5mm Port Laparoscopic Appendectomy A Summary of Clinical Experience in 12 Patients
Geoffrey L Bloomfield. Upper Chesapeake Medical CenterObjective: The development of a 5mm diameter stapling device has made it possible to complete laparoscopic appendectomy with a maximum port size of 5mm. This paper presents a 12 patient case series using the JustRight 5mm Stapler in laparoscopic appendectomy across a broad range of patient sizes and weights. … Continue Reading
A New Age of Biliary Intervention For The General Surgeon
Clay M Merritt, DO, Joshua C Dilday, DO, Eric P Ahnfeldt, DO, FACS, FASMBS. William Beaumont Army Medical CenterThe SpyGlass DS system (SpyGlass™, Boston Scientific Corp, Marlborough, MA, USA) is a single use/single operator system designed to aid endoscopic procedures of the pancreaticobiliary system. Specifically, it permits direct visualization of ductal structures and provides many… Continue Reading
ADJUSTABLE PRESSURE LAPAROSCOPIC SURGICAL CLAMP WITH RELEASABLE REMOTE MANIPULATOR [KARR’T CLAMP]
Javier Carrillo Silva, MD, Roberto Tapia Espriu, Eng. General Hospital "Dr. Miguel Silva"1. Objective of the technology or device In laparoscopy or robotic surgeries, it is required to pull different organs with clamps introduced by multiple wounds, each could complicate with infection or greater post-surgical pain. An adjustable pressure surgical clamp with releasable remote manipulator… Continue Reading
Advance Haemorrhoids: Last Line – Personalized, Purposeful, Predictable and Precise Fibrosis (4PF)
Parshottambhai B Patel, Dr1, Kush Patel, MS Molecular Science and Nanotechnology2, Lav Parshottambhai Patel3. 1Shiv Shraddha Nursing Home, 2SnapFinance LLC, 3University of Kansas Medical CenterStatement of the Problem: Grade III and IV highly vascular haemorrhoids with Secondary haemorrhoids - (between the anal cushions) and Circumferential and Circumferentially Protruding Haemorrhoids with external haemorrhoids is a challenging problem for both… Continue Reading
Amnioseal: A novel glue for sealing uterine membranes after fetal interventions
Sally M Winkler, BS1, Vamsi K Aribindi, MD2, Veeshal H Patel, MD3, Michael R Harrison, MD4, Philip B Messersmith, PhD1. 1University of California, Berkeley, 2University of California, San Francisco; Baylor College of Medicine, 3University of California, San Francisco; University of Washington, 4University of California, San FranciscoFetal surgery has the potential to correct or ameliorate developmental… Continue Reading
Artificial Intelligence Assisted Colonoscopy Can Increase Adenoma Detection Rate
Xiao Xiao, PhD, JingJia Liu. Shanghai Wision AI Co., Ltd.Realtime automatic polyp detection during colonoscopy reduces the number of missed colon polyp/adenoma in the visual field, which help to improve adenoma detection and thus decrease the risk of interval colorectal cancer.? Real-time automatic polyp-detection system detects each colon polyp with a blue hollow box on… Continue Reading
Automatic initialization of registration algorithms using simulated endoscopy images
Ayushi Sinha, PhD1, Masaru Ishii, MD, PhD2, Russell H Taylor, PhD1, Gregory D Hager, PhD1, Austin Reiter, PhD1. 1The Johns Hopkins University, 2Johns Hopkins Medical InstitutionsObjective: The aim of this work is to enable automatic initialization of vision-based navigation systems developed for endoscopy. Most such systems present innovations in registration between endoscopy video and preoperative… Continue Reading
Barbed suture in laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication: Pilot study
Esther F Ferrero-Celemín1, Angel Cuadrado-García1, Jose Daniel Sanchez-Lopez1, Luis García-Sancho1, Sara Núñez-O´Sullivan2, Mariana García-Virosta1, Federico Del Castillo- Díez3, Luis Antonio Picardo-Nieto1. 1Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía. San Sebastian de los Reyes. Madrid. Spain, 2Hospital Infanta Sofía. Madrid. Spain, 3Hospital Universitario La Paz. Madrid. SpainObjective of the technology: The aim of the use of the irreabsorbable barbed… Continue Reading
Bioabsorbable Fasteners for Laparoscopic Incisions
Kenneth S Danielson, MD1, Charles Rogers2. 1Androscoggin Valley Hospital, 2Opus KSD, Inc.Objective: Develop a skin stapler suitable for closing short laparoscopic incisions using a technique comparable to the “Set-back Buried Dermal Suture”. Description: The Set-back Buried Dermal Suture (SBDS), first published in 2010 [1], is an interrupted vertically applied suture that captures the dermal tissue… Continue Reading
Comparing perioperative outcomes between laparoscopic PPPD and open PPPD with SMA-first approach technique for pancreas head cancer
Min Young Park, MD, Woo Hyung Lee, MD, PhD, Ki Byung Song, MD, PhD, Dae Wook Hwang, MD, PhD, Jae Hoon Lee, MD, PhD, Young Joo Lee, MD, PhD, Song Cheol Kim, MD, PhD. Asan Medical CenterBackground: Checking invasion of SMA have a decisive effect on proceeding the surgery for pancreatic head cancer. Although previous… Continue Reading
Design and utilization of a locking jejunostomy balloon cap to prevent overinflation events.
Matthew D Burstein, MD, PhD, Kevin El-Hayek, MD. Cleveland Clinic FoundationObjective of the device: Overinflation of a jejunostomy tube balloon occurs at a significant rate based on our experience with clinical tube dysfunction and incidental discovery on abdominal imaging during admission or hospital transfers. Additionally, there is a potential for iatrogenic injury when tube feeds… Continue Reading
Development of a training simulator for the Step-by-Step TaTME
Shinichiro Imai, Masaaki Ito, Nobuyoshi Takeshita, Koji Ikeda, Yuichiro Tsukada, Yuji Nishizawa, Takeshi Sasaki. National Cancer Center East, Department of Colorectal surgeryBackground: Transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME) for rectal cancer is gaining in popularity among colorectal surgeons in Japan. This procedure carries the advantages of good visualization in the narrow pelvic cavity and ease of… Continue Reading
Differential Advantage of Liver Retraction Method in Laparoscopic Fundoplication – Effectiveness of Fine Needle Devices
Toshio Harumatsu, MD, Masakazu Murakamai, MD, Keisuke Yano, MD, Tokuro Baba, MD, Shun Onishi, MD, PhD, Koji Yamada, MD, Waka Yamada, MD, PhD, Ryuta Masuya, MD, PhD, Seiro Machigashira, MD, Kazuhiko Nakame, MD, PhD, Motoi Mukai, MD, PhD, Tatsuru Kaji, MD, PhD, Satoshi Ieiri, MD, PhD, FACS. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kagoshima UniversityBackground: Liver retraction… Continue Reading
Early cancer detection in peripheral blood using liquid biopsy to expose circulating tumor DNA and machine-learning for mutational pattern analysis
Jonathan Douissard, MD1, Frederic Ris, MD1, Minia Hellan, MD2, James Ouellette, MD2, Thibaud Koessler, MD1, Nicolas C Buchs, MD1, Leo Bueler, MD, PhD1, Frederic Triponez, MD, PhD1, Christian Toso, MD, PhD1. 1University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland, 2Wright State University, Ohio, USAOBJECTIVE OF THE TECHNOLOGY: Standard screening recommendations are available for only a few cancers and… Continue Reading
enlightenVue Single Use 2mm Micro-endoscope Platform with 2 Working Channels
Deepak Kumar Sahu1, Giacomo Basadonna, MD2. 1Alira Health, 2University of Massachusetts1. Objective of the technology or device: enlightenVue platform is a single-use 2mm micro-endoscope with 2 working channels that can be used for both diagnostic and interventional procedures with high-definition image quality. The single-use, cost effective micro-endoscope is the ideal solution to increase the number… Continue Reading