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Equipment/Technique Aids Infertility and Pelvic Pain Diagnoses

Published in Women's Health Weekly, October 19th, 1998

Circon announced an innovative procedure and instrument system to help diagnose infertility and pelvic pain.

Transvaginal Hydro Laparoscopy (THL) can be done on an office or outpatient basis and uses a specially designed CIRCON ACMI Veress needle/obturator/cannula set and 2.7 mm wide angle telescope.

The THL instrument system is autoclavable and allows telescope changes during the procedure for varying angles of view and optimal visualization. Normal saline is used to "float" the organs, providing excellent visualization of the lower pelvis.

This procedure is well-tolerated, the company says, and allows for a complete, thorough...

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