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Dr. Suzanne Merrill

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BackTable Urology
Ep. 186 Blue Light Cystoscopy: Improving Bladder Cancer Detection with Dr. Suzanne Merrill

But then actually stacking these cases, I think, works pretty nicely, gets the nurses into a rhythm in the pre-op area. But ultimately, once the patient has dwelled for that amount of time, then they come back to the OR, you put your scope in. The scopes, again, that we use with SysView are stored scopes. OK, that has the blue light capability. So that's really important.

BackTable Urology
Ep. 186 Blue Light Cystoscopy: Improving Bladder Cancer Detection with Dr. Suzanne Merrill

So your hospital needs to be outfitted with Storz equipment. This cannot be used with Olympus.

BackTable Urology
Ep. 186 Blue Light Cystoscopy: Improving Bladder Cancer Detection with Dr. Suzanne Merrill

So your hospital needs to be outfitted with Storz equipment. This cannot be used with Olympus.

BackTable Urology
Ep. 186 Blue Light Cystoscopy: Improving Bladder Cancer Detection with Dr. Suzanne Merrill

So your hospital needs to be outfitted with Storz equipment. This cannot be used with Olympus.

BackTable Urology
Ep. 186 Blue Light Cystoscopy: Improving Bladder Cancer Detection with Dr. Suzanne Merrill

That's correct. And I think we can certainly should talk about this some more in that this, I think for, you know, a lot of providers, a lot of groups out there, again, academic centers, you know, has this been kind of one of the, you know, barriers that's felt when thinking about can I, should I incorporate this technology into

BackTable Urology
Ep. 186 Blue Light Cystoscopy: Improving Bladder Cancer Detection with Dr. Suzanne Merrill

That's correct. And I think we can certainly should talk about this some more in that this, I think for, you know, a lot of providers, a lot of groups out there, again, academic centers, you know, has this been kind of one of the, you know, barriers that's felt when thinking about can I, should I incorporate this technology into

BackTable Urology
Ep. 186 Blue Light Cystoscopy: Improving Bladder Cancer Detection with Dr. Suzanne Merrill

That's correct. And I think we can certainly should talk about this some more in that this, I think for, you know, a lot of providers, a lot of groups out there, again, academic centers, you know, has this been kind of one of the, you know, barriers that's felt when thinking about can I, should I incorporate this technology into

BackTable Urology
Ep. 186 Blue Light Cystoscopy: Improving Bladder Cancer Detection with Dr. Suzanne Merrill

into our practice is because if they don't already have Storz equipment, it can be an upfront cost. Can you get into a contract, of course, where you don't have to buy all this equipment upfront? And I will tell you, even nowadays, there are companies that you outsource for lasers, for example.

BackTable Urology
Ep. 186 Blue Light Cystoscopy: Improving Bladder Cancer Detection with Dr. Suzanne Merrill

into our practice is because if they don't already have Storz equipment, it can be an upfront cost. Can you get into a contract, of course, where you don't have to buy all this equipment upfront? And I will tell you, even nowadays, there are companies that you outsource for lasers, for example.

BackTable Urology
Ep. 186 Blue Light Cystoscopy: Improving Bladder Cancer Detection with Dr. Suzanne Merrill

into our practice is because if they don't already have Storz equipment, it can be an upfront cost. Can you get into a contract, of course, where you don't have to buy all this equipment upfront? And I will tell you, even nowadays, there are companies that you outsource for lasers, for example.

BackTable Urology
Ep. 186 Blue Light Cystoscopy: Improving Bladder Cancer Detection with Dr. Suzanne Merrill

These companies are buying this equipment and are going to soon be providing this option just like they do the Thulium laser, for example, to different ASCs or hospitals, et cetera, that do not want to buy this equipment outright. So it is going to become more accessible for hospital systems, again, groups that don't want to invest at the outright.

BackTable Urology
Ep. 186 Blue Light Cystoscopy: Improving Bladder Cancer Detection with Dr. Suzanne Merrill

These companies are buying this equipment and are going to soon be providing this option just like they do the Thulium laser, for example, to different ASCs or hospitals, et cetera, that do not want to buy this equipment outright. So it is going to become more accessible for hospital systems, again, groups that don't want to invest at the outright.

BackTable Urology
Ep. 186 Blue Light Cystoscopy: Improving Bladder Cancer Detection with Dr. Suzanne Merrill

These companies are buying this equipment and are going to soon be providing this option just like they do the Thulium laser, for example, to different ASCs or hospitals, et cetera, that do not want to buy this equipment outright. So it is going to become more accessible for hospital systems, again, groups that don't want to invest at the outright.

BackTable Urology
Ep. 186 Blue Light Cystoscopy: Improving Bladder Cancer Detection with Dr. Suzanne Merrill

Not that not that I know of. It's interesting.

BackTable Urology
Ep. 186 Blue Light Cystoscopy: Improving Bladder Cancer Detection with Dr. Suzanne Merrill

Not that not that I know of. It's interesting.

BackTable Urology
Ep. 186 Blue Light Cystoscopy: Improving Bladder Cancer Detection with Dr. Suzanne Merrill

Not that not that I know of. It's interesting.

BackTable Urology
Ep. 186 Blue Light Cystoscopy: Improving Bladder Cancer Detection with Dr. Suzanne Merrill

Yeah, it really it really is. And I think where why these kind of, you know, third party, you know, groups are, you know, again, purchasing this equipment and again, being offering it is because. Actually, patients are now seeking out this technology. I think it's been around for some time. The evidence is backing it. It's now in our guidelines. More providers are using it. The word's getting out.

BackTable Urology
Ep. 186 Blue Light Cystoscopy: Improving Bladder Cancer Detection with Dr. Suzanne Merrill

Yeah, it really it really is. And I think where why these kind of, you know, third party, you know, groups are, you know, again, purchasing this equipment and again, being offering it is because. Actually, patients are now seeking out this technology. I think it's been around for some time. The evidence is backing it. It's now in our guidelines. More providers are using it. The word's getting out.

BackTable Urology
Ep. 186 Blue Light Cystoscopy: Improving Bladder Cancer Detection with Dr. Suzanne Merrill

Yeah, it really it really is. And I think where why these kind of, you know, third party, you know, groups are, you know, again, purchasing this equipment and again, being offering it is because. Actually, patients are now seeking out this technology. I think it's been around for some time. The evidence is backing it. It's now in our guidelines. More providers are using it. The word's getting out.

BackTable Urology
Ep. 186 Blue Light Cystoscopy: Improving Bladder Cancer Detection with Dr. Suzanne Merrill

It's on or kind of been talked about, described on kind of more national platform organizations that are patient-facing. And so... again, patients are seeking it out.