Project Description:

Hundreds of thousands of interventional pulmonary operations are performed after endotracheal intubation in the US annually. These procedures use both a camera to visualize the airway and another tool to operate on it. 1,2 In robot-assisted bronchoscopies (RAB), the current gold-standard for such operations, clinicians cannot use both tools simultaneously. This can delay management of complications, such as airway bleeding, as pulmonologists switch between instruments.3,4,5

Manufacturers have attempted to design multiport adapters that allow for the insertion of multiple surgical instruments simultaneously. However, these solutions either obstruct airway visualization, compromise the airtightness of the ventilation circuit, or allow only a limited range of tools to be used.

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Timely Bronchoscopy Complication Management