SHARK meets PIRANHA

A fast match – experience speed in a whole new way

In endourology, new methods are becoming increasingly important alongside established treatments for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), and in recent years endoscopic enucleation of the prostate (EEP) has become the new trend. This is also reflected in the current European Association of Urology (EAU) guidelines (2018), which list EEP as the method of choice for treating BPH with prostates larger than 80 mL.

Richard Wolf offers a wide range of products for laser surgery and HF surgery, so whichever surgical technique endourologists prefer, Richard Wolf can provide a complete set of instruments, including high-power lasers.

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SHARK meets PIRANHA

Whatever the procedure, the SHARK resectoscope family offers the right instruments. The highly efficient PIRANHA morcellation system completes the EEP portfolio, morcellating tissue chips quickly and precisely with its specially developed technology.

SHARK and PIRANHA used together reduce operating time and offer patients greater safety.

PIRANHA at full speed for shorter operating times

PIRANHA Vmax blade has 93% more cutting capacity at 1,500 rpm than a standard morcellator blade.

SHARK resectoscope for EEP

SHARK resectoscope can be used for laser enucleation of the prostate as well as for bipolar enucleation.

Details of the required instrument sets are shown below, with all the advantages at a glance.

Laser enucleation

Recommended SHARK instrument set for laser enucleation

SHARK laser resectoscope with working element

SHARK laser resectoscope with working insert

Advantages at a glance

Simple straight-in click mechanism for sheath system and catheter
High irrigation capacity and selective irrigation flow controlled by the SHARK tip geometry
Two versions of the continuous-flow sheath system: 22/24 Fr. or 24/26 Fr.
24/26 Fr. sheath system with robust stainless steel tip for blunt enucleation
Working element or working insert for laser fibers up to 1000 µm
Laser fiber can be fixed with a clamping screw

Bipolar enucleation

Recommended SHARK instrument set for bipolar enucleation

24/26 Fr. SHARK resectoscope with active or passive working element and bipolar enucleation electrode

Advantages of the bipolar enucleation electrode and SHARK at a glance

Small electrode tip for precise work
Distal wedge-shaped electrode tip for blunt mechanical enucleation
Proximal feed wire for high mechanical stability
Ring-shaped electrode surface for effective vaporization and coagulation
SHARK inner sheath with atraumatic ceramic tip

For more information on the SHARK resectoscope family (with outer and inner sheaths), active and passive working elements, monopolar and bipolar electrodes, telescopes and the PENDUAL blue camera head, see

SHARK

PIRANHA product family

PIRANHA morcescope

Advantages at a glance

Unrivaled visualization thanks to two integrated irrigation channels
For enucleation and morcellation without changing the outer sheath
5 mm working channel for very high irrigation capacity
Telescope for 24 Fr. or 26 Fr. outer sheaths
Simple straight-in click mechanism for the sheath system
Large automatic valve prevents fluid leakage from the working channel

PIRANHA

Advantages at a glance

High torque for cutting power
Controlled aspiration of tissue chips
Separate container for collecting tissue chips
Morcellated tissue can be examined histologically without any problem
Footswitch for easy switching between "PIRANHA mode" (aspiration and morcellation) and "aspiration mode" (aspiration of blood clots or very small tissue fragments)

PIRANHA Vmax blade

Advantages at a glance

High torque for cutting power
Controlled aspiration of tissue chips
Separate container for collecting tissue chips
Morcellated tissue can be examined histologically without any problem
Footswitch for easy switching between "PIRANHA mode" (aspiration and morcellation) and "aspiration mode" (aspiration of blood clots or very small tissue fragments)

Overview of Richard Wolf products for EEP

Opinions and views

"I am impressed again and again by the speed and safety of the new PIRANHA morcellation system, and its performance is boosted even further by the new Vmax blade. This morcellator is a highly effective tool: it removes 120 g of prostate in 10 minutes, making enucleation very fast and highly competitive."

Dr. Fernando Gómez SANCHA, Instituto de Urología, Madrid, Spain