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Arthrex Arthroscope Repair and Video Component Service

We repair Arthrex arthroscopes, camera heads, couplers, light cables, and arthroscopic instruments for orthopedic hospitals and surgery centers. Free evaluation, a written quote first, and the same device back.

  • Knee, shoulder, and small joint optics
  • Camera heads, couplers, and light cables
  • Arthroscopic hand instrument repair
  • Free evaluation and a written quote first

Specialty Surgical Services is an independent repair provider. We are not affiliated with, authorized by, or endorsed by Arthrex. The Arthrex name is used here only to identify the equipment we service.

Get a Free Arthrex Repair Quote

Tell us what failed and we will send a written quote before any work begins. No charge for the evaluation, and no purchase order needed to get one.

How Should We Get The Scope?

Quote requests are reviewed Monday to Friday, 8 to 5 Pacific. If a scope is holding up a case, call (818) 568-5670 instead.

By submitting you agree that Specialty Surgical Services may contact you about this repair request. We do not sell or share your information.

Quote before any work

You approve a written quote before a technician touches the scope.

Free evaluation

We diagnose the failure and price the repair at no charge, even if you decline.

We come and get it

Pickup and delivery across Southern California, prepaid shipping everywhere else.

Independent, not the OEM

All major manufacturers serviced, without OEM exchange pricing.

Equipment we service

Arthrex Scope and Imaging Equipment We Service

The optics, the imaging chain, and the hand instruments that come out of the same sports medicine tray.

Arthroscopes in 30 and 70 degree views

Knee, shoulder, and hip optics levered against a portal case after case. Shaft bowing and rod lens damage account for most of what reaches the bench.

Small joint and narrow diameter optics

Wrist, ankle, and elbow telescopes where the tolerances leave no margin. A bow too small to see by eye is enough to soften the whole field.

Camera heads from the SynergyUHD imaging line

Seal failure after repeated sterilization, moisture inside the housing, color shift, and cable strain at the boot. Sealing and electrical safety are checked before return.

Endocouplers and focus assemblies

Couplers that drift out of focus during a case, fog internally, or lose their grip on the eyepiece. A worn clamp shows on the monitor as an unsharp scope.

Fiber optic light cables

Bundle replacement and end face repolishing. Broken fibers accumulate quietly until the room is running the source near maximum to compensate.

Arthroscopic hand instruments

Punches, graspers, and shaver blades that no longer cut clean or no longer close square. Sharpening, realignment, and tip repair on the same visit as the optics.

Independent Arthrex Scope Service for Sports Medicine Sets

Sports medicine rooms run tight and run often. The same tray goes through a shoulder, two knees, and an ankle in a day, and the equipment records that in ways nobody logs until a surgeon stops the case. Optics soften, couplers loosen, cables dim, and instruments stop biting.

We evaluate all of it together and quote item by item, so the work that returns the set to service is separated from the work that extends its life. Decline both and the equipment comes back to you at no charge.

Specialty Surgical Services is an independent repair provider. We are not affiliated with, authorized by, or endorsed by Arthrex, and we make no claim to factory parts, factory training, or manufacturer specifications. The name is here only so you know which equipment we work on. Everything else we handle is on the manufacturers we service page.

Precision seals, screws, and internal components laid out in a stainless parts tray
Nothing is fitted until the device has been evaluated and the quote approved. That is why the tray is laid out before the repair starts rather than during it.

Rigid Scope Rebuilds on Arthroscopes and Small Joint Optics

The failure that matters most in arthroscopy is the one that develops slowly. A shaft levered against a portal bows a fraction of a millimeter at a time, and the lens stack inside goes out of alignment long before anyone would call the device bent. What the surgeon reports is a picture that has gotten worse, not a scope that has broken.

Straightening alone does not fix that. The relay has to be realigned and then checked against a resolution target, which is how our arthroscope repair service handles every arrival, alongside seal integrity testing and a straightness measurement.

Small joint optics get the same treatment with less margin for error. If the rod lenses have shattered, the relay is rebuilt rather than realigned, and we tell you which of those you are paying for before you approve anything.

Surgical Camera Components Across the Imaging Chain

Image complaints almost never come from one part. They come from an optic slightly softened, a coupler slightly drifted, and a cable down a third of its fibers, all at once. Pull any single component and test it alone and it looks acceptable, which is how rooms end up replacing the wrong thing twice.

We test assembled. Camera head and coupler service runs beside the optics, with light cable rebuilds on the same evaluation. Illumination is usually the largest single contributor, and our broken light fiber page explains why turning the source up makes it worse.

Repaired endoscope in a foam lined transport case beside inspection paperwork
The device goes back with documentation of what failed and what was done, which is what a biomed or clinical engineering team needs for the asset record and the survey binder.

Arthroscopic Camera Work Beside Instrument Sets

Hand instruments are the part of the tray that gets replaced instead of repaired, usually because nobody has a vendor who will look at them. Punches that no longer meet, graspers that have sprung, and tips that have rolled are all repairable. See surgical instrument repair for what that covers.

Ortho trays also mix manufacturers as a matter of course. If part of your set came from another maker, our ConMed Linvatec arthroscopy service covers that half under the same account and the same courier run.

How it works

How Arthroscope Repair Works, From First Call to Return

Four steps and one decision point. Nothing is opened and nothing is invoiced until you approve a written number.

1

Tell us what failed

Send the manufacturer, model, and what you are seeing. A photo of the damage helps but is not required.

2

We collect the scope

Courier pickup across Southern California, or a prepaid shipping label in your inbox the same business day.

3

You get a written quote

We evaluate the device, document the failure, and price the repair. Nothing proceeds until you approve it.

4

Repaired, tested, returned

The device is repaired, leak and function tested, and returned with documentation for your records.

Questions we get

Arthrex Scope Questions From Orthopedic and SPD Teams

Are you authorized by or affiliated with Arthrex?
No. Specialty Surgical Services is an independent repair company with no affiliation, no authorization, and no endorsement from Arthrex. We do not use factory parts or factory documentation. We name the manufacturer only to identify the equipment we service.
Will using an independent shop affect our OEM warranty?
It can, depending on the device and the terms your facility agreed to, so check anything recent before sending it. Most equipment that reaches an independent bench is well outside coverage. If a device still appears covered, we will tell you instead of quietly working on it.
Can you repair a small joint scope, or are they too fine?
We repair them. Narrow diameter optics need magnification and patience rather than different physics, and the same straightening, realignment, and target verification applies. What changes is that the margin for a bowed shaft is much smaller, so the fault shows up earlier.
Should we send the camera head and cable with the scope?
Yes. Image faults are distributed across the chain far more often than they sit in one component, and testing the parts assembled is the only way to reproduce what the room is seeing. It also saves a second shipment and a second approval.
Do you handle arthroscopic hand instruments as well as optics?
Yes, on the same evaluation and the same written quote. Punches, graspers, and similar hand instruments are usually repairable long past the point most departments assume they are disposable.

Get a Free Quote on Your Arthrex Arthroscope Repair

Send the diameter, the viewing angle, and what the room is seeing on the monitor. We price the fix before anyone opens the device.

(818) 568-5670

Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Pacific
Saturday and Sunday, closed
Mail-in repairs received any day

Serving Southern California with pickup and delivery, and the rest of the country by prepaid mail-in.