Does the successful procedure further support the versatility and precision of the Intelligent Surgical Product Line? Are surgical techniques possible that allow for small bowel resection and anastomosis without abdominal incisions? Will the new technology accelerate the procedures related to Natural Orifice Surgery Consortium for Assessment and Research’s NOSCAR and Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery NOTES?
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…Power Medical Interventions(r), Inc. (Nasdaq:PMII), a leader in developing and commercializing Intelligent Surgical Instruments(tm), announced today that a team of doctors used the Company’s i-NOLC45 natural orifice linear stapler to successfully demonstrate a surgical technique that allows for small bowel resection and anastomosis without abdominal incisions. The live demonstration took place in San Francisco on July 12, 2008, at the Natural Orifice Surgery Consortium for Assessment and Research’s (NOSCAR) 3rd International Conference on Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery(tm) (NOTES(tm)).
Tonia Young-Fadok, M.D., Colon & Rectal Surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Nathaniel Soper, M.D., Chief of GI/Endocrine Surgery at Northwestern University Memorial Hospital, and Richard Rothstein, M.D., Chief of Gastroenterolgy at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, worked together to remove a portion of a small bowel through an opening in the colon, avoiding any incisions on the abdomen. After the team removed the small bowel, they proceeded to successfully reconnect the small bowel (anastomosis) using Power Medical’s i-NOLC45 natural orifice linear stapler in front of an audience of 300 surgeons, gastroenterologists, and industry professionals.
NOTES is a new minimally invasive surgical approach that involves passing surgical instruments through one of the body’s natural orifices, such as the mouth, vagina or rectum, to remove a diseased organ or tissue.
Operating solely through the body’s natural orifices eliminates external incisions and scarring, and reduces recovery time, physical discomfort, and healthcare costs when compared to traditional and laparoscopic surgeries.
Power Medical’s Intelligent Surgical Instruments are computer-assisted, power-actuated endomechanical instruments that surgeons use for cutting, stapling and tissue manipulation in a variety of procedures in open surgery and minimally invasive surgery. The Company believes that compared to conventional endomechanical devices, its Intelligent Surgical Instruments offer greater precision and consistency, superior compressive force, improved access to anatomical sites and enhanced ease of use. PMI’s Intelligent Surgical Instruments have been used in over 30,000 surgical procedures worldwide…