AQUILANT ENDOSCOPY has launched EndoRings, its latest endoscopic device to aid gastroenterologists in improving care of patients. The innovative product easily attaches to the distal end of adult and slim colonoscopes to provide improved visibility, scope centring during screening and anchoring during endoscopic therapy.
In a recent international multi-centre ‘CLEVER’ study evaluating EndoRings in 126 patients, the adenoma detection rate was found to be 51% when using EndoRings, versus 29% with a standard colonoscope (a relative improvement of 70%). The number of polyps and adenomas detected when using EndoRings was more than twice that of standard colonoscopy. The device has three layers of flexible, soft circular rings that gently flatten folds within the colon during withdrawal allowing improved visibility of the colonic wall. Lesions hidden behind these folds are easily missed during standard endoscopy which can lead to a late diagnosis of cancers. Made from flexible silicon, EndoRings are supplied sterile and for single use only. The EndoRings device is compatible with all leading colonoscopes.
