Borescope

Olympus America Inc., Industrial Products Group is one of the leading companies in the field of optics and endoscopes in particular. Olympus is recognized around the world as a manufacturer of high-quality optical products, but what is not so well known is that endoscope products, for both medical and industrial applications, form a significant part of the company’s product range. The company was founded way back in 1919 and now employs people worldwide, with immense experience in the many and varied applications of RVI, as well as the development, manufacture and repair of the equipment involved. Olympus in the Americas serves medical, scientific, diagnostic and consumer markets with products and services that help customers efficiently and easily achieve exceptional results.

Olympus is the leading company for producing endoscope equipment and is well known for offering ergonomically-designed, minimally invasive instruments with outstanding optics. Olympus offers a wide range of endoscopes with some of the more noticeable ones being briefly reviewed in the next lines.

The GIF-N180 is the world’s first gastrointestinal endoscope to break the 5 mm barrier, a real miracle of compact design. Features excellent image performance, with the images being comparable to the GIF-160. It has unprecedented insertion capability that minimizes patient discomfort. The 2.0 mm diameter of the instrument channel guarantees that not just one, but various treatment options are available. Furthermore, the 180 models offer the widest-ever field of view, reduced overall procedure times plus excellent ergonomics to ensure ideal maneuverability.

Olympus has also produced the world's first video bronchoscope with an outer diameter under 4 mm and a channel. The EVIS EXTRA series set the standard in video bronchoscopy and provide physicians with a variety of 5 different scope models to choose from. Has high resolution and crystal clear images.

Olympus offers a complete line of flexible fiberscopes for tracheal intubation. Part of the PortaView®-LF series is the LF-GP model, which is a Tracheal Intubation Fiberscope with an internal diameter as small as 5mm, as well as double-lumen tubes 37Fr. or greater.

The latest news from the company is a development with Sony that offers true HD video with Sony medical recorder. Sony is partnering with Olympus by providing them with high definition (HD) medical recorders. Olympus’s new HD endoscopic camera unit in combination with the Sony PDW-70MD medical recorder offers true 1080i HD video recording and the first end-to-end, HD endoscopic workflow. Because, in such medical procedures, image clarity is of vital importance.

Perhaps the best thing about buying a endoscope from Olympus is that you are not just buying a device, you are buying a service. Olympus Service Protection Plans for endoscopy can customized towards your specific needs. This service protection will make your buying experience trouble free, eliminating the risk of excessive repair expenses and downtime through preventive maintenance and continuing education. The plans available are: Full, Value or Fee.

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