Presented by Lars Webb, MD at the Emerging Technology Session held during the 2017 SAGES Annual Meeting in Houston, TX on Saturday, March 25, 2017
Keyword(s): 510(k), advanced laparoscopist, advanced laparoscopy, articulation, biliary colic, Carter Thomason device, direct visualization, Endocatch bag, extracorporeal, FDA, female, FLS, gallbladder, infundibulum, intracorporeal, introducer, lap chole, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, laparoscopic instrument, laparoscopic ventral hernia repair, laparoscopists, LVHR, Maryland dissector, mesh, mini-laparoscopic, Miret, needlescopic instruments, needlescopic surgery, NorthShore, novel, novice, peg transfer skill, percutaneous laparoscopic device, pig lab, pneumoperitoneum, retraction, right upper quadrant, RUQ, simulation, Stanford, stay sutures, subxiphoid, supraumbilical, trocarless
Miret laparoscopic device–29 sec
Early development–1:00
Early trials–2:16
Video clip of device–3:52
Future directions–6:14