TY - JOUR
T1 - Sightline ColonoSight system for a disposable, power-assisted, non-fiber-optic colonoscopy (with video)
AU - Shike, Moshe
AU - Fireman, Zvi
AU - Eliakim, Rami
AU - Segol, Ori
AU - Sloyer, Alan
AU - Cohen, Lawrence B.
AU - Goldfarb-Albak, Sharon
AU - Repici, Alessandro
N1 - Funding Information:
The following authors report that they have no disclosures relevant to this publication: R. Eliakim, O. Segol, L. B. Cohen. The following authors report actual or potential conflicts: M. Shike, Z. Fireman, and A. Repici have been consultants to the Sightline and the Stryker Corporations. A. Sloyer received a travel grant from the Sightline Corporation and is currently a consultant to the Stryker Corporation. S. Goldfarb-Albak has been an employee of the Sightline Corporation and is currently an employee of the Stryker Corporation. The studies were supported by the Sightline and Stryker GI Corporations.
PY - 2008/10
Y1 - 2008/10
N2 - Background: The Sightline ColonoSight (CS) colonoscopy system presents 3 technologic advances: (1) disposable components protect the reusable parts from contact with colonic contents, eliminating the need for disinfection between procedures, (2) an air-pressure-powered engine assists in colonoscope advancement, (3) light emitting diode (LED) illumination eliminates the need for fiber optics and an external light source. Objectives: To study the operation, performance, and safety of the Sightline CS colonoscopy system. Design: The system was tested during colonoscopy in animals and in human pilot studies. An in vitro dye diffusion test, and bacterial cultures (obtained after using the colonoscope in animals and humans) were performed to ascertain the protective integrity of the disposable components. Setting: Animal centers, hospitals in Israel and Italy, and office endoscopy centers in the United States. Patients: Thirty-three volunteers and 145 patients who required a colonoscopy for various indications. Interventions: Colonoscopy, polypectomy, biopsy, and coagulation. Main Outcome Measures: Complications, system function, cecal intubation, and colonoscopy time. Results: The Sightline CS system performed well during a colonoscopy in 19 animals and 178 patients, without complications. Dye studies and bacterial cultures showed no transfer of dye molecules or bacterial organisms across the protective, disposable components. Limitations: This is an observational pilot study, with no comparative group. Conclusions: The new Sightline CS colonoscopy system performed well. The disposable components eliminated the need for disinfection of the colonoscope between procedures. Advancement of the colonoscope in the colon was helped by self propulsion of the instrument affected by an air-pressure-powered engine. LED illumination eliminated the need for fiber optics and an external light source.
AB - Background: The Sightline ColonoSight (CS) colonoscopy system presents 3 technologic advances: (1) disposable components protect the reusable parts from contact with colonic contents, eliminating the need for disinfection between procedures, (2) an air-pressure-powered engine assists in colonoscope advancement, (3) light emitting diode (LED) illumination eliminates the need for fiber optics and an external light source. Objectives: To study the operation, performance, and safety of the Sightline CS colonoscopy system. Design: The system was tested during colonoscopy in animals and in human pilot studies. An in vitro dye diffusion test, and bacterial cultures (obtained after using the colonoscope in animals and humans) were performed to ascertain the protective integrity of the disposable components. Setting: Animal centers, hospitals in Israel and Italy, and office endoscopy centers in the United States. Patients: Thirty-three volunteers and 145 patients who required a colonoscopy for various indications. Interventions: Colonoscopy, polypectomy, biopsy, and coagulation. Main Outcome Measures: Complications, system function, cecal intubation, and colonoscopy time. Results: The Sightline CS system performed well during a colonoscopy in 19 animals and 178 patients, without complications. Dye studies and bacterial cultures showed no transfer of dye molecules or bacterial organisms across the protective, disposable components. Limitations: This is an observational pilot study, with no comparative group. Conclusions: The new Sightline CS colonoscopy system performed well. The disposable components eliminated the need for disinfection of the colonoscope between procedures. Advancement of the colonoscope in the colon was helped by self propulsion of the instrument affected by an air-pressure-powered engine. LED illumination eliminated the need for fiber optics and an external light source.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.gie.2007.12.062
DO - 10.1016/j.gie.2007.12.062
M3 - Article
C2 - 18501356
AN - SCOPUS:53149122276
SN - 0016-5107
VL - 68
SP - 701
EP - 710
JO - Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
JF - Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
IS - 4
ER -