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For surgeons who require arthroscopic ankle procedures from a posterior approach or who need to use an alternative surgical tech-nique because of a patient’s anatomy, Innovative Medical Products has designed the De Mayo Ankle Distractor “ladder” accessory. The...

Sealed Air’s Diversey Care division announced that Jim Gauthier, MLT, CIC, has joined the North American healthcare team as senior clinical advisor, infection prevention. In this role, Gauthier will serve as an infection prevention and control resource and an industry...

Key Surgical Inc. now offers cleaning brushes for flexible bone reamers. The Key Surgical bone reamer brush features a 31-inch rigid stainless steel handle/shaft with medical-grade nylon bristles designed for effective manual cleaning of a fl exible bone reamer – a...

Medtech has received 510K clearance from the United States Food and Drug Administration to market the ROSA Spine robot in the U.S. Obtaining FDA clearance is a major step in Medtech’s development strategy and will allow the company to market the ROSA Spine robot in...

Sterigenics International has announced expansion at its Fort Worth, Texas location, with the addition of a new gamma cell that will increase capacity by 30 percent. Expan-sion will be complete by Q2 2017. “We have committed more than $80 million in capital...

Censis Technologies announced recently that Univer-sal Health Services Inc. has selected Censis as sole source provider for surgical instrument and asset management software throughout the entire UHS system. The multiyear contract allows all facilities associated with...