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FDA OKs Xenocor's Single-Use 5mm Laparoscope with Auto-Focus

FDA OKs Xenocor's Single-Use 5mm Laparoscope with Auto-Focus

The HD, fog-free, articulating, single-use Saberscope is the first of its kind, according to the company.

By Sam Brusco, Associate Editor09.28.22
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the enhanced version of Xenocor’s Saberscope, an HD, fog-free, articulating, single-use laparoscope.
 
Saberscope aims to improve patient safety and costs by reducing hassles like fog, smoke, and steam, as well as workflow complexity and waste.
 
"The addition of the auto-focus capability will truly enhance the likelihood of swift adoption in the surgical marketplace. This would especially be true in procedures & specialties that target multiple quadrants of the abdomen due to requirements for refocusing of the image," Jarrod Kaufman, a general surgeon from Brick, N.J. told the press.
 
Saberscope addresses the clinical issue of cumbersome, expensive equipment that gives unnecessary risk, hassles, cost, workflow complexity, and waste to laparoscopic procedures. Hospitals also have a burden to clean scopes and towers can represent a massive capital expense.
 
The new Saberscope features a 5mm camera with 90-degree articulating tip and compact, reusable Xenobox video processor, which works with any HD monitor or existing tower system. It’s cleared for laparoscopic and thoracoscopic surgeries.
 
"The Saberscope was already the most feature-rich laparoscope approved by the FDA, so this addition pushes us further ahead in the value that we can deliver to surgeons and hospitals," said Tony Watson, Xenocor’s chief operating officer.
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