Invendo Medical, a German firm, received European CE Mark approval for its invendoscope SC200 single-use robotically-assisted colonoscope. The device has a 3.1 mm working channel, a 35 mm bending radius, and has standard features like rinsing, flushing, suction, and insufflation.
It comes in sterile and ready to go, and is disposed of following a procedure. There are no associated costs of cleaning the device between uses, allowing clinics to potentially save money and time not having to reprocess scopes after each patient. The hand controller is used to orient the distal end of the endoscope and it, along with the supply and processing unit, are reusable.
The device received FDA clearance back in 2013.
Product page: invendoscope SC200…
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Via: invendo medical…
