Tag: Medical Technology

Lakewood Ranch Medical Center First to Deploy 7D Surgical’s Machine-Vision Image Guided Surgery (MvIGS) Platform in the Greater Tampa Bay Area

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New Technology Reduces Radiation and Enhances Patient Safety

As hospitals around the world look for new and innovative ways to improve surgical outcomes and patient safety, Lakewood Ranch Medical Center (LWRMC) has taken a leap into the future with the installation of the 7D Surgical System for spinal and cranial procedures. This system virtually replaces standard fluoroscopy, providing the surgical team with a fast, accurate and radiation-free tool for the placement of spinal implants.

“Lakewood Ranch Medical Center has always been proactive in ensuring we have the right tools to protect our patients and enhance patient care, which is why we supported the purchase of the 7D Surgical System,” said Andy Guz, Chief Executive Officer of Lakewood Ranch Medical Center. “This investment is important and underscores our commitment to patient care and the communities we serve, for both advanced spinal and cranial procedures.”

The 7D Surgical System is the first and only Machine-Vision Image Guided Surgery (MvIGS) platform. For the first time spine surgeons can guide their tools to the critical anatomy using sophisticated camera technology linked to a computer in the operating theater. The underlying technology is similar to what is used in the latest self-driving automobiles. Unlike time-consuming conventional image guided surgery (IGS) systems that depend on intraoperative radiation, this new MvIGS platform can achieve an incredibly fast surgical workflow for spine procedures, reducing operative time for patients.

“As a Neurosurgeon, the 7D technology provides me with more information when placing hardware in the spine, because I can see the anatomy in 3D,” said Huan John Wang, MD, neurosurgeon at Lakewood Ranch Medical Center. “I am proud to be able to offer my patients the very latest technology in spine surgery while eliminating unnecessary radiation use.”

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Republished from Lakewood Ranch Medical Center.

Kirwan Bipolar Forceps: Superior in Look, Feel, & Finish

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Kirwan Surgical Products is dedicated to creating and developing superior products for demanding microsurgical specialties such as Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, ENT, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and Orthopaedic Surgery. As the exclusive distributor for Kirwan in the Southeast, DB Surgical provides an extensive array of bipolar forceps, including those featured below:

AURA™ Bipolar Forceps

Kirwan Surgical Products’ AURA™ line of non-stick forceps represents the culmination of 35 years of research and development, and represents state-of-the-art, highly conductive, non-stick forceps technology.

Kirwan uses the physics of high conductivity to achieve AURA’s non-stick effect during coagulation. The AURA™ non-stick forceps utilize a patented metal alloy that creates an extremely conductive path for electrons allowing the forceps the ability to conduct energy and heat away from the tips faster. Since the energy and heat is rapidly dissipated, tissue is not coagulated onto the tips.

Kirwan offers AURA™ non-stick bipolar forceps in a variety of styles and options including: disposable, reusable, bayonet, straight, insulated, uninsulated, irrigating, non-irrigating, with or without stops, and with various tip sizes, tip angles and tip exposures. AURA™ non-stick technology can also be employed with stainless steel, titanium or aluminum forceps. Most features can be interchanged to customize the forceps to suit the surgeon’s needs.

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Disposable COHEN™ Bipolar Forceps

Bipolar ForcepsKirwan Surgical Products has proudly partnered with Dr. Aaron Cohen-Gadol to create a revolutionary breakthrough in disposable bipolar forceps. Designed to provide maximum comfort and visibility, the COHEN™ Bipolar Forceps focuses on how the instrument feels in the  surgeon’s hand, providing maximum comfort, precision and enhanced visibility. Complete with special cushioned padding, exceptional tension, enhanced ergonomic shape and Kirwan’s patented AURA non-stick technology, these forceps are the next generation of exceptional non-stick bipolar forceps.

Available in three lengths, each with three different tip sizes, the COHEN™ Bipolar Forceps come irrigating or non-irrigating and are packaged sterile with or without a detachable cord.

Disposable 3-Hole Style Bipolar Forceps3-hole

The 3-Hole Series of disposable non-stick forceps come in three lengths each with three different tip sizes. Unique tip geometry with reduced tip exposure and strong dissecting force make this line of forceps ideal for discrete coagulation and dissection in narrow spaces.

Disposable Liberty AURA™ Bipolar Forceps

liberty-auraKirwan Surgical Products’ Liberty AURA™ non-stick disposable forceps offer advanced non-stick technology in a disposable forceps. This product line is the perfect marriage of the popular Liberty™ disposable bipolar forceps with the widely acclaimed AURA™ non-stick reusable bipolar forceps. These forceps come insulated with or without a 12 foot detachable cord and are offered straight or bayoneted with a variety of patterns and styles.

Disposable Irrigating Bipolar Forcepsirr-bipolar

Kirwan’s disposable bayonet stainless steel irrigating forceps come in a variety of patterns. They are insulated and available in four different lengths and five tip sizes. These forceps come sterile packed, five to a pack.

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Quality and compatibility are assured when Kirwan Surgical’s products are supported by DB Surgical’s knowledgeable sales team. Contract pricing for Kirwan Surgical Products is available through DB Surgical.

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(Republished from Kirwan Surgical Products.)

Discover the Leica M530 OH6 Surgical Microscope with FusionOptics

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Leica M530 OH6 Neurosurgery Microscope

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HTnJDpIOUE

To achieve the best possible patient outcomes, surgeons have to remain focused through every step of every surgery.  The Leica M530 OH6 supports surgeons to achieve this by providing:

  •  Outstanding visualization and imaging technology
    • In an upgradeable, ergonomic surgical microscope
  • Complete clarity for rear assistant
    • Independent fine focus adjustment for the rear assistant ensures optimal visualization
  • Smoothly maneuverable
    • Effortless handling with full range of movement and tilt of the optics carrier for adaptation to different applications

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Republished from Leica Microsystems.

DB Surgical Featured Products Overview for Fall 2016 Now Available

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Download the Fall 2016 DB Surgical featured products presentation here:
Featured Products – Fall 2016 (~1MB PDF File)

Check out the video for a quick review:

 

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Microscope Imaging System Integrates Virtual Reality Technology

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VIDEO: Joshua Bederson, M.D., utilizes the latest simulation and virtual reality advances during neurosurgery.
Credit: Mount Sinai Health System

Joshua Bederson, MD, Professor and System Chair for the Department of Neurosurgery at Mount Sinai Health System, is the first neurosurgeon to use CaptiView – a microscope image injection system from Leica Microsystems that overlays critical virtual reality imaging directly onto the brain when viewed through the eyepiece, known as the ocular, during surgery. This new microscope technology allows images of chosen objects, including original CT, MRI and angiogram datasets, to be superimposed, or ‘injected,’ directly into the neurosurgeon’s eyepiece during microscopic surgery.

“This next-generation augmented virtual reality tool provides real-time information in ways never before realized,” says Dr. Bederson, who is now using the technology for all of his cases. He worked closely with Leica Microsystems and Brainlab® to develop the surgical navigation tool.

The CaptiView image injection system utilizes Brainlab® Cranial 3.1 Navigation Software in conjunction with a Leica M530 OH6 microscope. The heads-up display provides neurovascular and fiber-track information in 2D or 3D as well as on-screen video overlays visible through the ocular. The microscope integration also allows the surgeon to switch views in the eyepiece, toggling between live and pre-operative anatomical images using handle control buttons or footswitch for ease of use and uninterrupted workflow. Markers attached to the microscope enable positional tracking and autofocus.

This new technology will be utilized alongside Surgical Navigation Advanced Platform (SNAP) developed by Surgical Theater, LLC, which is a standard feature in the operating room. SNAP provides advanced 3D visualization technology that gives surgeons an intraoperative and patient-specific 3D environment to plan and understand surgical approaches.

“We are driving and advancing the development of next-generation simulation and virtual reality technology, which can help improve patient outcomes and solve neurosurgical challenges,” says Dr. Bederson.

Dr. Bederson is an expert in skull-base and cerebrovascular surgery and has performed more than 3,600 neurosurgical operations at Mount Sinai. Dr. Bederson owns equity in Surgical Theater, LLC.

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Republished from EurekAlert!