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Improving colonoscopy efficiency and safety by providing a real-time 3-D display of colonoscope position and configuration.
Colonoscopy is regarded as a challenging endoscopic procedure because of the unpredictable nature of colon loop formation, which may result in an incomplete or lengthy procedure. The ScopeGuide 3-D Imager is the new system developed by Olympus that uses a low intensity magnetic field to display a real-time three-dimensional view of the position and orientation of the colonoscope within the abdominal cavity, by means of electromagnetic transmission coils built into the colonoscope insertion tube.
The endoscopist no longer needs to rely on guesswork or fluoroscopy to determine the configuration of an inserted scope. ScopeGuide assists in the identification of the correct combination of manoeuvres necessary to straighten out loops once formed and is helpful even for the expert.
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