Endotics System

DESCRIPTION

Endotics System is a Medical-Robots from Endotics. It is built for Medical-Assistance.

The Endotics Robotic Colonoscopy System is a self-propelled robotic colonoscope from Italy with a disposable probe. Inspired by geometer moths, the soft and flexible probe advances through the colon with an inchworm-like motion, gently anchoring to the colon wall and extending itself rather than being pushed from outside, so it adapts to the bends of the colon without the looping and mesentery strain of conventional colonoscopy. The maker says this makes the procedure comfortable and well tolerated without deep sedation. The probe is entirely pneumatically driven by an electro-pneumatic system run by the Endotics manager software. Its distal tip can be steered in any direction, more than 180 degrees on each axis, and carries a high-resolution CMOS camera with LED cold lighting for frontal and rear views, a water jet that also rinses the lens, air insufflation and aspiration. The physician drives it from an ergonomic workstation with a left- or right-handed joystick and grip buttons for forward and backward motion, photo capture and automatic advance, and can work alone from a seated position. Each procedure uses a new sterile single-use probe, which removes cross-contamination risk and instrument reprocessing; the maker also describes the system as having surgical capability.

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