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Teleflex
Percuvance Percutaneous Surgical System
Looking to be a leader in percutaneous surgery, Teleflex also debuted its Percuvance
system at the conference. The FDA approved the system in January. The Cleveland
Clinic is an early user. Percuvance seeks to combine the benefits of percutaneous sur-
gery with the traditional feel of laparoscopic instruments. A needle introducer tip
inserts the 2.9-mm shaft of the instrument into the abdomen. The instrument is then
aligned and advanced through an existing trocar, where the needle tip is replaced
with a 5-mm interchangeable tool outside of the body. These tips are designed to com-
bine the familiar durability of 5-mm instruments surgeons use to cut, grasp and
manipulate tissue with a percutaneous-sized shaft. This allows for a comfortable feel
for surgeons with the added benefit of fewer trocars and smaller incisions. Because of
this, we could see it working very well for single-port surgery.
z PERC'S PERKS The Percuvance sys-
tem combines the familiarity of 5-mm
instruments with a 2.9-mm shaft.
