Motus GI, a company out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, won FDA clearance for its Pure-Vu Slim Sleeve, an extension that allows the Pure-Vu System to be used with slim colonoscopes. The Pure-Vu System allows for cleansing of the colon and may even let patients skip on fasting in preparation for a colonoscopy.
It delivers pulses of water and air that create enough turbulence to dislodge a good deal of the crap lining the colon and to then suctions it out.
“Having Pure-Vu® compatible with slim colonoscopes will be critically important for patients with complex anatomy which can happen quite often in the inpatient setting,” in a published statement said Tamas Gonda, M.D. from Columbia University Medical Center in NY. “From my in vitro testing experience with the Pure-Vu® Slim Sleeve on a slim colonoscope, the device had excellent handling and navigation performance.
Here’s an explanatory video describing how the Pure-Vu is used in practice:
Flashback: Pure-Vu Colonoscopy System for Cleansing Dirty Colons…
Product page: Pure-Vu System…
Via: Motus GI…