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• Airless intubation. Reduce the risk of intestinal
and abdominal distention among colonoscopy
patients with long or redundant anatomy and pre-
viously unsuccessful or difficult screenings by
using Vizballoons by Remington Medical
instead of air inflation to ease insertion. The single-
use accessories, compatible with all manufacturers'
scopes, enable a clear view in a similar manner to aquatic goggles to speed the comple-
tion of cecal intubation with less pain and perforation risk for the patient. Vizballoons
cost $90 each.
• Balloon catheter sizes and ablates. Choosing an ablation
catheter for Barrett's esophagus cases used to be a multi-step
affair. First you measured the anatomy several times with a bal-
loon catheter to detect width. Then you selected the ablation
catheter from the several types you had to stock. Covidien's
Barrx 360 Express makes this a single-step process. The cir-
cumferential ablation catheter unwinds with a balloon to auto-
matically do both jobs at once, saving time in the process.
• More efficient tissue sampling. Covidien also introduced its
SharkCore Fine Needle Biopsy
option for the company's Beacon
Endoscopic Ultrasound system. The
uniquely shaped tip is designed to collect more tissue, and more con-
tinuous and cohesive tissue samples, than traditional beveled needles, with less force
needed. Available in 22 and 25 gauge sizes, the needles cost $350 to $400.
• Scan beneath the surface. White-light endoscopy is standard practice for esophageal
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