EndoSheath® Technology has been utilized in various specialties over the past fifteen years. A number of research studies have been conducted on the clinical implementation, endoscopic quality, and efficacy of the EndoSheath® Technology.
For further information on any of the research listed below, please contact the Vision-Sciences Marketing Department.
UROLOGY
Evaluation of practice efficiency with a novel sheathed flexible cystoscope: a randomized controlled trial.
Krebs A, Borin JF, Kim IY, Jackson DJ, McDougall EM, Clayman RV.
Department of Urology, University of California, Irvine, Medical Center, Orange, California
92868, USA.
Out-patient flexible cystoscopy using a disposable slide-on endosheath system.
Kimuli M, Lloyd SN.
Pyrah Department of Urology, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK.
Sterile disposable sheath system for flexible cystoscopes.
Lawrentschuk N, Chamberlain M.
Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, Austin Hospital,
Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.
PULMONOLOGY
Novel flexible bronchoscope and single-use disposable-sheath endoscope system. A preliminary technology evaluation.
Colt HG, Beamis JJ, Harrell JH, Mathur PM.
Pulmonary and Critical Care Divisions of University of California, San Diego Medical Center, USA.
OTOLARYNGOLOGY/ENT
Optical quality of the nasendoscope with and without the endosheath.
Vaz F, Ripley L, Lim D, Kanegaonkar R, Harries M.
Royal Sussex County Hospital, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
Flexible nasendoscope with a disposable-sheath system versus standard nasendoscopy: a prospective, randomized trial.
Winter SC, Thirwell A, Jervis P.
The Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK.
Non-inflatable sterile sheath for introduction of the flexible nasopharyngolaryngoscope.
Silberman HD.
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgey, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
INFECTION CONTROL
Evaluation of endoscope sheaths as viral barriers.
Baker KH, Chaput MP, Clavet CR, Varney GW, To TM, Lytle CD.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Rockville,
Maryland 20852, USA.
Exogenous endoscopy-related infections, pseudo-infections, and toxic reactions: clinical and economic burden.
Seoane-Vazquez E, Rodriguez-Monguio R, Visaria J, Carlson A.
College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA.
Microbiologic assessment of disposable sterile endoscopic sheaths to replace high-level disinfection in reprocessing: a prospective clinical trial with nasopharyngoscopes.
Alvarado CJ, Anderson AG, Maki DG. Center for Quality and Productivity Improvement, Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53792, USA.
