Wireless treatment: No-cord cameras help hospital staff quicken surgery process (Pacific Coast Business Times)
For decades, arthroscopic surgeries have been done with cameras attached to wires and cords.
Co-founder and CEO of Lazurite Holdings Eugene Malinskiy believed that with all the other technological innovations that had occurred, it was time for a wireless surgical camera.
The wireless camera, known as ArthroFree, received FDA approval last year and in January, De La Vina Surgicenter in Santa Barbara became the first healthcare provider in Southern California to use the technology for arthroscopic surgery.
“I really like it and I think it’s just the future,” De La Vina Surgicenter’s Dr. Christopher Proctor told the Business Times. “The way everything’s gonna progress is wireless and so it’s just the next step for all arthroscopy.”
Proctor is one of an undisclosed number of surgeons across the country that use the ArthroFree in surgery, though Malinskiy did say “dozens and dozens” of surgeons have used ArthroFree across the country.
ArthroFree’s utility does not come from it having a higher-quality image than existing cameras. The fact that it can perform a...
