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Boston Scientific LithoVue System vs Olympus RenaFlex
Both are single-use ureteroscopes. Every figure below is transcribed from the manufacturers' own documents.
What separates them
- Both scopes publish the same 9.5 Fr shaft and 3.6 Fr working channel, so the decision rests on deflection, optics and what console each ties you to.
Boston Scientific LithoVue System
- Insertion / shaft diameter
- 9.5 Fr (≤3.23 mm) shaft · 7.7 Fr tip
- Working channel
- 3.6 Fr
- Deflection
- 270° up / 270° down
- Image resolution
- Not stated (digital CMOS imager)
- Field of view
- Not stated
- Working length
- Not stated
- Runs on
- LithoVue System Workstation (touch PC and mobile cart, M0067911000)
- Regulatory status
- Not stated in the cited document
- Laser / energy compatibility
- Compatible with laser lithotripsy — "uses existing technologies and familiar surgical tools"
- Sterility and packaging
- Not stated in the cited document
- NHS Supply Chain
- Not confirmed — no framework listing on file
Olympus RenaFlex
- Insertion / shaft diameter
- 9.5 Fr outer diameter
- Working channel
- 3.6 Fr
- Deflection
- 270° up / 270° down
- Image resolution
- Not stated
- Field of view
- 120°, with auto white balance and brightness
- Working length
- Not stated
- Runs on
- Olympus CV-S1 Video System Center for flexible single-use endoscopes
- Regulatory status
- FDA 510(k) clearance announced April 2024. UK status not stated in the cited document
- Laser / energy compatibility
- Not stated in the cited document
- Sterility and packaging
- Not stated in the cited document
- NHS Supply Chain
- Not confirmed — no framework listing on file
Boston Scientific LithoVue System in full · Olympus RenaFlex in full