Tokyo-based Olympus — which has its Olympus Corporation of the Americas headquarters in Center Valley, Pennsylvania — designed the new scopes with high-definition imaging capabilities. They offer physicians a slim outer diameter when compared to predecessors, allowing access to more distal airways.
According to Olympus, the scopes also have improved suction and flexibility during procedures and can pass a wide array of devices through large working channels. This gives physicians options to address the tracheal bronchial tree successfully.
Both versions of the bronchoscopes feature a compact outer diameter and large working channel with redesigned imaging and handling. The insertion tube rotation ring on the control section connects to the insertion tube. This allows the tube to turn without turning the control section, reducing hand rotation. Additionally, the scopes have a redesigned image sensor for a small outer diameter while maintaining HDTV resolution.
Olympus first launched the Evis X1 endoscopy system in 2020.
“With the Evis X1 endoscopy system, Olympus remains committed to offering physicians the best tools possible along the entire patient care pathway,” said Swarna Alcorn, business unit VP, Respiratory, Olympus Corp. of the Americas. “We are excited to launch diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopes supported by our most advanced endoscopy system. Pulmonologists will have the confidence to expand their reach with bronchoscopes that combine a slim outer diameter, a large working channel and improved imaging.”
