Autonomy Laparo-Angle Instruments from Cambridge Endo is a full line of articulating hand-held laparoscopic instruments.
While traditional hand-held laparoscopic devices are rigid, these new instruments have seven degrees of freedom designed to provide surgeons more access and control. The instruments are engineered to eliminate fatiguing hand, arm or shoulder positions for laparoscopic surgeons.
The Autonomy Laparo-Angle instrument line includes a needle holder and the electrocautery-capable Metzenbaum scissors, Maryland dissector and electrosurgery hook.

Cardinal Health recently introduced its wet clipper prep tray and SensiClip blade to help clinicians better comply with guidelines and standards to reduce surgical site infections issued by the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI).

ClearCount Medical Solutions’ patented SmartSponge System based on radio frequency identification (RFID) received Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance.
According to the company, the SmartSponge System is the world's first RFID system that detects and counts surgical sponges and towels during surgical procedures.

The B. Braun Outlook Safety Infusion System helps to ensure that the right patient receives the right medication in the right dose from an authorized clinician at point-of-care.
The patented DoseScan technology allows the clinician to automate the programming of the infusion device by protecting against the primary cause of IV medication errors, matching the right medication to the right patient and reducing the risk of manual programming errors.

The Medfusion 3500 Syringe Pump is an intuitive system designed to enhance safety while maintaining simplicity.
Support for up to 16 different care areas allows for transport of the Medfusion Syringe Pump into any department within the facility.

The AutoMed Post-Op Pain Control Pump offers surgeons a new option in electronic drug infusion technology to manage postoperative pain.
Providing the accuracy and therapeutic flexibility of an electronic device, the pump is for single or multipatient use.
The pump is portable, delivering a continuous controlled infusion directly to the surgical site or perineural area for regional anesthesia. While wearing it, patients can press a bolus-dose button to deliver additional anesthetic to relieve breakthrough pain.

Alaris Systems, part of Cardinal’s point-of-care safety suite, features a scalable line of smart infusion products with wireless connectivity to the hospital’s existing IT infrastructure.
It provides a common user interface for programming infusions and monitoring to help reduce IV complexity at the point of care.

Hospira's Symbiq infusion system provides safe and accurate administration of medications under the most rigorous therapeutic circumstances.
Symbiq was designed to create a next-generation system that enhances usability and provides patient-safety protection, according to the manufacturer. The pump can move with a patient throughout the medical facility and reportedly delivers accuracy and operational efficiency to help improve patient care.

The Medrad Continuum MR Infusion System is FDA cleared for use in magnetic resonance (MR) environments up to and including 3.0 Tesla, enabling clinicians working in the latest 3.0T environments to infuse medications, sedatives and other drugs, while benefiting from the system’s ease of use and dose enhancements.
Continuum provides an expanded set of measurements so clinicians can work with a larger selection of medications, sedatives and anesthetic agents.

August 16, 2007 - Vital Signs Inc. announced the acquisition of Enginivity LLC and its enFlow IV fluid and blood warmer patented technology.

The enFlow device is a reportedly high performance fluid warming system that can be used to deliver flows from KVO to 200 ml/min, using dry heat technology.

The enFlow system brings the warming element closer to the patient which reduces heat loss. Maintaining normal body temperature during surgery is an important factor in reducing post-operative infections.

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