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Wassenburg - Model EndoFender -Endoscope Protection Device

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The EndoFender, developed by Wassenburg Medical, is designed to safeguard the delicate components of endoscopes throughout their entire reprocessing cycle. This single-use device features a lightweight, ergonomic design, allowing it to be easily operated with one hand. The EndoFender offers a comprehensive 3-in-1 solution, systematically protecting the endoscope during reprocessing, cleaning, and storage. It is equipped with a green sliding button to indicate the current stage of the reprocessing cycle, ensuring proper tracking and compliance with gastroenterological guidelines. The EndoFender accommodates all standard GI scopes with a diameter from 5 mm to 17 mm, safeguarding both the distal end and the bending section rubber. It ensures that detachable valves remain paired with their corresponding endoscope, thereby facilitating traceability and adherence to industry standards. The device aims to prevent costly repairs by protecting the endoscope from potential damage during transportation and storage.
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The EndoFender® developed by Wassenburg Medical features an innovative and safe technology that protects the delicate components of the endoscope and keeps the valves as a unique set with the parent endoscope during the entire reprocessing cycle. Handling this single use lightweight device is very easy; the ergonomic design makes it possible to simply open and close it with one hand.

 
  • Protecting the tip and Bending Section Rubber during drying, storage and transport.
  • Keeping valves as a unique set with parent endoscope; better traceability.
  • Valves are opened during cleaning & disinfection inside washer-disinfector.

The three steps of the EndoFender® system cover the entire reprocessing cycle. The green sliding button on each device indicates at which step the endoscope is within the reprocessing cycle.

Step I The EndoFender® enters the reprocessing cycle right after the valves being manually brushed according to endoscope manufacturer’s instructions. Valves are stored in opened position to be cleaned and disinfected inside EWD.

Wassenburg EndoFender position II
Step II Containing endoscope and valves after being cleaned and disinfected inside EWD.

Step III Used endoscope returns to reprocessing room after procedure. Used valves stay inside endoscope.

The EndoFender® not only protects the distal end but also the entire Bending Section Rubber of an endoscope, saving time and money on repairs. This robust tip protector will protect expensive equipment from contact with the floor and other surfaces.  It fits on all standard GI scopes with a diameter between 5 mm and 17 mm.

Valves can be placed in an open state in any of the two positions inside the EndoFender®. Distal caps can be stored inside the EndoFender® as well. There is no contact between the valves and the distal end when the EndoFender® is closed.

 

EndoFender® keeps you compliant with guidelines stating that valves should be kept as a unique set with their corresponding endoscope.

British Society of Gastroenterology
Detachable valves (primarily air/water and suction valves/pistons) should be decontaminated with their corresponding endoscopes in an AER, as a unique set in order to allow traceability.

HSE Standards and Recommended Practices for Endoscope Reprocessing Units
Valves including flushing valves and removable parts should be kept with the endoscope to form a unique set of equipment.

European Society of Gastroenterology
Valves and distal caps should be stored separately but with the endoscope. Valves (including rinsing valves) should stay with a named endoscope as a set as they may block the air flow through the endoscope, to prevent cross-infection and enable full traceability.

AAMI ST91 American National Standard
Detachable parts that are to be reused (e.g., air/water and suction valves/pistons) should be processed together and stored with the specific endoscope as a unique set in order to allow traceability.

Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates
All settings where gastroenterology endoscopy procedures are performed need to have a manual or electronic system for tracing endoscopes and reusable endoscopic accessories from the patient use through the entire cleaning and disinfection process. Literature suggests that reusable buttons and valves should be reprocessed and stored together with the endoscope as a unique set for tracking purposes.