Table 2.
Contact thermal devices
| Manufacturer | Device name | Sheath diameter (French) | Sheath length (cm) | List price | Special features |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multipolar electrocautery probes | |||||
| Boston Scientific (Natick, Mass, USA) | •Gold probe | •7, 10 | •300, 350 | •$359 | |
| •Injector gold probe | •7, 10 | •210 | •$519 | •Integrated 25-gauge injection needle | |
| Medtronic Endoscopic Technologies (Chelmsford, Mass, USA) | •Bicap superconductor, multielectrode bipolar probe | •5, 7, 10 | •200, 300, 350 | •$396.48 | |
| •7. 10 | •300 | •$240 | |||
| Cook Medical (Winston-Salem, NC, USA) | •Quicksilver bipolar probe | •7, 10 | •350 | •$328 | |
| Olympus America (Center Valley, Pa, USA) | •BiCOAG bipolar probe | •7, 10 | •350 | •$370.30 | •Bipolar coagulation provides coagulation at any angle |
| •7, 10 | •350 | ||||
| US Endoscopy (Mentor, Ohio, USA) | •Bipolar hemostasis probe | •7, 10 | •350 | •$300 | |
| Heater probes | |||||
| Olympus America (Center Valley, Pa, USA) | •HeatProbe | •7, 10 | •230, 300 | •$812 | •Reusable |
| Hemostatic grasper | |||||
| Olympus America (Center Valley, Pa, USA) | •Coagrasper (upper/gastric) | •7 | •165 | •$278 | •Opening width 5 or 6.5 mm •Rotatable |
| •Coagrasper (lower) | •7 | •230 | •$320 | •Opening width 4 mm •Rotatable |
|
| •SB Knife (Jr, Short, Standard) | •7 | •230, 195, 180 | •$1695 | •JR: opening width 4.5 mm; scissor-like jaw •Short: opening width 6 mm, angled tip design •Standard: opening width 8 mm, angled tip design •Rotatable |
|
| Fujifilm Medical Systems (Wayne, NJ, USA) | •ClutchCutter | •7 | •180 | •$670 | •Serrated, rotatable jaws |