Medtronic Experience Stealthstation combines spinal surgery navigation
with minimal access
23 February 2007
Memphis, Tenn. USA. Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT) has launched the Synergy
Experience Stealthstation System which combines navigational procedural
solutions with minimal access spinal technologies (MAST). It improves
treatment of spinal conditions by enabling spinal surgeons and their
patients to experience less invasive procedures, smaller incisions and less
exposure to radiation. The new System enables surgeons and their staff to
shorten operating room set-up and procedure time by using software that
stores surgeon preferences for each procedure. The system monitor also
provides glare-free clarity and the wireless surgeon mouse is fully
functional on a variety of different surfaces, allowing for more control and
manoeuvrability in the sterile field.
“Image guidance allows visualization of the spine in multiple planes,
simultaneously, like having multiple c-arms activated continuously
throughout the procedure,” said Choll Kim, M.D., an orthopaedic surgeon at
the University of California - San Diego. “This provides me with a better
3-D view of the spine and has allowed me to perform complex minimally
invasive surgeries in a safe and reproducible fashion, without the burden of
wearing uncomfortable lead equipment and the intrusion of the c-arm into the
surgical field.” To top
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