Information About Radiology
Category Urology Therapeutic Typical Use Fragment urinary stones noninvasively using focused shock waves. Description A noninvasive device that generates focused acoustic shock waves transmitted through the body to fragment renal or ureteral calculi into passable fragments, offering an outpatient treatment option for selected stone sizes and locations with minimal anesthesia requirements. Patient selection, stone composition, … Read more
Category Plastic Surgery Typical Use Reshape auricular cartilage and soft tissues. Description Specialized instruments including scoring tools, suturing needles, and cartilage elevators used in cosmetic and reconstructive ear surgery to reshape cartilage, secure contours, and close incisions with minimal scarring and durable aesthetic results.
Category Neurophysiology Anesthesia Typical Use Identify and map peripheral nerves during surgery. Description A handheld device that delivers low current electrical pulses to elicit motor responses, helping surgeons locate nerves, verify integrity during dissection, and guide regional anesthesia placement while reducing the risk of inadvertent nerve injury.
Category Retraction Typical Use Retract superficial tissue in small incisions. Description A double ended handheld retractor with a small L shaped blade on one end and a rake on the other, used for superficial retraction in small incisions such as hand, foot, or minor soft tissue procedures. The Senn retractor provides fine control for exposing … Read more
Category Endoscopy Therapeutic Typical Use Perform precut sphincterotomy or mucosal incision during advanced endoscopic procedures. Description A fine electrosurgical cutting instrument passed through an endoscope to make controlled mucosal or sphincter incisions during complex ERCP or endoscopic submucosal dissection procedures, enabling access to difficult ducts or facilitating en bloc resection of lesions. Needle knife use … Read more
Category Perioperative Care Typical Use Maintain patient temperature during transfusion and surgery. Description A conductive or forced warmth blanket used intraoperatively or during transfusion to reduce heat loss and prevent hypothermia, integrated into multimodal temperature management strategies and requiring monitoring to avoid overheating and skin injury.
Category Anesthesia Neurology Typical Use Obtain cerebrospinal fluid or administer spinal anesthesia. Description A thin, hollow needle used to access the subarachnoid space in the lumbar region for diagnostic lumbar puncture to obtain cerebrospinal fluid or for administration of intrathecal medications and spinal anesthesia, with design features such as atraumatic pencil point tips to reduce … Read more
Category Neurosurgical Drainage Monitoring Typical Use Drain cerebrospinal fluid and monitor intracranial pressure in acute hydrocephalus. Description A catheter placed into a lateral ventricle and connected to an external closed drainage and pressure monitoring system that allows controlled cerebrospinal fluid removal to treat hydrocephalus, lower intracranial pressure, and obtain diagnostic samples while providing continuous ICP … Read more
Category Radiation Oncology Therapeutic Typical Use Place radioactive sources within or adjacent to tumors for localized radiation therapy. Description Devices such as intracavitary tandems and ovoids, interstitial needles, or surface molds used to position radioactive sources directly in or near malignant tissue to deliver high local radiation doses while limiting exposure to surrounding organs, commonly … Read more
Category Diagnostic Interventional Radiology Typical Use Deliver contrast and perform selective angiography of vascular territories. Description A catheter designed for selective catheterization of arteries or veins to inject radiographic contrast for diagnostic angiography or to serve as a conduit for interventional devices, with shapes and tip configurations tailored to specific vascular anatomies such as renal, … Read more