Information About Radiology
Category Airway Management Typical Use Connect supraglottic devices to ventilation circuits and monitors. Description A connector and adapter assembly that links laryngeal mask airways or other supraglottic devices to breathing circuits, ventilators, and monitoring equipment, ensuring secure ventilation and enabling capnography and pressure monitoring during anesthesia or emergency airway management. Adapters are sized to match … Read more
Category Emergency Temporary Pacing Typical Use Provide temporary cardiac pacing in acute bradycardia or heart block. Description A temporary pacing system that provides external or transvenous electrical stimulation to the heart in acute settings such as symptomatic bradycardia, heart block, or perioperative conduction disturbances until definitive therapy is available. External pacing can be transcutaneous using … Read more
Category Neonatology Therapeutic Typical Use Treat neonatal hyperbilirubinemia with blue light phototherapy. Description A lamp or LED based system that emits specific wavelengths of light to convert unconjugated bilirubin into water soluble isomers that can be excreted without conjugation, reducing serum bilirubin levels in jaundiced neonates and preventing kernicterus. Phototherapy requires appropriate irradiance, exposure surface … Read more
Category Electrosurgery Typical Use Precise coagulation between forceps tips. Description An electrosurgical instrument that delivers current between two closely spaced tips to achieve localized coagulation without passing current through the rest of the body, making it ideal for microsurgery and procedures near delicate structures. Bipolar forceps provide controlled hemostasis with reduced risk of stray current … Read more
Category Urology Therapeutic Typical Use Retrieve urinary tract stones during ureteroscopy or percutaneous procedures. Description A flexible wire basket passed through a ureteroscope or nephroscope to capture and extract renal or ureteral calculi after fragmentation or for intact removal, facilitating stone clearance and relief of obstruction. Basket design varies for flexibility, opening diameter, and radiopacity … Read more
Category Emergency Thoracic Typical Use Perform emergent chest tube placement for pneumothorax or hemothorax. Description A preassembled sterile tray containing scalpel, forceps, dilators, chest tube, sutures, and dressings used to perform emergent tube thoracostomy at the bedside or in trauma settings to evacuate air or blood from the pleural space and re expand the lung.
Category ENT Surgical Typical Use Provide magnified exposure of the larynx for diagnostic and operative procedures. Description A rigid laryngoscope system used with an operating microscope to expose the larynx and vocal cords for precise microsurgical interventions such as lesion excision, biopsy, or vocal cord medialization, enabling delicate work on small structures with high magnification … Read more
Category Grasping Typical Use Hold heavy tissue or fascia with firm grip. Description Toothed forceps designed to provide a strong grip on slippery or dense tissues such as fascia, bowel, or skin during retraction or specimen handling; their teeth provide secure purchase but can be traumatic to delicate tissues. Allis forceps are useful for temporary … Read more
Category Endoscopy Diagnostic Typical Use Collect lower respiratory tract fluid for microbiology and cytology. Description A sterile set of syringes, suction traps, and sterile saline used during bronchoscopy to instill and aspirate aliquots of sterile fluid into distal airways, retrieving cellular and microbiologic material from the alveolar space for diagnosis of pneumonia, interstitial lung disease, … Read more
Category Airway Management Typical Use Secure airway and provide mechanical ventilation. Description A flexible, cuffed tube inserted through the mouth or nose into the trachea to maintain a patent airway, protect against aspiration, and enable positive pressure ventilation via a ventilator or manual bagging. Endotracheal tubes come in various sizes and designs for adult and … Read more