Above: The second prototype of a design of a hand-held battery-powered plume evacuation system to be used in surgical fields
Surgical plume is a hazardous byproduct of electrosurgery and is typically captured using large, cumbersome smoke evacuation systems. The team has developed a hand-held, battery powered plume evacuation device that eliminates the trip and entanglement hazards associated with traditional plume capture tubing, leading the way for mobility and safety improvements in the operating room.
Sponsorship
Medtronic
Director
Chip Bollendonk