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Q&A: Robotic Surgery

Q&A: Robotic Surgery

This month, OR Today interviewed representatives from Ecolab to find out more about the ways robotic surgery has changed and surgical drapes are used. OR Today: What are some of the challenges associated with using traditional or generic surgical patient drapes for...

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Market Analysis: Patient Positioners

Market Analysis: Patient Positioners

by Lanier Norville Surgical patient positioning devices have advanced tremendously in the last few decades, to the point that they can now actively improve surgical outcomes, according to Earl Cole, vice president Innovative Medical Products, which in 1984 came out...

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RoTractor and Ankle Distractor

RoTractor and Ankle Distractor

Engineers at Innovative Medical Products worked with Edward De Mayo, M.D., an orthopedic consultant and surgeon, to design both the De Mayo RoTractor for shoulder arthroscopy and the De Mayo Ankle Distractor for arthroscopic surgical repair of the ankle. The line,...

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Stellar Positioning Products

Stellar Positioning Products

The positioners in this new line from Encompass Group were designed by clinicians and patients. Stellar Positioning Products can be used to elevate, prop and support patients during rest and recovery. Stellar Positioners are covered in Comfort Care fabric, developed...

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Recipe: Vegetarian Taco Salad

Recipe: Vegetarian Taco Salad

by Nancy Baggett Nobody will miss the meat in this colorful, zesty vegetarian taco salad. The rice and bean mixture can be made ahead and the salad quickly assembled at mealtime. Yield: 6 servings, about 1 1/2 cups each Active time: 40 minutes Total time: 40 minutes...

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Pinboard – August 2013

Pinboard – August 2013

Johns Hopkins students create device to avert repeated breast cancer surgeries   The students proudly display their invention. Because surgeons cannot learn right away whether all of the cancerous tissue has been removed during a lumpectomy, one in five women must...

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