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Never Pick the Wrong Pack Again
Your OR staff will know right away that they're picking the right pack with Medline's Empower Packaging System. Each Empower procedure pack is color-coded according to the type of surgery and labeled with large, legible lettering indicating the specific procedure. Medline and its team of designers and clinicians applied the principles of intuitive visual design to create this new approach to surgical procedure trays. A WHO Surgical Safety Checklist is included inside each pack. Wrapped in blue draping, procedure packs look almost identical to each other, making it difficult to identify packs quickly. Medline has made it virtually impossible for OR staff to select the wrong pack.
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Ready-to-Use Cordless Tissue Sealer
Ethicon's Enseal G2 cordless tissue sealer maintains the superior sealing benefits of Enseal tissue sealers while simplifying set up and use. The ready-to-use cordless design gives surgeons a new option for procedures where speed and range of motion may be critical. This self-contained device includes the generator and power source so no assembly is required, which allows for quick procedure set-up. The cordless feature removes the potential for tangled cords while multiple instruments are in use.
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The Only Sterile Skin Antiseptics
Although many skin antiseptics have sterile outer packaging, the antiseptic inside the package — arguably the most important component because it touches the patients' skin — is not sterilized. For more than 30 years, Aplicare has provided the only sterile pre-operative skin preparation antiseptics. Contaminated pre-op skin preparations have been associated with clinical infections and adverse outcomes and, in some cases, death.
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Reusable Trocars Reduce Cost and Waste
As an alternative to disposable trocars, Aesculap's Reusable Trocar System enables laparoscopic access with less cost, and less waste, per case. The trocars, available in 3.5mm, 5mm, 10mm and 12mm sizes, are modular in design for simple disassembly and thorough cleaning, and are color-coded for easy identification of their compatible components. Lightweight, ergonomic and low-profile in design — the 3.5mm and 5mm trocars are ideal for single-port cases — their weight distribution ensures balance when inserted into the abdomen. Choose between single-use, bladeless dilating and fully reusable obturators.
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Clearly Visible, Lasting Eye Marks
Improve the quality of markings made on the ocular surface with Beaver-Visitec International's Osher ThermoDot Marker, a bipolar instrument used to create precise reference points for a variety of eye procedures, including intraocular lens placement. Ink is effective for marking the eye's capsule, but diffuses on the ocular surface and could disappear entirely, says Robert H. Osher, MD, the marker's creator. This ink-free instrument's curved design allows perpendicular approaches for making dots on the eye that are clearly visible, won't smear and will last for the duration of surgery. The marker is the latest offering from the company's Wet-Field product line that includes a variety of bipolar instruments and hemostatic coagulators.
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Quieter, Less Intrusive, More Effective Smoke Evacuation
VisiClear surgical smoke plume evacuator features a more compact shelf design, an interactive color touchscreen and improved technologies for effectively evacuating smoke plume — which has been proven to contain toxic gases, live cellular material (including blood fragments) and viruses, and which might cause respiratory and eye irritation or nausea in OR staff. According to the maker, Buffalo Filter, VisiClear's features include SafePort (a patent-pending, sliding port closure to reduce cross-contamination) and Whisper Technology (sound control that allows for ultra-quiet operation). The unit's sleeker design accommodates stacking and lies flat on a surgical boom shelf with isolation feet that don't require hard attachment. Finally, upgraded software for the 32-bit microprocessor delivers color controls on the touchscreen, along with optimized speed and power.
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