A Disposable Ureteroscope Offers Enhanced Vision and Flexibility

A disposable ureteroscope eliminates costly repairs, possible scope contamination, and sterilization issues that can be associated with traditional scopes.

The PolyScope disposable flexible ureteroscope consists of a high quality fiberoptical system, which is inserted into a disposable, steerable, multilumen catheter. The channel for introduction of the optical fiber is completely sealed, thus avoiding contamination of the optical fiber and eliminating reprocessing. The PolyScope can be rotated by a single side active deflection of 180° for oblique angle access. The rotation stiffness of the catheter translates the rotation of the steering handle into a 1:1 equal rotation of the PolyScope tip. The connection interface of the catheter integrated to standard reusable 10,000-pixel fiberoptic light source cable system. An ocular attachment with a camera attaches to a 3-joint arm for convenient positioning of connections. The PolyScope disposable ureteroscope is a product of Lumenis (Caesarea, Israel).

"Adding the PolyScope to our product offering creates entirely new market opportunities for Lumenis,” said Lloyd Diamond, General Manager of Lumenis' Surgical Business. "The novel concept and design will provide a competitive foothold for Lumenis in this market. There are also tremendous marketing synergies with our current product line as we can now offer a unique delivery system for the use of our laser technology and other instruments that are commonly used in flexible ureteroscopy.”

"The total cost of using reusable flexible ureteroscopes is high and they must be repaired on a regular basis," said Markus Bader, M.D., an attending physician at the University of Munich Hospital (Grosshadern, Germany). "I also like the fact that because it is disposable, the PolyScope is always ready and I do not have to wait for a reusable scope to be sterilized. My patients also like it when I tell them that the scope I will use has never been used on any other patient.”

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