Philips and STERIS in alliance to provide hybrid surgical rooms for
minimally invasive procedures
8 October 2008
Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHI) and STERIS
Corporation (NYSE: STE) are collaborating to provide hybrid operating
rooms for open and minimally invasive cardiovascular surgical
procedures.
The alliance will combine Philips' cardiovascular X-ray systems and
STERIS HD 360° Suites technologies and design services to create a
flexible environment where clinicians can treat patients requiring
minimally invasive procedures, or those needing open surgery, within a
single operating suite. The relationship will also provide hospitals
with opportunities for surgical innovation and improved infection
prevention programs.
The new solutions provided by the Philips-STERIS collaboration will
deliver hybrid operating rooms that optimize workflow and streamline the
room planning and installation process. As a result, clinical staff will
benefit from a more tailored and intuitive environment that has the
potential to increase the efficiency of procedures for healthcare
professionals.
Hospitals are increasingly moving away from inpatient procedures to
more same-day and minimally invasive surgery. During the past 20 years
there has been a huge growth in outpatient surgery, with more than half
of patients today leaving the hospital on the same day as their
operation. There has also been a major rise in the use of catheter-based
treatments instead of open vascular work for all cardiac procedures.
This shift means hospitals today need to reconfigure their operating
rooms so they can adapt easily to different surgical procedures and
accommodate a wide range of current and future surgical technologies.
Bert van Meurs, senior vice president of Cardiovascular X-ray at
Philips Healthcare, said “Our partnership with STERIS demonstrates how
we are providing clinicians with operating facilities that combine
versatility, ease of use and optimal layout. This means clinicians can
spend less time worrying about the technology and more time focusing on
the patient.”
“We share the same desire as our Philips colleagues to optimize the
surgical environment for clinical professionals and their patients,”
Bill O’Riordan, STERIS’s vice president and general manager for Surgical
and Critical Care Technologies commented. “Our alliance with Philips
will help healthcare providers meet growing procedural demands and
embrace future surgical innovation with ease. These combined
Philips-STERIS solutions may also help to increase staff productivity,
maximize daily patient procedure rates and meet rigorous sterility
assurance standards and regulations worldwide.”
Overall, the Philips-STERIS hybrid room solutions are designed to
help: enhance patient flow and enable more cases per day; reduce the
risk for complications; reduce overall costs in the healthcare
community.
For new facilities and renovation projects, Philips will provide
interventional X-ray equipment and specialized imaging tables and STERIS
will supply specifically designed HD 360° Suites for hybrid surgical
rooms featuring: LED surgical lighting and visualization systems,
integrated OR technology, and pendant (equipment management) systems.
This will enable surgical and diagnostic teams to carry out a vast range
of image-guided interventional radiology procedures including
cardiovascular, vascular, cardiac surgery, neurosurgery and orthopedics.
In addition to the immediate benefits of the relationship, the
Philips-STERIS agreement will allow researchers at both companies to
jointly develop advanced surgical and imaging patient care solutions. As
capabilities advance, they can enable surgeons to conceive new advanced
procedures that benefit patients in many ways.