to travel if you are serious about having another child after your tubes have been tied…whether you are a woman who had tubal ligation or a man who had vasectomy….the best place for untying tubes is
Dr. Monteith’s sp...
Source: Tubal Reversal Blog - March 27, 2019 Category: Reproduction Medicine Authors: Dr. Monteith Tags: best place for untying tubes Dr. Monteith tubal reversal vasectomy reversal Source Type: blogs
Iatrogenic infertility
Being infertile is bad enough, but when the infertility is caused by an infertility specialist, this makes it much worse !Sadly, we continue to see lots of patients, whose fertility has been damaged because of poor quality treatment.Here is an example ( names withheld to protect the guilty !)I have a very low amh of 1.16. I have undergone 3 cycles of IUI from Dr G, a gynecologist, none of which were successful. After that, I underwent laparoscopic surgery by Dr H, an IVF specialist, for removal of endometriosis cyst. During the procedure , the doctor discovered I had a hydrosalpinx in both my fallopian tubes , so the...
Source: Dr.Malpani's Blog - February 6, 2019 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: blogs
Advanced Medical Solutions Group plc: Acquisition of Sealantis
Winsford, UK, 31 January 2019: Advanced Medical Solutions Group plc (AIM: AMS), the surgical and advanced wound care specialist company, today announces it has acquired Sealantis Limited ( “Sealantis”), a developer of an alginate-based tissue adhesive technology platform, for $US 25m (approximately £19m) in cash with royalties due until December 2027 on sales of any of its products that are currently in development.Overview of SealantisSealantis is an Israeli-based medical device company with a patent-protected alga-mimetic sealants technology platform with a wide range of potential surgical indications under developm...
Source: Medical Hemostat - February 1, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: hemostatguy at gmail.com (hemostat guy) Source Type: blogs
