by Matthew N. Skoufalos When Sandy Brickel was a teenager, her mother, a police dispatcher, was seriously injured in the line of duty. When that happened, many things changed for the Ft. Wayne, Ind. native, one of them being that Brickel began to seriously consider a...
Patient temperature management is one of the most dynamic product categories in health care today. New technological developments in cold therapy products are leading to healthy growth and expansion of the market. The patient temperature management market for cold...
The SurgiSlush system is an alternative, fully automated slush machine for the OR that eliminates the need for costly sterile slush drapes. It requires no additional cooling medium or re-sterilization of basins and other reusable components, providing a significant...
While traditional external temperature management methods like cooling and warming blankets, gel pads and ice packs remain common in surgical suites, OR nurses and surgeons are recognizing their limitations. Zoll’s Intravascular Temperature Management (IVTM)...
Non-ice based cold therapy systems like the Cincinnati Sub-zero Electri-Cool II are becoming an alternative to traditional ice-based systems, which carry the risk of causing tissue and skin damage. This localized cold therapy system provides a more consistent cooling...