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02-24-2017, 07:23 PM
FlexDex Minimally Invasive Surgical System Used in Real Operations (video)
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FlexDex, a new minimally invasive surgical tool system that we’ve grown quite fond of, has **w been used for the first timeآ*in a number of operations at Michigan Medicine. We tried the FlexDex ourselves during a visit to the company’s ******s last year and, hoping **t to exaggerate, we felt that the system really is set to revolutionize minimally invasive surgery. It is even set to compete with expensive robotic surgical systems at a cost orders of magnitude lower.
Unlike existing commonly used minimally invasive tools, the FlexDex is very intuitive and ergo**mic to use. The working tip flexes in the same direction as the handle and it can be rotated infinitely in one direction by simply rotating the handle. There are ** levers to turn or buttons to press. There’s only a trigger that always rests in the palm that is used to activate the instrument at the tip. Here’s a short video of a twelve year old stitching using the FlexDex (https://vimeo.com/165624589) to dissolve any doubts about its ease of use.
FlexDex Inc. is a spi**ff of the University of Michigan, and the university hasآ*just released this video with the team that helped to develop and commercialize it showing off how it works:
Flashbacks:آ*Hands-On With The Revolutionary FlexDex Laparascopic Instrument Platform… (http://www.medgadget.com/2016/06/flexdex-minimally-invasive-tool-control-system.html);آ*FlexDex: A New Control System for Minimally Invasive Surgical Tools… (http://www.medgadget.com/2015/12/flexdex-a-new-control-system-for-minimally-invasive-surgical-tools.html);آ*Medgadgetâ??s Best Medical Tech**logies of 2016… (http://www.medgadget.com/2016/12/medgadgets-best-medical-tech**logies-2016.html)
Link: FlexDex… (http://flexdex.com/)
More from آ*University of Michigan… (http://www.regents.umich.edu/)
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http://www.medgadget.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/FlexDex.jpg
FlexDex, a new minimally invasive surgical tool system that we’ve grown quite fond of, has **w been used for the first timeآ*in a number of operations at Michigan Medicine. We tried the FlexDex ourselves during a visit to the company’s ******s last year and, hoping **t to exaggerate, we felt that the system really is set to revolutionize minimally invasive surgery. It is even set to compete with expensive robotic surgical systems at a cost orders of magnitude lower.
Unlike existing commonly used minimally invasive tools, the FlexDex is very intuitive and ergo**mic to use. The working tip flexes in the same direction as the handle and it can be rotated infinitely in one direction by simply rotating the handle. There are ** levers to turn or buttons to press. There’s only a trigger that always rests in the palm that is used to activate the instrument at the tip. Here’s a short video of a twelve year old stitching using the FlexDex (https://vimeo.com/165624589) to dissolve any doubts about its ease of use.
FlexDex Inc. is a spi**ff of the University of Michigan, and the university hasآ*just released this video with the team that helped to develop and commercialize it showing off how it works:
Flashbacks:آ*Hands-On With The Revolutionary FlexDex Laparascopic Instrument Platform… (http://www.medgadget.com/2016/06/flexdex-minimally-invasive-tool-control-system.html);آ*FlexDex: A New Control System for Minimally Invasive Surgical Tools… (http://www.medgadget.com/2015/12/flexdex-a-new-control-system-for-minimally-invasive-surgical-tools.html);آ*Medgadgetâ??s Best Medical Tech**logies of 2016… (http://www.medgadget.com/2016/12/medgadgets-best-medical-tech**logies-2016.html)
Link: FlexDex… (http://flexdex.com/)
More from آ*University of Michigan… (http://www.regents.umich.edu/)
This post FlexDex Minimally Invasive Surgical System Used in Real Operations (video) (http://www.medgadget.com/2017/02/flexdex-minimally-invasive-surgical-system-used-real-operations.html) appeared first on Medgadget (http://www.medgadget.com).
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