Disposable endoscopic instruments - advantages of use

Endoscopy instruments (injection needles, flexible scissors, grasping forceps, basket retrieval) can be reusable or disposable. Although disposable equipment seems more expensive at first glance, this is not always the case. To compare the cost of purchasing instruments, the cost of sterilization, disinfectants, and autoclaves must also be taken into account.

However, the main advantage of disposable accessories for endoscopy is not the cost, but the prevention of infections. The possibility of infecting other patients, if one of them is a carrier of the disease, is a serious problem in modern endoscopy. Even 3 stages of disinfection (soaking in a disinfectant solution, mechanical treatment with brushes, and steam sterilization at high temperature) only reduce the risk of disease transmission, but do not eliminate it.

Additional benefits of using single-use endoscope instruments:

• The ability to quickly use any equipment without waiting for the autoclaving process to complete.
• Disposable endoscopy instruments in individual sterile packaging increase patients' trust in doctors and medical facilities, as well as their adherence to examination and treatment.
• The quality and properties of the equipment do not suffer, as it is used only once and is not exposed to pressure, steam, or high temperatures.

Single-use instruments for flexible endoscopes Alton Medical are of high quality, reliable, and prevent patient infection.

Disposable endoscope flexible accessories - what they are

During endoscopic examination and treatment, the doctor faces various tasks: the need to cut tissue, remove a stone, inject a solution, and take a biopsy.

The following disposable endoscope flexible accessories help to perform these manipulations:

• Hemoclip. It is used to stop bleeding. It has branches and its head can be opened by 90° to facilitate wound stitching. The hemostat itself rotates 360°.
• Flexible biopsy forceps. This is a tool for obtaining a tissue sample, it has branches (round, oval, notched, needle, etc.).
• Endoscopic retrieval bag. It is a device for removing foreign bodies, clots, and polyps.
• Endoscopic instruments for foreign body removal. these include a variety of grasper, basket removal, flexible alligator forceps, pelican forceps, and rat tooth grasping forceps.
• Flexible emr instruments. The procedure is performed with the help of an endoscopic loop, which can be hexagonal, oval or crescent-shaped.
• Ercp accessories . Equipment - stone retrieval basket, endoscopic papillotome, disposable sphincterotome.
• Endoscopic dissection instruments). It uses electrosurgical knives (square, cylindrical, ball, IT), electrosurgical dissecting forceps and coagulation, endoscopic needles, spray catheters, devices for applying ligatures, endoscopic scissors.