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different endoscopes that the systems can start to get pricey.
Poised for a comeback
One technology that hasn't caught on the way many assumed it would is wire-
less video. Why? Mostly because some of the earlier wireless displays operated
at a very narrow bandwidth and at the same frequency range as many of the
other electronic devices in healthcare facilities. They started clogging up band-
width, which resulted in a lot of interference that naturally gave facilities pause.
But wireless may be poised for a comeback. Newer wireless video monitors
operate on a much wider bandwidth, which helps prevent interference between
video displays and other equipment in the OR. The latest challenge, however,
stems from the fact that the systems tend to have about a 30-foot range, and
often there's more than a single OR within that range, so adjacent wireless sys-
tems can interfere with each other. Suppliers are now trying to solve that prob-
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