SPIDER® MicroLap: Enabling Micro Laparoscopy

SPIDER MicroLap instruments may enable less invasive surgery by replacing one or more larger trocars in standard laparoscopic procedures or used in conjunction with the SPIDER Surgical System.

• 2.7 mm micro surgical instrumentation
• Reusable instrument platform
• Ceramic titanium alloy shaft
• Comprehensive instrument and scope set

SPIDER MicroLap offers a comprehensive instrument set for a wide variety of procedures. Other instruments and accessories include:

• 0° and 30° SPIDER MicroLap scopes
• Suction/Irrigator
• Various length cannulas and obturators
• High pressure syringe

Instruments are extremely small – 2.7 millimeters or less in diameter – requiring only a small, freckle–sized incision. view image

SPIDER MicroLap instruments include all of the familiar tools laparoscopic surgeons regularly use, such as a needle driver, shown here. view image

A patient comes away from a SPIDER MicroLap procedure with just a freckle-like mark. view image

Crafted from a proprietary ceramic–titanium alloy, SPIDER MicroLap instruments ensure strength despite their small diameter. view image

Because SPIDER MicroLap instruments are so small, their use requires no open incisions. Instead of a scalpel, a surgeon uses this special skin incision pick. view image

SPIDER MicroLap instruments have been used in a variety of procedures including the following:

• Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication
• Laparoscopic Gastric Band
• Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
• Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass
• Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
• Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair
• Laparoscopic Colectomy
• Laparoscopic Appendectomy
• Diagnostic Laparoscopy (General and GYN)
• Laparoscopic Myomectomy
• Laparoscopic Oophorectomy
• Laparoscopic Tubal Ligation
• Laparoscopic Pediatric Procedures including: Nissen Fundoplication, Cholecystectomy, Appendectomy, Varicocelectomy

SPIDER® MicroLap is a line of reusable 2.7mm instruments designed and manufactured by GIMMI® GmbH and distributed exclusively in the US through TransEnterix.