Olympus announced today that it agreed to a new business alliance with Sony over medical devices — specifically endoscopes. The two companies first entered into a collaboration in September 2012, establishing Sony Olympus Medical Solutions. The joint venture aimed to combine Olympus’ lens and optical technologies, plus brand and R&D, with Sony’s broad range of […]
Endoscopic
Ambu has a reimbursement win for its single-use bronchoscope
Ambu announced today that CMS has approved a transitional pass-through (TPT) payment for its aScope 5 Broncho HD. The TPT payment, effective Jan. 1, 2024, will last for 24–36 months, allowing incremental reimbursement for outpatient procedures using the device. The aScope 5 Broncho HD series is Ambu’s latest generation of single-use bronchoscope. Cleared by the […]
Pristine Surgical fully launches single-use arthroscope in the U.S.
Pristine Surgical announced today that it accelerated the launch of its first-of-its-kind Summit 4K single-use surgical arthroscope. Summit combines a 4K single-use surgical arthroscope with the company’s cloud-based software Pristine Connect. The device provides a high-definition image every time. The scope is simple to set up and 100% sterile, Pristine said. Its transparent pricing model […]
Neptune Medical brings on Intuitive co-founder as its board chair
Neptune Medical, the parent company of Triton Medical Robotics, has appointed a new board chair — and he’s well-known in surgical robotics. Dr. Fred Moll co-founded surgical robotics pioneer Intuitive in 1995. In recent years, he led robotic surgery developer Auris Health to its $3.4 billion sale to Johnson & Johnson in 2019. He’s presently […]
Medtronic says defective McGrath Mac video laryngoscopes were stolen and offered for sale illegally
Medtronic issued a notification to warn of stolen, defective McGrath Mac video laryngoscopes offered for sale by unauthorized third parties. The company informed the public of the illegal offering of the devices by third parties through various social media platforms. Affected products failed to pass Medtronic’s rigorous tests established for the product. The company did […]
Ambu wins CE mark for therapeutic gastroscope
Ambu announced that it launched its new, larger-sized gastroscopy solution in Europe after receiving CE mark approval. The aScope gastro large and Ambu aBox 2 expand the company’s gastroenterology (GI) offerings in Europe. It designed and tested the solution in close collaboration with leading GI experts. Ambu targets an expansion of more than 1.5 million […]
BD enrolls first patient in study of stent graft for treating portal hypertension
BD (NYSE:BDX) announced today that it completed the enrollment of the first patient in a trial of its Liverty TIPS stent graft. Franklin Lakes, New Jersey-based BD’s ARCH FDA investigational device exemption (IDE) study evaluates the safety and effectiveness of Liverty. The global, prospective, multi-center, single-arm clinical study looks at the investigational device in the […]
Masimo SedLine could improve brain monitoring during endoscopy, study says
Masimo today announced positive study findings from an evaluation of its SedLine brain function monitoring. Dr. Lichy Han and colleagues at Stanford University evaluated SedLine, publishing their findings in Frontiers in Neuroscience. They looked at SedLine’s ability to assess the sedation levels of patients undergoing drug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE) with dexmedetomidine. Irvine, California-based Masimo said […]
Microbot Medical completes pre-clinical study of endovascular surgical robot
Microbot Medical (Nasdaq:MBOT) announced today that it successfully completed an extended pre-clinical study of its surgical robot system. Hingham, Massachusetts-based Microbot develops the Liberty single-use endovascular robotic surgical system. It designed Liberty for use in neurovascular, cardiovascular and peripheral vascular procedures. The system includes a compact design and remote operating capabilities to reduce radiation exposure […]
Cook Medical gets FDA nod for endovascular graft trial for treating aortic aneurysm
Cook Medical received FDA approval to initiate an investigational device exemption (IDE) study for an aortic aneurysm treatment. The study will evaluate the Zenith Fenestrated + Endovascular Graft (ZFEN+). It assesses the safety and effectiveness of ZFEN+ in combination with Bentley’s InnoMed BeGraft balloon-expandable Fevar bridging stent graft system. The companies aim to look at […]
Gore initiates study to compare VBX stent graft, metal stenting
Gore announced today that it initiated a clinical study comparing its VBX stent graft to bare metal stenting. The FORWARD study evaluates the methods in the treatment of complex iliac occlusive disease. Gore’s prospective, multicenter, randomized controlled trial includes up to 40 sites in the U.S., Australia, New Zealand and Europe. The company estimates a […]
