A Milestone Moment: Celebrating 40 Years of Advancing Surgery

As we close out 2025 and look ahead to the year before us, we pause to reflect on what has been one of the most meaningful years in the history of Advanced Endoscopy Devices, Inc. (AED). This year marked the 40th anniversary of AED—four decades since the company’s founding in 1985. Throughout that time, AED has remained focused on a single purpose: advancing minimally invasive surgery through innovation, education, and partnership with the global surgical community.

From its earliest product breakthroughs to today’s most advanced imaging and instrumentation technologies, AED has consistently worked to redefine what is possible in endoscopy and surgical care. Over the years, the company has introduced innovations that have become industry standards, including modular laparoscopic forceps, articulating instruments and retractors, HD endoscopes, advanced camera systems, precision morcellation knives, and pioneering online platforms for surgical equipment. Each of these developments reflects AED’s long-standing commitment to precision, performance, and supporting clinicians in delivering exceptional patient care.

In many ways, 2025 became a defining chapter in AED’s story. The introduction of the EndoPro® 3D Visualization System brought immersive stereoscopic imaging to facial plastic, neurosurgical, and colorectal procedures, accelerating learning curves while enhancing depth perception, anatomical understanding, and intraoperative confidence. Alongside EndoPro® 3D, AED launched several next-generation technologies designed to improve clarity, workflow efficiency, portability, and surgical precision, including new HD endoscopes, camera systems, advanced laparoscopic instruments, and non-magnetic surgical tools.

The company’s commitment to innovation was further reinforced in 2025 with the awarding of new patents for devices such as the Shaver Leak Tester and Instrument Bridge, underscoring AED’s leadership in safety-focused and workflow-enhancing device design. AED also expanded its surgical instrument portfolio with new offerings like rotatable hystero forceps, reusable stent grasping forceps, and mini-laparoscopes and instruments for maternal-fetal surgery. Beyond product development, the company engaged meaningfully with the clinical and industry communities through robotic-assisted cadaver labs and immersive surgical education experiences, demonstrating how technology, training, and clinical validation intersect to improve outcomes and elevate surgical practice.

As AED closes this milestone year and steps into 2026, the company does so with deep gratitude for its employees, partners, and the global surgical community who have supported it over the past 40 years. This anniversary is not only a reflection on AED’s history—it is a reaffirmation of the company’s commitment to shaping the future of surgery and continuing to deliver impactful innovation for decades to come.