MID Releases Latest Advancement in FloShield™ Laparoscopic Visualization System

Minimally Invasive Devices (MID) announced this week the early release of a new laparoscopic cleaning agent, Flo-X, which is the latest advancement to the company’s patented laparoscopic visualization system, FloShield.  Flo-X allows for active in situ cleaning of the end of the laparoscope without removal from the abdominal cavity.

Combining MID’s patent-protected "air vortex" technology, which continuously de-fogs the lens and pushes away most debris, with the Flo-X wash and its novel delivery system produces continuous and uninterrupted laparoscopic vision during surgery. Previously, it was necessary for surgeons to remove the lens as often as 10-12 times per hour to clean the end of the laparoscope.

In the first 19 cases using the new system, which MID has named FloShield PLUS, required lens cleanings were performed rapidly within the abdominal cavity without removing the laparoscope from the patient, thus reducing surgery times and setting the stage for better patient outcomes.

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