Olympus introduces new medical devices designed for laparo-endoscopic single-site surgery

(Golin/Harris International) Olympus, a precision technology leader, creating solutions in health care, life science and consumer electronics products, today introduced three new surgical instruments designed for Laparo-Endoscopic Single-Site surgerythe QuadPort, the HiQ LS curved 5-mm diameter hand instruments and the EndoEYE LS Laparo-Thoraco Videoscope. LESS surgery is an advanced, minimally invasive surgical technique in which an endoscope and hand instruments are inserted through an access port via a single incision often made in the navel.

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