by
Gus Iversen, Editor in Chief | February 27, 2015
From the January/February 2015 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine
Ladd, with EndoChoice, foresees a near future with full spectrum endoscopes using larger channels, better tools, and the emergence of versatile, multi-channel capabilities.
Wetter, with the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, describes a recent visit to an ear, nose and throat (ENT) doctor. “Right there in the office they had a miniature scope and looked right into my sinus, and in five minutes it was done. All new technologies start with the elite and then if it’s useful they go down, so I wouldn’t be surprised if down the road even more family doctors will be doing certain types of endoscopy.”
Meanwhile, Wetter says simulation systems are already starting to allow new surgeons to perform their first procedures on virtual patients. He sees this as a logical step in a movement toward computerization. “We’re getting very close to the point where a surgeon’s capabilities can be checked using simulation,” says Wetter, “Airline pilots do the same thing.”
And from there, as with airline pilots, the sky is the limit. Wetter foresees a future beyond incisions altogether, where what was once minimally invasive will become non-invasive, and there will be no cutting whatsoever.
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