CHICAGO, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Ethicon Endo-Surgery introduced several novel surgical solutions at the 95th Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, highlighting how the company is enabling innovation through collaboration across the continuum of surgical techniques and options. A surgeon-only online community, first-of-its-kind technology to improve surgical visualization, a new Access System for single-site laparoscopy (SSL), and an articulating endoscopic linear cutter are among the latest additions to the Ethicon Endo-Surgery portfolio of solutions that respond to surgeon and patient needs.
The online community, sponsored by Ethicon Endo-Surgery and unveiled at ACS, is designed specifically for registered surgeons to post and share best-practice procedures, tips and technique videos with their fellow surgeons. Attendees at ACS have the opportunity to preview the community, which has been developed in collaboration with surgeons as a complement to traditional educational resources in an effort to increase peer-to-peer discussion. Community members will have the ability to post comments in real-time on videos hosted on the site and respond to comments left by other users. The community will be moderated by a panel of surgeons.
“We collaborate with a worldwide network of surgeons to drive the development of new and novel solutions that are designed to improve outcomes for patients and the overall experience for surgeons,” said Kevin Lobo, worldwide president, Ethicon Endo-Surgery. “A prime example is the online community we are introducing at ACS, which is designed to provide a place to initiate discussions between surgeons about different surgical techniques and approaches across the continuum of surgery. It’s a new and easy way in today’s time-crunched world for surgeons to increase the knowledge among us and collaborate in our collective pursuit of advancing surgery to improve patient care.”
New product innovations introduced at the Annual ACS Clinical Congress include:
As part of this ongoing collaboration with surgeons to advance the future of surgery, the company also is hosting a panel discussion, “Explore New Frontiers in Innovation,” that will feature three leading surgeons and a keynote address from Bernard A. Harris, M.D., former NASA clinical scientist and flight surgeon. The discussion will focus on how research and development for innovations of the future can produce benefits to surgeons today. Dr. Harris will discuss how NASA research has impacted surgery and medicine.
The panel will feature Dr. Santiago Horgan, director of minimally invasive surgery at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine; Dr. Alan Wittgrove, laparoscopic gastric bypass surgeon of the Wittgrove Bariatric Surgery Center and former president of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery; and Dr. Moises Jacob, director of the Advanced Surgical Institute at Mercy Hospital in Miami, Florida and clinical associate professor in the department of surgery, FIU College of Medicine.
About Ethicon Endo-Surgery
Ethicon Endo-Surgery develops and markets advanced medical devices for minimally invasive and open surgical procedures, focusing on procedure-enabling devices for the interventional diagnosis and treatment of conditions in general and bariatric surgery, as well as gastrointestinal health, gynecology and surgical oncology. More information can be found at www.ethiconendo.com.
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