Axess Vision Technology is a start-up company and manufacturer of medical devices, mainly endoscopes.
It is competing with Ambu and Single Use Surgical Ltd to develop the world first generation of disposable endoscopes.
[1] These companies are responding to a market need of getting rid of cross contamination from flexible endoscopes, the latter ranked third in the ECRI 2011 top 10 Health Hazards.
[8] The problematic decontamination of reusable endoscopes and the risk of nosocomial infections seems to have prompted this race for innovation.
[13] In the same year, Axess Vision Technology SAS was acquired by The Surgical Company (TSC) Group.