Device company creates endoscopic measuring device to improve colonoscopies

Micro-Tech Endoscopy released its Napoleon measuring device, a ruler that sits next to a lesion during a colonoscopy to allow for more accurate polyp measurements, dbusiness reports.

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The ruler will prevent endoscopists from overestimating or underestimating polyp size by using endoscopic visualization alone.

Company President Chris Li said, “It takes away the guesswork and allows [physicians] to feel more comfortable with polyp size assessment and surveillance interval recommendations especially during training.”

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