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Cook Medical Ascend 7.5 Fr vs Olympus RenaFlex
Both are single-use ureteroscopes. Every figure below is transcribed from the manufacturers' own documents.
What separates them
- Cook Medical Ascend 7.5 Fr has the slimmer shaft — 7.5 Fr against 9.5 Fr for the Olympus RenaFlex.
- Cook Medical Ascend 7.5 Fr has the wider deflection — 285° against 270° for the Olympus RenaFlex.
Cook Medical Ascend 7.5 Fr
- Insertion / shaft diameter
- 7.5 Fr
- Working channel
- 3.6 Fr
- Deflection
- 285° up / 285° down
- Image resolution
- Not stated
- Field of view
- 120°
- Working length
- 670 mm
- Runs on
- Endoscopic Video Image Processor HD, ASUS-IPD-V200 (13.3" LCD)
- Regulatory status
- Not stated in the cited document
- Laser / energy compatibility
- Quanta System lasers and fibres, sold by Cook in the UK, Ireland, Austria, France, Germany, Switzerland and the US
- 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
Cook Medical Ascend 7.5 Fr in full · Olympus RenaFlex in full