4/1/10 - Officials at TransEnterix announce that surgeons at hospitals across the United States now are treating patients with the company’s proprietary SPIDER® Surgical System.Starting last week, surgeons used the platform to perform a wide variety of multi specialty procedures ranging from gallbladder removal to weight-loss gastric banding to colon resections. Participating surgeons and medical centers included:
Dr. John Bagnato at Palmyra Medical Center in Albany, Ga., Dr. Tiffany Jessee at Palms of Pasadena Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla., Dr. Wade Naziri at Pitt County Memorial Hospital in Greenville, N.C., and Dr. William Kelley at Henrico Doctors’ Hospital in Richmond, Va. “In the past 20 years, we have seen the evolution of abdominal surgery go from large, 6- to 8-inch incisions to multiple small, less-than 1-inch keyhole incisions, which greatly improves patient recovery,” Bagnato said. “With the SPIDER Surgical System, the technology now exists to attain a standard in patient care where a safe single keyhole incision is a reality.”
With the successful deployment of the SPIDER Surgical System, TransEnterix is doing more than introducing a new medical device, said Todd M. Pope, president and CEO. The company is creating an entirely new category of surgery, Flexible Laparoscopy, which Pope described as combining the capabilities of small, catheter-based instruments with the proven techniques of traditional laparoscopic surgery... TransEnterix's Press Release -
