MeshLock Device Simple Suture Mesh Fixation for Laparoscopic Hernia Repair
Michael Kia. Mclaren Regional Medical CenterEvery year approximately 175,000 laparoscopic ventral hernia procedures are performed. There are significant benefits including shorter length of stay and significantly lower infection rates, significant post-operative pain is still an issue with the procedure. Current fixation methods include tacks, absorbable and non-absorbable, along with transfascial fixation. Typically at least… Continue Reading
Modeling and Simulation of Stress Distribution on Deformable Tissue for a Magnetic Actuated Laparoscopic Camera
Ning Li, Jindong Tan, PhD. The University of TennesseeBackground and Objective: Fully insertable laparoscopic cameras, compared to conventional trocar-based laparoscopes, feature more locomotive flexibility in a larger workspace and thus represent a promising trending of laparoscopic imaging devices. These cameras, typically anchored against the interior abdominal wall and manipulated through magnetic coupling, although have shown their… Continue Reading
Modified Endoloop
Maria Bejar, MD. TEC SaludObjective: to improve and facilitate the use of endoloops during laparoscopic surgeries. Description of the technology and method of its use or application: it is the same type of endoloop we use but, it has a plastic circle sorrounding the tube in its posterior third. This allows the surgeon to pull… Continue Reading
Nanoscience and hernia surgery – a sexy future or a dream that will never come truth?
Barbora East, MD, PhD1, Radek Divin, Mgr2, Vera Sovkova, Mgr, PhD2, Karolina Vocetkova, Mgr2, Staffa Andrea, Mgr, PhD3, Martin Otahal, Ing, PhD4, Evzen Amler, prof, RNDr, PhD5. 11st and 2nd medical faculty, Charles University in Prague, Motol University Hospital, 2UCEEB, CVUT Prague, 3Veterinary University, Brno, 4CVUT, Prague, 52nd medical faculty, Charles University in PragueIntroduction: With… Continue Reading
Negative Pressure Inflatable Balloon Stent
Michael C Morris, MD. Lone Star Surgical, P.A.The most difficult aspect of surgery is undoubtedly complications. Of all complications the gastro-intestinal leak is one of the most feared by patients and surgeons alike. Sleeve gastrectomy represents a simple and effective bariatric operation with few long term consequences and multiple potential conversional options although its leak has… Continue Reading
New Endosuture Instrument System for flexible endoscopic suturing in the GI-tract
Karl-Hermann Fuchs, MD, Kai Neki, MD, A Lee, MD, R Dominguez Profeta, MD, R Broderick, MD, B Sandler, MD, Santiago Horgan, Prof. UC San DiegoObjective: Therapeutic endoscopy such as endoscopic tumor resections in the GI tract may be facilitated by more advanced instruments for dissecting and suturing. In the past, several complex multitasking platforms to… Continue Reading
New Surgical Stapler Designed to Decrease Cost Without Impacting Outcomes in Bariatric Surgery: An Analysis of 120 patients
Pablo Omelanczuk, MD1, Ryan C Broderick, MD2, Ezequiel Fernandez, MD3, Patricio Cal, MD3, Luciano Deluca, MD3, Santiago Horgan, MD2. 1Hospital Italiano de Mendoza, Argentina, 2University of California San Diego, 3Complejo Medico Policial Churruca-Visca, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaObjective: Evaluate safety and efficacy of a newly introduced stapler in bariatric surgery as compared to established surgical staplers. Introduction:… Continue Reading
NEXT FRONTIER IN LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY: MAGNETIC-ROBOTIC SURGERY (MAGNETOBOTICS) INITIAL CLINICAL RESULTS
Felipe Huidobro1, J Jensen1, D Guerron2, D Portenier2, R Luengas3, J Rodriguez4, M Kroh4. 1Hospital Padre Hurtado, Santiago, Chile, 2Duke University, Durham, NC, USA, 3Clinica Bicentenario, Santiago, Chile, 4Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USAObjective: Surgery is constantly searching for ways to improve procedural outcomes, while also increasing OR efficiency. Magnetic Surgery has been developed to increase… Continue Reading
Non-invasive Ingestible Sensing System for Gastrointestinal Secretion Analysis
Luke A Beardslee, PhD, MD, George E Banis, Justin M Stine, Rajendra Mayavan Sathyam, Reza Ghodssi, PhD. University of Maryland Objective of the technology or device: We report an ingestible capsule for pH-targeted sampling and sensing within the human gut. Current methods for evaluating gastrointestinal (GI) health entail imaging or endoscopic sampling. Repeated procedures can… Continue Reading
Novel augmented reality needle guidance for laparoscopic liver ablation
Lung W Lau, MD1, Xinyang Liu, PhD1, William Plishker, PhD1, David A Geller, MD2, Timothy D Kane1, MD, Raj Shekhar, PhD1. 1Children's National Health System, 2University of Pittsburgh Medical CenterObjective: Ablation needle placement is the critical step in laparoscopic ablation of unresectable liver tumors. Even to skilled surgeons, it can be difficult to correspond the… Continue Reading
Novel Clip Applicator for Minimally Invasive Surgery
Simon Erridge1, Christopher Payne2, Mikael Sodergren1. 1Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, UK, 2John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard UniversityObjective: Ligation clips are used ubiquitously throughout minimally invasive surgery for apposition of tissues. However, their size limits their application beyond ligation of small tubular structures. Traditional clip applicators only… Continue Reading
NOVEL SURGICAL DEVICES FOR LEFT–SIDED MINIMALLY INVASIVE COLORECTAL RESECTION WITH TRANSRECTAL SPECIMEN EXTRACTION AND INTRACORPOREAL ANASTOMOSIS
Eric M Haas, MD, FACS, FASCRS. 1) Department of Surgery, Division of Minimally Invasive Colon and Rectal Surgery, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas 2) Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas 3) South East Clinical Research Associates, Inc.Objective: A major drawback of minimally invasive left-sided (LS)… Continue Reading
Preclinical experience using a novel minimally-invasive surgical platform for transoral surgery
Emily K Funk, MD, Phillip Weissbrod, MD, Santiago Horgan, MD, FACS, Ryan Orosco, MD, Joseph Califano, MD. UC San DiegoObjective of the technology or device: We investigated a novel minimally-invasive surgical platform for its utility within the oropharynx and larynx for single-port natural orifice transoral surgery. Description of the technology and method of its use… Continue Reading
Retrograde Endoluminal Vac Therapy: A Novel Approach to Improve Patient Tolerance
Kevin Brown, MD, Alisan Fathalizadeh, MD, John Rodriguez, MD. Cleveland Clinic FoundationObjective: Gastric leaks following bariatric surgery are among the most feared postoperative complications. Although revisional surgery is a treatment option, it carries a higher morbidity and mortality than conservative measures and endoscopic therapy. Although only a handful of cases exist for endoluminal vac therapy… Continue Reading
Robotic Assisted Intracorporeal 3-D Tissue Engineering – The Evolutionary Next Step
Desmond M D'Souza, MD, FACS1, Andre Simeunovic2, Ali A Adib2, Peter Kneuertz, MD1, David Hoelzle, PhD2. 1The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, 2The Ohio State UniversityObjective: 1. Develop tissue engineered materials that are friendly to the intracorporeal environment 2. Develop new additive manufacturing-based (also termed 3-D printing) robotic surgery instruments to deliver such material.… Continue Reading