Femoral Positioning Instrument
October 12, 2005 2:34 pm | Product Releases | CommentsThe Femur Finder® System is a unique positioning instrument that assures accurate guide wire placement during femoral IM fixation, while minimizing soft tissue trauma. It eliminates the need to “eyeball” the correct femoral entry point. The instrument facilitates aiming, drilling and directing of guide wire accurately into the medullary canal during femoral nailing.
LISTED UNDER: IM RodsFlexible Retractor Syytem
October 12, 2005 2:34 pm | Spectrum Surgical Instruments Corp. | Product Releases | CommentsMade in Germany using the finest surgical stainless steel, the Abdominal Flexible Retractor System is priced 40% lower than competitive units. This fully autoclavable system is conveniently housed in two closed container sterilization trays, that have an etched schematic that allows for easy assembly and use.
LISTED UNDER: RetractorsAutoclavable Arthroscope System
October 12, 2005 2:34 pm | Olympus | Product Releases | CommentsThe TrueView Direct autoclavable arthroscope system features single-hand control, allowing for seamless arthroscopy as the second hand can remain on the shaving or ablating device. Technical highlights include an integrated illumination system, 360 degree image rotation, and a direct coupling mechanism for rapid telescope exchange.
LISTED UNDER: ArthroscopesACL Graft Anchor System
October 12, 2005 2:34 pm | Smith & Nephew, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsThe GTS System is used to secure the tibial end of a soft tissue ACL graft. Key to this system is the GTS Sleeve device, a woven mesh sleeve segmented into three tubular sections, called lumens. Two of these lumens hold graft tissue, and the third lumen accepts the GTS tapered fixation screw molded from bioabsorbable PLLA (poly-l-lactic acid).
LISTED UNDER: Absorbable Soft Tissue FixationRetractor Ring System
October 12, 2005 2:20 pm | Mediflex Surgical Products | Product Releases | CommentsThe Bookler™ Universal Ratchet Ring System is the latest addition to Mediflex’s line of Bookler Table Mounted Retractors. The newly patented lightweight, radiolucent Ratchet Ring design is available in two sizes. It features two curved ring segments that can be independently adjusted for size and angle.
LISTED UNDER: RetractorsDeep Tissue Retractor Stays
September 12, 2005 2:46 pm | Lone Star Medical Products, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsBooth # 1934 • Long Finger Deep Tissue Stays provide optimal exposure at the surgical site by retracting larger amounts of muscle, fascia and fat. These stays can be used with any of the Lone Star Retractor Rings. Used together, the stays and rings comprise the original Self-Retaining Retractor System™, excellent in a variety of applications; including general surgery, urology, head & neck, gynecology and colorectal surgery.
LISTED UNDER: RetractorsArthroscopic Suture Shuttle
September 12, 2005 2:31 pm | Smith & Nephew, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsThe ELITE PASS™ Premium Arthroscopic Suture Shuttle offers shoulder surgeons a flexible, single-handed method of passing suture through tissue without the need for additional instruments during rotator cuff repair surgery. Older stitching methods require two pathways to the treatment site, and an array of suture-passing instruments.
LISTED UNDER: Shoulder ReconstructionPost-Rhinoplasty Splint
August 22, 2005 9:39 am | Shippert Medical Technologies Corporation | Product Releases | CommentsThe Jiffy™ Splint comes packaged in a clear pack with a colored sheath for easy removal. Once 13 cc of water is injected into the packet, it is inserted into the slot at the top of the Jiffy Heater. The splint is ready in three minutes, but may stay in heater for hours without consequence and still be ready at the exact moment the doctor needs it.
LISTED UNDER: SplintsBone Cement Hand Tools
August 22, 2005 9:32 am | Whitney Products, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsDuring total hip and knee replacement surgeries, Whitney Curettes and Sculps tools allow the surgeon to remove excess bone cement quickly with fingertip precision. They are made from a plastic material that is softer than the polished metal surface of the prosthesis, making them less likely to scratch or mar the prosthesis than a metal tool.
LISTED UNDER: Hand Held InstrumentsSurgical Table Transport Handle
June 10, 2005 10:36 am | Stm International | Product Releases | CommentsThe Super Table Mover (STM) is an innovative medical equipment handling device designed to enhance and improve the transportation of any mobile surgical or x-ray imaging table with permanently fixed side rails. The STM handle width is adjustable from 19.50 to 32 inches or from any standard mobile surgical table to specialty mobile x-ray imaging table.
LISTED UNDER: O.R. Table AccessoriesHigh- Temperature Cauteries
June 10, 2005 10:36 am | Shippert Medical Technologies Corporation | Product Releases | CommentsHotsy® Cauteries are battery-operated and packaged sterile for immediate use in the field. This hand-held, high-temperature cautery line offers physicians two tip styles and two lengths to accommodate different procedures. The Hotsy 1000 has a fine tip, and the Hotsy 2000 has a loop tip. These two cauteries are designed for surface wound cauterizing.
LISTED UNDER: Electrocautery ProductsBariatric Foot Extensions
May 11, 2005 12:05 pm | Steris Corporation | Product Releases | CommentsBooth # 824 • The Amsco® 3080/3085 SP™ Bariatric Foot Extension provides extraordinary patient weight and width capacity and expanded surgical capabilities for Amsco 3080 and 3085 SP Surgical Table owners. The Amsco Foot Extension is rated for patients up to 1000 pounds, and is designed for secure and easy attachment and full positioning capability.
LISTED UNDER: O.R. Table AccessoriesDisposable Retractor
May 11, 2005 12:00 pm | Davol, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsThe MediTract™ Disposable Retractor provides circumferential retraction for open, abdominal procedures. The sterile, disposable, latex-free surgical retractor provides improved visibility and access into the abdominal cavity versus traditional reusable retractors. Retraction force is evenly distributed around the full incision site, minimizing tissue trauma, which may minimize patient post-operative pain and discomfort.
LISTED UNDER: RetractorsAccess Granted
April 13, 2005 7:34 am | Product Releases | CommentsMinimally invasive surgery, while constantly continuing to develop and seeing its own techniques and technologies growing by leaps and bounds, is still in its infancy. Nonetheless, the general consensus, both in the OR and out, is that this is the direction that surgery will be taking into the future.
LISTED UNDER: RetractorsMinimally Invasive Spinal Fusion Surgery Systems
April 13, 2005 7:29 am | Depuy Spine, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsWhen used together, the PIPELINE™, CONCORDE™ and VIPER™ Systems provide less invasive access to the spine, controlled placement of an intervertebral spacer, and control during pedicle screw fixation. Each system was specifically designed to enhance a different aspect of minimally invasive spinal fusion surgery.
LISTED UNDER: Spinal Surgery & Fixation Products
