JUNE Medical has launched the eVeck Colposcopy Plume Evacuation Kit for the safe and efficient removal of surgical plume. Surgical plume is an unavoidable result of interventional procedures where diathermy, electrosurgery, laser and ultrasonic devices cut into tissue. It can release an unpleasant odour but, more importantly, can contain toxic, infectious or carcinogenic material – such as hydrogen peroxide gas, HPV or SARS-CoV-2 – that could be hazardous to theatre staff or indeed the patient. As a result, exposure to surgical plume has been linked to eye, nose and throat irritation, nausea, headaches, coughs, nasal congestion, asthma, and asthma-like symptoms.
The single use eVeck Kit comes ready assembled, with an integrated HEPA pre filter, a flexi connector that fits assorted speculum models, and tubing that links to a plume evacuation system and is reinforced to prevent crushing and kinking.
Renowned electro surgery consultant Steve Veck has worked on the project, advising medical device specialist Mosaic Surgical. He said: “Surgical plume is an inevitable consequence of procedures that use electrosurgical techniques, and there is clear evidence showing the dangers it presents to personnel. Despite this, the most efficient removal methods are not mandatory in every territory, or for every case. The eVeck eliminates this issue by attaching directly to the speculum, positioning it close to the surgical site to clear all the damaging materials before staff and patients can be exposed to them.”
Angela Spang, CEO of JUNE Medical, commented: “We are delighted to be able to offer this simple but vital solution that can prevent surgical teams from being exposed to the hazards of surgical plume. We hope that more widespread use of the eVeck Kit will have a significant long-term effect on improving the health of healthcare professionals.”
For more information, visit: junemedical.co.uk/eveck
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Stryker has launched globally the industry’s first completely wireless hospital bed, ProCuity. This intelligent bed was designed to help reduce in-hospital patient falls at all acuity levels, improve nurse workflow efficiencies and safety, as well as help lower hospital costs. It is the only bed on the market that can connect seamlessly to nurse call systems without the use of cables or wires.
“Patient safety is at the foundation of everything we do at Stryker,” said Jessica Mathieson, VP/GM of Acute Care, Stryker. “Leveraging our long history in innovation, ProCuity is the culmination of years of extensive research and feedback from nurses and other healthcare professionals to create what is truly a ‘brilliance in a bed’ solution. It was designed to improve patient outcomes and assist caregivers for years to come.”
Set at an industry low height of 11.5 inches (29.2 cm), ProCuity is ergonomically designed with the latest technologies to promote safe patient handling and help reduce fall-related injuries, including intuitive patient positioning and bed alarms as well as ergonomic side rails. Helping to address nurse call cable connectivity issues, ProCuity can be equipped with fully wireless features. Additionally, the bed’s easy-to-use touchscreens and other key components makes the job of caregivers easier and more efficient, while providing for a more enhanced patient experience.
Specific key features of ProCuity include:
Completely Wireless:
ProCuity’s Secure Connect wireless solution makes it the only bed on the market that can connect without cables to nurse call systems. Additionally, with iBed Wireless, all bed data, including bed config-uration and exit alarm activity, are wirelessly compatible with facilities’ hospital information systems. To help give caregivers increased visibility to safe bed configuration and bed exit alarm activity, ProCuity can also integrate with Stryker’s optional patient-centric clinical dashboard, iBed Vision.
Ergonomic Side Rails:
Three-position Secure Assist side rails allow for easier patient entry and exit as well as nurse-patient interaction.
Intuitive Patient and Bed Monitoring Systems:
ProCuity’s exclusive Adaptive Bed Alarm uses load cell technology to sense a patient’s weight and will alert nurses if a patient is out of position or has left the bed. With ProCuity’s iBed Watch system, all operational aspects of the bed, from side rail positioning, head of bed angle and height, are monitored to ensure that it is always in a safe position for the patient. Caregivers are alerted immediately if any components are out of position.
Zoom Motorized Drive:
To help caregivers move patients safely and more efficiently, ProCuity Z and ZM models come complete with Zoom Motorized Drive, a motorcycle throttle-like touch handle that deploys the central fifth wheel. It also comes with one-touch electric brakes.
Standard, Customizable Platform:
From MedSurg units to the ICU, the ProCuity bed series is designed to meet all patient acuity levels. This helps make standardization across hospitals easier, while reducing hospital costs associated with renting specialty beds and the need for bed transfers and extra staff.
Enhanced Patient Experience:
To provide greater flexibility for taller patients, ProCuity has an integrated bed extender, which allows the bed to stretch an additional 12 inches (30.5 cm) in length. It also comes with a USB port and holder to allow patients to charge and store personal electronic devices like phones.
Guarantee Program:
Through Stryker’s Financial Guarantee program, the company promises customers will see a 50% reduction in bed-related falls occurring on Stryker beds utilizing iBed Wireless technology (terms and conditions apply).
For more information, visit: www.stryker.com/us/en/acute-care/ products/procuity
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US-based Anomet is offering a custom composite medical clad wire that can combine up to three different materials for use with CRM, neurostimulation, vascular, and related devices.
By using different materials the medical clad wire can meet specific design requirements, performance, and cost criteria; especially where solid wire is limited. Typical configurations for implantable devices include: Platinum-iridium clad tantalum, Platinum clad MP35N®, Silver cored MP35N®, 316LVM clad tantalum, Nitinol clad platinum, and Gold clad nitinol.
Anomet’s medical clad wire is ideally suited for meeting design criteria for corrosion resistance, wear resistance, contact resistance, biocompatibility, radiopacity, strength, conductivity, solderability, formability and more.
The medical clad wire has a smooth consistent finish and can be made in sizes from 0.050 mm to 3.175 mm O.D. with 2% or more cladding thickness.
Anomet Medical Clad Wire is priced according to configuration and quantity. Samples and price quotations are available upon request.
For more information, visit: www.anometproducts.com
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Siemens Healthineers has introduced the Biograph Vision Quadra, a CE-marked positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scanner that is designed for clinical use as well as translational research.
In addition to the 3.2 mm silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) detector technology and Time of Flight (ToF) performance that are cornerstones of the established Biograph Vision PET/CT scanner, the Biograph Vision Quadra has an extended 106 cm axial field of view (FoV) – four times the PET axial FoV of the Biograph Vision 600. These technological features deliver significantly increased effective sensitivity and enable the clinician to image the average patient dynamically from the top of the head to the thigh in just one position. With the scanner’s extended axial FoV, the clinician can examine patient anatomy during radiopharmaceutical uptake over time. The combination of SiPM detectors and extended axial FoV permits more anatomical coverage in one bed position than a standard PET/CT scanner, enabling fast scanning at low patient radiation dose.
“The Biograph Vision Quadra is an order of magnitude more powerful than current state-of-the-art clinical scanners available today,” said James Williams, Head of the Molecular Imaging business at Siemens Healthineers. “This scanner will open possibilities for the imaging of complex and subtle biological processes that are key to the understanding of both physiology and pathophysiology alike.”
For more information, visit: www.siemens-healthineers.com/nl/molecularimaging/ pet-ct/biograph-vision-quadra
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