Smoke Evacuation
This Valleylab™ smoke evacuation pencil features a button switch with telescoping cannula and is designed for visibility in the surgical site and comfort in the surgeon’s hand. Plus, its all-in-one design means it’s no longer necessary to assemble multiple smoke evacuation products in the sterile field.
As of 11:50am, this product was not on backorder and is available for all accounts in the US.
What is the CVPLP200?
After doing zero consulting with the salesforce, but investing millions of dollars into this product; marketing launched this product in the early 2000's to combat the amount of gorillas that felt that the current laparoscopic offering of this product was too tiny and far too simple to use
What is SILS Stich (articulating endo stitch)
This company has somehow wiggled past all patents and is emerging as a threat to our stapling business, with their Aeon stapler. They are wanting to disrupt the current med-tech landscape holding over 30 patents themselves.
What is Lexington Medical?
Keeping at a high level, without getting into the weeds while maintaining a 30,000 foot view, we need to be checking this until this virus has passed.
The Medtronic Internal Covid-19 website
Despite the fear today of seeing someone do this, it's not uncommon to say this because your heart will actually stop beating for a millisecond.
Bless you. (After Sneezing)
This group of people report twice as many respiratory issues than the general population.
What are perioperative nurses?
The amount of less firing force that is required on the Tri-Staple EEA.
14% less firing force
This device can seal up to 7mm vessels, help reduce hand fatigue and stores activation data throughout the procedure to learn from live, human tissue.
What is the Applied Medical Voyant Sealer. Because we all want our devices to actively learn how to seal as I am actively performing surgery.
Their rep went to Ohio State for his education, has been with the organization for over 30 years. He will be the first to tell you that he's the rep for this particular hospital.
What is Duke?
This particular unit is measured by 1/60th of a second and also is perfect on a sandwich.
What is a jiffy?
This state just recently passed a bill to require surgical smoke evacuation in all operating rooms, passing their Senate unanimously in February of 2020.
What is Kentucky?
More hated than your worst enemy, this craftsman drill was laughed at for its heavier weight, non-intuitiveness and funny lights.
What is iDrive?
This product touts a "3 in 1" performance with it's ability to perform these functions during laparoscopic cases but NOT at the same time. They be blowing smoke!
What is the ConMed Airseal?
Despite not having anyone left-handed on this team, all of these particular animals are left handed.
What are polar bears?
This product is extremely popular among children and adults and was originally designed to be used as Wallpaper. Back in the olden day of being able to order demo product, Medtronic would ship entirely too much of this.
What is bubble wrap?
In this state you can smoke this but not that as they required all OR's to use smoke evacuation in all hospitals and surgery centers back in March 2018.
What is Colorado?
Among one of the greatest products on the market of everything in the universe, this magical product offers 88% more life than it's evil predecessor.
What is Curved Jaw Sonicision battery life.
Despite fears of Y2K and with just a hair over half of Americans had home internet, this company launched a product that is growing rapidly against our best wishes.
What is Intuitive Surgical (robot)
During an epic battle of good and evil this company had to pay Covidien $177 Million over this product?
What is with Ethicon and Harmonic Scalpel patent spat?
One of the most odd and fascinating, yet simple creatures on God's creation. This is what a group of Jellyfish is called.
What is a smack?
During a recent speech, this leader from AORN recent said this about smoke in the OR.
“These symptoms are not the kinds of things you go to occupational health about; these are the things that you go to your primary-care doctor about: skin problems, asthma attacks, conjunctivitis, the colds that won’t go away…”
Who is Paula Graling (Chair of AORN's Smoke Task Force)
These are the applications that the gray and white smaller diameter reloads have applications in; the FDA 510(k) approval.
Abdominal, gynecologic, pediatric and thoracic surgery for resection and transection of vascularature.
This product is said to reduce the force to fire by 97% Push button firing significantly reduces movement at the distal tip for increased stability. It is designed to minimize variation in usage and standardize performance across users. It's also said to reduce leaks by 61% to our previous offering.
What is the Ethicon Powered Circular Stapler?
In 1967, this fella started selling stapling instruments starting with sales of $1M to finish around $160M. Someone we know and love worked for his organization as well.
Who is Leon Hirsch?
The only animal that cannot jump.
What is an Elephant?