Urology
Urology
Urology
Merit Medical's Embosphere Microspheres for Minimally Invasive Treatment of Enlarged Prostate
Merit Medical has announced winning de novo clearance for its Embosphere Microspheres to be used for prostatic artery embolization procedures as a treatment option for symptomatic enlarged prostate. The de novo classification means that this...
Urology
Computer Vision Algorithm Studies Laparoscopic Procedures to Understand What's Going On
Laparoscopic surgeries are often automatically recorded from the point of view of the endoscope's lens. This is thanks to built-in recording equipment that accompanies many commercial endoscopic systems. What isn't easy is reviewing all those...
Urology
Intuitive's New Budget Friendly da Vinci X Robotic Surgical System Cleared in U.S.
Intuitive Surgical is following up on the European clearance from a month ago for its da Vinci X robotic surgical system with a similar clearance from the FDA. The da Vinci X is a budget friendly cousin of existing offerings from Intuitive,...
Urology
Intuitive Cleared in EU for Its New, More Budget Friendly da Vinci X Robotic Surgical System
Intuitive Surgical, makers of the famous da Vinci line of robotic-assisted surgical platforms, just announced receiving European regulatory approval to introduce its new da Vinci X surgical system. The system is designed for customers that can't...
Urology
Bovie Cleared in U.S. to Introduce Its Cool-Coag Multifunctional J-Plasma System
Bovie Medical recently received FDA clearance for its J-Plasma generator and handpiece featuring the company's "COOL-COAG" technology. Bovie has been famous for almost one hundred years for its electrosurgical tools that cut and coagulate tissues....
Urology
Video from Cystoscopy Turned to High Resolution 3D Organ Model
Imaging the bladder using an endoscope provides physicians a way to discover tumors, stones and other lesions, and examine the organ. The view is fleeting, at most providing a video record that can be examined at a later time. Now scientists at...
Urology
Toshiba Releases Three New Advanced Ultrasounds
Toshiba is releasing three new ultrasounds in the Aplio i-series, the Aplio i700, Aplio i800, and Aplio i900. The company claims the new devices provide superior imaging, including deep and hard to penetrate regions such as the shoulder. The...
Urology
Ethicon's Brand New ENSEAL X1 Large Jaw Tissue Sealer Promises More Comfort, Less Bleeding
Ethicon, a part of Johnson & Johnson, today announced the release of its new ENSEAL X1 Large Jaw Tissue Sealer for working on vessels and soft tissues in open surgical procedures. This device is a competitor to Medtronic's LigaSure...
Urology
FlexDex Minimally Invasive Surgical System Used in Real Operations (video)
FlexDex, a new minimally invasive surgical tool system that we've grown quite fond of, has now been used for the first time in a number of operations at Michigan Medicine. We tried the FlexDex ourselves during a visit to the company's offices...
Urology
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