OR Today Magazine

Communication between patients and health care professionals is essential to the safe and effective delivery of health care. More than 60 million residents of the United States speak a language other than English at home, with approximately 22% self-identifying as...

Connecticut-based medical device innovator Lumendi LLC (www.lumendi.com) reports the first endoscopic appendectomy using its DiLumen Endolumenal Interventional Platform (EIP). A patient underwent the purely endoscopic endolumenal appendectomy to remove a lesion...

The Joint Commission will resume some survey and review activities in June, according to its weekly newsletter Joint Commission Online. “The Joint Commission is committed to working closely with organizations, with safety being the first and foremost priority. As we...

Osso VR, a validated virtual reality (VR) surgical training platform, is rolling out a new training experience in VR with an exceptional level of visual exactness surrounding every aspect, from anatomical detail to the OR environment. This novel immersive experience...

Royal Philips has announced that the U.S. FDA has issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for Philips’ IntelliVue Patient Monitors MX750/MX850 and its IntelliVue Active Displays AD75/AD85, for use in the U.S. during the COVID-19 health emergency [1]. These patient...

As hospitals and surgeons around the country begin to resume elective surgeries postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Ethicon*, part of the Johnson & Johnson Medical Device Companies**, and one of the world’s leading manufacturers of surgical devices, announced...