FlexDex Minimally Invasive Surgical System Used in Real Operations (video)
 

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 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…;آ*FlexDex: A New Control System for Minimally Invasive Surgical Tools…;آ*Medgadgetâ??s Best Medical Tech**logies of 2016…

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