Medical Devices

  • Why Hospitals Need Structured Robotics Programs*

    Why Hospitals Need Structured Robotics Programs*

    Since 2000 the annual growth in robotic assisted surgery has increased tremendously.  Between 2009 – 2014 the number of procedures performed on the da Vinci platform from Intuitive Surgical has tripled from approximately 40,000 to 120,000[1].  It is not just the number of procedures that is growing, but also the […]

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  • Reprocessing: When the Conventional Wisdom is Wrong

    Reprocessing: When the Conventional Wisdom is Wrong

    It was a packed house.  The room was filled with leaders from the operating rooms from across the system.  Surgeons, Anesthesiologists and Operating Room Nursing Directors were all there to hear the great debate.  The rate of adoption of reprocessed “single use devices” was accelerating across the system and we […]

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