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: