| While it's the expertise of doctors and nurses that | | | | device is hardly a new addition to the surgery room, |
| helps care for patients in the surgery room, it is the | | | | but it is a very basic and highly essential component of |
| medical tools and devices at their disposal that enable | | | | it. This device lets doctors and assistants remove |
| them to use their expertise to save lives. The following | | | | sputum, meaning phlegm, mucus and other thick |
| are five essential medical devices that you'll find in the | | | | secretions that would otherwise get in the way of the |
| surgery room. Some are simple and some employ the | | | | surgery. Most new suction devices use oil-free |
| latest in medical technology, but they all play a crucial | | | | lubricating pumps, to avoid oil mist pollution. |
| role in ensure a safe and successful surgery. | | | | 4. Low Temperature Plasma Sterilizer |
| 1. Surgical Shadow-less Lamp | | | | This refrigerator-looking device is used to sterilize |
| In the surgery room, visibility is crucial. The surgeon has | | | | objects in the surgery room. As you probably know, |
| to see precisely where he is laying his hands and his | | | | this is an absolutely essential task. Any unsterilized |
| instruments, as any miscalculation could result in serious | | | | objects could lead to serious infections in such a highly |
| and potentially fatal problems. The job of the surgical | | | | sensitive environment. The sterilizer uses gas plasma, |
| shadow-less lamp is to provide a homogeneous light | | | | or ionized gas, to sterilize medical instruments and |
| source that shines from above the operating table and | | | | accessories. The method allows for the treatment of |
| produces no shadows that might impair the surgeon's | | | | heat-sensitive objects at temperatures under |
| vision. | | | | 50°C, and the gases are not harmful to the |
| 2. LCD Monitor | | | | operator. |
| This is one of the newest gadgets that has been | | | | 5. Vital Signs Monitor |
| introduced to the surgery room. Rather than used for | | | | If you've seen medical shows on TV you know what |
| entertainment purposes, medical LCD screens allow | | | | this machine looks like. Is the multi-screened, |
| surgeons to see high-resolution images of their surgery. | | | | multi-cabled device that hooks up to the patient via |
| The doctor can move the images around on the | | | | electrodes in order to monitor their vital signs. The vital |
| screen for convenience, making his job a lot easier. | | | | signs monitor allows for continuous tracking of the |
| 3. Electrical Sputum Suction Device | | | | patient's vital status, letting the doctor and nurses see |
| Unlike the hi-def LCD screen, the sputum suction | | | | any changes that occur throughout the surgery. |