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Technical exhibitors product listing
JANUARY 1996, VOL 63, N O 1 BOOTH DESCRIPTIONS
Technical exhibitors product listing
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he following Congress booth descriptions are furnished as a courtesy to Congress attendees and exhibitors. Although every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, AORN is not responsible for errors or omissions. Only exhibitors who provided descriptions by the Oct 2 , 1995,deadline are included. This is not a complete list.
Abbott Laboratories 200 Abbott Park Rd D-993 AP30 Abbott Park, IL 60064 Booth 424 The Hospital Products Division of Abbott Laboratories will feature infection control and suction products. Accu-line Products, Inc 379 Iyanough Rd (Rear) PO Box 875 Hyannis, MA 02601 Booth 3505 Surgical marking system that combines a fine and broad line in one marker. Various styles available, including ultrafine point. Also, plastic rulers and labels.
ucts, Inc, protect patients from unnecessary tissue trauma and nerve damage occumng during surgery.
Advanced Laser Services Corp 819 Phillipi Rd Columbus, OH 43228 Booth 1811 Services and repairs all types of surgical lasers. Aesculap 1000 Gateway Blvd S San Francisco, CA 94080 Booth 814 STERILCONTAINER'" rigid packaging system, case carts, and storage racks will be displayed. Also, general and endoscopic instruments, instrument management systems, instrument repairs, and motor systems. Aircast, Inc 92 River Rd Summit, NJ 07901 Booth 2245 Featuring orthopedic devices that promote functional management.
1034 PearlMA St 02403 Brockton, Booth 3916 Surgical instruments, orthopedic burrs, anesthesia equipment, pharmaceuticals, solutions, protective apparel, latex-free products, and obstetrics and gynecological products.
Akorn 100 Akorn Dr Abita Springs, LA 70420 Booth 3841 Featuring ophthalmic intraoperative packs; ophthalmic disposable knives, blades, and cannulas; ophthalmic instruments and diamond knives; ophthalmic sutures; postoperative kits; and surgical pharmaceuticals.
Acra-Cut, Inc 989 Main St Acton, MA 01720 Booth 4030 Introducing the Acragun" reusable scalp clip gun using sterile, preloaded cartridges. Exhibiting adult, pediatric, and miniature perforators; spiral cranioblades; craniotomy kits; and Caspar distraction pins.
Alcon@Surgical 6201 S Freeway Ft Worth, TX 76134 Booth 3023 Presenting a line of ophthalmic products including disposables, intraocular lenses, diagnostic and ultrasound equipment, corneal topography, and phacoemulsification and vitreoretinal systems.
Action@Products, Inc 22 N Mulberry St Hagerstown, MD 21740 Booth 2819 Akton@polymer pads and positioners from Action@Prod-
Allied Biomedical Corp 118-D Springhall Rd Goose Creek; SC 29445 Booth 542 Duralastic I@and Duralastic II@long-term implantable
ACE Surgical Supply Co
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silicone elastomer sheeting, silicone blocks, silicone thinwalled tubing, Kelocote@keloid scar gel, and surgical disposable anesthesia needles.
Allied Healthcare Products, Inc 1720 Sublette Ave St Louis, MO 63110 Booth 3652
es, brush dispensers, and toothbrushes.
Angelica Uniform Group, Inc
Disposable suction canisters, Vacutron'" suction regulators, Gomco'" portable suction equipment, medical gas delivery systems, nitrogen control panels, digital alarms.
ALM Surgical Equipment, Inc 1820 N Lemon St Anaheim, CA 92801-1009 Booth 1040 ALM provides an integrated workplace for the OR with Prismatic@surgical lights, the 5900 surgical table, and the Drager ceiling service units.
American Health Products Corp 500 Park Blvd, Suite 1260 Itasca, IL 60143 Booth 3352 Manufacturer of Glovetex powdered and powder-free latex and vinyl examination gloves. Glovetex powderfree latex available in smooth or textured finish.
AmeriNet 2060 Craigshire Rd St Louis, MO 63146 Booth 3402
700 Rosedale Ave St Louis, M O 63112 Booth 1549 Surgical, professional, and precautionary apparel featuring fluid-resistant gowns and surgical accessories. Fashion scrubs.
Ansell Perry 1875 Harsh Ave, SE Massillon, OH 44646 Booth 3031 Manufacturing surgical, specialty, and examination gloves including powder-free sterile and nonsterile, hypoallergenic, ultrathin, ultrathick, nonlatex surgical, and hand-barrier products.
Appleton & Lange PO Box 120041 Stamford, C T 06912-0041 Booth 1932 Featuring L. Groah's Operating Room Nursing: Perioperative Practice in a newly revised third edition. Applied Medical Resources
Group purchasing cooperative providing comprehensive group purchasing programs in the health care industry with regional and local service.
AMMI-American
Anchor Advanced Products-Brush Division 1307 Davis St Morristown, TN 37814 Booth 3435 Autoclavable OR scrub brushes, disposable scrub brush-
Medical Manufacturing, Inc
9410 DeSoto Ave, Unit J Chatsworth, CA 91311 Booth 1945 SAF-T-POLE'" irrigation towers, SAF-T-SHIELD" splash-guard products, IDS" interchangeable delivery system, Spongecheck'" sponge counting system, surgical x-ray shield, anesthesia pole/screen combination, laryngoscope disinfecting system, and laser lights.
AMSCO International, Inc 2424 W 23rd St Erie, PA 16506 Booth 1711
26051 Merit Cir, Bldg 103 Laguna Hills, CA 92653 Booth 1555 Convertible'" trocar system (reusable/disposable) and Universal Seal'". Insufflation tubing and scope warmers, vascular graft cleaning catheters, angioscopes, visual insitu bypass systems, and occlusion devices.
Aquarius Medical Corp 7525 E Camelback Rd, Suite 210 Scottsdale, AZ 85251 Booth 1947 Introducing a self-contained and mobile fluid management system offering automated multiple-liter fluid delivery, intra-articular pressure/flow control, and fluid retrieval for arthroscopic surgery.
Armstrong Medical Industries, Inc
Manufactures, sells, and services OR beds and lights, sterilizers, washers, and sterility assurance products. Facility planning and design, service programs, seminars, and videotape library.
575 Knightsbridge Pwky Lincolnshire, IL 60069 Booth 3213 A - S M A R T carts for many purposes, key lock or sidearm panel lock; procedure, latex-free, malignant hyperthermia, crash, anesthesia, and medication carts. 126
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Aslan Medical Technologies 6376 Quail Run Dr Kalamazoo, MI 49009 Booth 1139 Endoscopic and Mini-Laparoscopyrb' instruments featuring an in-line design that fits user's hand for tactile feedback. ASSI-Accurate Surgical Scientific Instruments 300 Shames Dr Westbury, NY 11590 Booth 2340 Displaying supercut scissors, laparoscopic instrumentation, bipolar forceps, ASS1 Polarmate cautery units, microsurgical instruments, ophthalmology instruments, and instrument sterilization cases. Atrium Medical Corp 5 Wentworth Dr Hudson, NH 03051 Booth 3219 Introducing dry chest drainage products. Also featuring water-seal chest drainage and auto-transfusion systems, PVC, and heparin-coated thoracic catheters along with Hybrid FTFE'" vascular grafts and polypropylene surgical mesh. Atwork Corp 100 Europa Dr, Suite 250 Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Booth 3109 ORSOS 111"'-integrated OR management information system, case scheduling, preference cards, inventory control, perioperative charting, and management reports. One-Call'" automated patient scheduling system. Augustine Medical, Inc 10393 W 70th St Eden Prairie, MN 55344 Booth 621 Manufacturer of Bair HuggerO therapy provides Total Temperature Management"': fluid and forced-air warming with one instrument. Avenatech, Inc 5001 SW 74th Ct, Suite 104 Miami, FL 33155 Booth 2639 Washers/decontaminators for hands-free washing of surgical instruments, rigid endoscopes, laparoscopic and other lumened instruments. Ballard Medical Products 12050 Lone Peak Pkwy Draper, UT 84020 Booth 2235 FOAM CARE@foam hand-care system; MIC@,featuring
the transgastric jejunal feeding tube and a line of endoscopic accessories and enteral feeding products.
Baxter Healthcare Corp One Baxter Pkwy Deerfield, IL 60015 Booth 3531 Exhibiting Convertors@and Custom Sterile'" gloves. Medi-Vac@autotransfusion systems, prep and skin care products, Sure Med@dispensing system, and V. MuelleP instruments. Focusing on cost management programs. Becton Dickinson 1 Becton Dr Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417 Booth 3917 Introducing Becton Dickinson's combined product offerings, including Bard-Parker@blades, disposable scalpels, safety handles E-Z Scrub@products, specialty hypodermic products, and Interlink@IV access systems. BE1 Medical Systems 83 Hobart St Hackensack, NJ 07601 Booth 3137 Offering the Zinnanti brand of products for gynecological procedures, the Meditron devices brand of products for gastrointestinal procedures. and equipment for laparoscopic surgery. Bemis Health Care 300 Mill St Sheboygan Falls, WI 53085 Booth 1921 Featuring a line of suction canisters from 800 niL to 3000 mL including accessories and a range of sharps containers from 5-qt to 1 I -gal capacities. Berchtold Corp 1950 Hanahan Rd, PO Box 60399 Charleston, SC 29419-0399 Booth 1053 Chromophare@surgical lighting systems, Endolitemfor correct dark room conversion. ChromoVision@closedcircuit television for surgery, Teletom@power boom systems. Berkeley Medevices, Inc 907 Camelia St Berkeley, CA 94710 Booth 2016 Synevac@suction equipment, disposable products, and accessories; Vabra@aspirators, endometrial tissue sampling kits; surgical loops, word Bartholin gland catheters. dilators, brushes, gynecological instruments and speculums. 127
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BFW 750 Enterprise Dr Lexington, KY 40510 Booth 2040
Buffalo FiltedMedtek Devices, Inc 6000 N Bailey Ave, Suite 9 Buffalo, NY 14226 Booth 2048
Featuring Wehmerlite IV-A fiberoptic headlight, FeatherBrite contour cable, vivid-image video camera system, Maxillume 150W and SolaRay 250W light sources, halogen examination headlight system and accessories.
Manufacturer of smoke plume evacuation systems, accompanying filters, replacement filters, accessories, and custom filtration systems.
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Bio-Vascular, Inc 2575 University Ave St Paul, MN 55114 Booth 3351
Bulbronics 45 Banfi Plaza Farmingdale, NY 11735 Booth 4051 Light sources for endoscopic/fiber-optic units in the OR. Also, surgical spotlight replacement lamps.
Implantable devices: Pen-Strips@staple line reinforcement, Supple Pen-Guard@,Vascu-guard@vascular patch, Dura-Guard@dural patch, BiografP HUV graft/disposable devices: Flo-Rester@occluder/biovascular probe.
Biomet, Inc Airport Industrial Park PO Box 587 Warsaw, IN 46581-0587 Booth 2809
Burlington Medical Supplies, Inc 32 Stevens St Haverhill, MA 01831 Booth 1941 Displaying custom lead x-ray aprons, thyroid collars, leaded glasses, positioning sponges, table pads, and accessories.
Designs, manufactures, markets products used by orthopedic specialists in surgical/nonsurgicaltherapies including reconstructive/trauma devices, OR supplies, powered surgical instruments, general instrumentation. arthroscopy products.
Blickman Health Industries, Inc 39 Robinson Rd Lodi, NJ 07644 Booth 2730 Featuring our foot-operated motorized adjustable instrument table and case cart. Also, our line of stainless steel
Burton Medical Products 21100 Lassen St Chatsworth, CA 91311 Booth 3501 Displaying OR lights and the Genesis@line of emergency department and birthing lights.
C. R. Bard Co 100 Sockanossett Crossroad Cranston, R I 02920 Booth 1101
warming cabinets, carts, stands, stools, and tables.
Featuring products from Davol, Bard Urology, Bard Access Systems, and Bard Vascular Systems.
Blue Bell Bio-Medical PO Box 455 Blue Bell, PA 19422-0455 Booth 3530
Care-Tech Laboratories 3224 S Kingshighway Blvd St Louis, M O 63139 Booth 439
Carts and workstations for video equipment, special procedures, anesthesia supplies, malignant hyperthermia episode. Customized workstations for storage needs.
Antibiotic replacement therapies-new surgical scrub, prep, and wound care.
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Carolon Co 601 Forum Pkwy Rural Hall, NC 27045 Booth 2846
Bradley Corp PO Box 309 Menomonee Falls, WI 53052-0309 Booth 3856 Provider of surgical case carts, transport carts, supply carts, and make up and back tables.
Bramstedt Surgical Instrument, Inc 6343 145th St N Hugo, MN 55038 Booth 3522 Surgical instrument repair, maintenance, and reconditioning. Custom instrument prototype and manufacturing. Custom orthopedic instrumentation. Blood pressure calibration, Kant-slip jaw needle holder inserts.
CAP-ATS@antiembolism stockings; C H A M P Propac I1 insulated ice therapy wraps; C H A M P Slip-Not patient slippers; C H A M P no latex support bandages, Velcro@ fasteners; C H A M P Excel elastic bandages.
Carstens 7310 W Wilson Ave Chicago, IL 60656 Booth 3516 Featuring patient charting systems-ring binders, ring binder storage caddies, Wallaroo'" chart storage cabinets, chart identification and accessories. 128
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CLOWARD Instruments 224 Kaalawai PI Honolulu, HI 96816 Booth 2922 Clowardm handheld instruments for surgeries on the cervical and lumbar spine. Positioning devices for the OR bed for prone and supine patients. Cottrell, Ltd 7399 S Tucson Way Englewood, C O 80112 Booth 819 Cottrell is a medical manufacturer providing infection control products including ProCide@disinfecting and sterilizing solution, ProChek@G, Pro EZ enzymatic, and ProCleanse'" instrument cleaner and lubricant. CUDA Products Corp 6000 Powers Ave Jacksonville, FL 32217 Booth 1234 Featuring a line of fiber optics in laparoscopes, otoscopes, headlights, light sources, and fiber-optic cables. Offering products on private label basis and custom designs to your specifications. Custom Ultrasonics, Inc 144 Railroad Dr Ivyland, PA 18974 Booth 647 Manufacturer and distributor of systems that effect a standardized automatic cleaning and chemical decontamination and sterilization process for flexible or rigid fiberscopes and surgical instruments. Cyclo3pss Medical Systems, Inc 3646 W 2100 S Salt Lake City, UT 84120 Booth 509 Cyclo3pss Medical Systems introduces the Ster-03Zone"" 100 ozone gas sterilization system-an alternative to ethylene oxide sterilization. Data Medical 277 Fairfield Rd Fairfield, NJ 07004 Booth 3604 Displaying a device to reduce the potential for fluidbome pathogen infections. The Accu-Halt monitor detects holes in barrier products between patients and health care providers. Datex Medical Instrumentation, Inc 2 Highwood Dr Tewksbury, MA 01876 Booth 3808 Line of monitors designed for anesthesia featuring pedi-
atric spirometry and sevoflurane/desflurane identification. Automated record keeping and information management systems.
DePuy ProSource 700 Orthopedic Dr Warsaw, IN 46581 Booth 1319 DePuy ProSource is a full line orthopedic supplier. Featuring our line of environmental protection products and other OR products. Derma-Safe Co 32 Juniper Rd Wayne, NJ 07470 Booth 1908 Manufacturers of surgical prep r a z o r s d r y shave, single-edge, wet shave, double-edge, and folding straight razor. Dermacare 7651 National Turnpike Louisville, KY 40214 Booth 2430 Featuring the Dermagard@Prism, a pressure-reduction mattress. DeRoyal Industries 200 DeBusk Ln Powell, TN 37849 Booths 1931 and 2131 Featuring TracePak'", a supply management system; SurgiMate'" and EndoMate'" surgical accessories. Devon Industries, Inc 9530 DeSoto Ave Chatsworth, CA 91311 Booth 1309 Featuring our CPR (consolidation and price reduction) program. Dittmar, Inc 101 E Laurel Ave Cheltenham, PA 19012 Booth 2325 Featuring the Power Lifter@,a pneumatic IV stand used during arthroscopic and cystoscopy procedures; OSHAsafe, three-piece autoclavable soaking sterilizing trays. Eagle/MHC 100 Industrial Blvd Clayton, DE 19938 Booth 2349 Surgical case carts (opened and closed), exchange carts, wire-shelving products, surgical scrub sinks, suture carts, and stainless steel sinks and tables. 129
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EBI Medical Systems, Inc 6 Upper Pond Rd Parsippany, NJ 07054 Booth 2231 Manufactures and markets the noninvasive EBI bone healing systems, OrthoGen, implantable stimulators, and SpF spinal bone growth stimulator. Also, the EBI ExFix external fixation systems and Temptek, a controlled cold therapy treatment to reduce postoperative pain and swelling. ECMI 65 Railroad Ave
Ridgefield, NJ 07657 Booth 3802 Designer and manufacturer of custom and generic medical sterilization cases, trays, and container systems. The Nova line consists of modular customizable trays and storage systems. Elekta Instruments, Inc 8 Executive Park W, Suite 809 Atlanta, GA 30329 Booth 543 Offering the Leksell Micro-Stereotactic System'", the SelectoP ultrasonic aspirator, and the Ruggles'" line of neurosurgical and spine instrumentation. Enterprise Systems, Inc 1400 S Wolf Rd Wheeling, IL 60090 Booth 3601 Featuring Enterprise Scheduling'" (enterprise-wide scheduling), TouchScan'" (resource management), NOVA"' (materials management), ORBIT" (surgical services), and TITAN'" (financial management). ERBE USA, Inc 2225 Northwest Pkwy, Suite 105 Marrietta, GA 30067 Booth 4043 The ICC'" range of ESUs provides electrosurgical safety.
Everest Medical Corp 13755 First Ave N #500 Minneapolis, MN 55441 Booth 3701 Featuring EVERSHEARS@metal-on-metal bipolar scissors, BiCOAG@dissecting forceps, BiCOAG@macrojaw and microjaw forceps, and B i L A P needle electrode. Fashion Seal Uniforms 10099 Seminole Blvd Seminole, FL 34642-0002 Booth 1423 Featuring reusable Mega-Shield viral-resistant and Dstat fluid-resistant surgeons' gowns. Accessory items include Mega-Shield'" back tablemayo stand covers, procedural drapes, and wrappers. Ferndale Laboratories, Inc 780 W Eight Mile Rd Ferndale, MI 48220 Booth 1417 DETACHOL@nonsensitizing adhesive remover and MASTISOL@Surgical Gem nonirritating clear liquid adhesive to secure dressings. FiberTech Medical, Inc 5020 Campbell Blvd, Suite K Baltimore, MD 21236 Booth 1817 Repair of rigid and flexible endoscopes. t I
Fine Surgical Instrument, Inc 741 Peninsula Blvd Hempstead, NY 11550 Booth 1640 Featuring our line of surgical instruments for the OR. Also, our tungsten carbide needle holders, scissors, and laser speculums. George Percy McGown 531 Heritage C r Pembroke Pines, F L 33029 Booth 2051 Featuring hemorrhoid ligators (banders), parts, and accessories.
Ethicon Rte 22 W Somerville, NJ 08876 Booth 3231 Develops and markets products for surgery, including sutures for precise wound closure, devices for minimally invasive surgery, and internal and skin staplers and ligation products for traditional surgery. Ethox Corp 251 Seneca St Buffalo, NY 14204 Booth 3752 Ethox Gorp@ manufactures sterile and nonsterile disposable medical devices.
Getinge Disinfection, Inc 1415 Hooper Ave Toms River, NJ 08753 Booth 1447 Manufacturer, sales, and service of disinfection equipment. Sales of detergent for disinfection equipment. Hammill Medical International PO Box 4968 Orange, CA 92613 Booth 430 Featuring professional clog footwear-the washable Plogs and MediPlogs and the leather upper Opedics with polyurethane soles and heel straps. 130
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Hamo Medical Corp 10100 NW 116 Way, Suite 14 Miami, FL 33178 Booth 3401 Ham0 washer decontaniinators designed to clean, lubricate, and dry instrumentation; respiratory and anesthesia tubing; utensils; glassware. Hausted, Inc 927 Lake Rd Medina, OH 44256 Booth 3809 Manufactures mobile surgical tables for general, orthopedic, OB/GYN, and head and neck surgery. Also, offering surgical stretchers designed for ophthalmic surgery and specialty chairs for office-based procedures. HBO & Co 301 Perimeter Center N Atlanta, GA 30346 Booth 421 c-
agement:solutions including pathways health care scheduling, enterprise-wide patient scheduling and resource management, OR series, and Surgi-Server"' OR scheduling and management systems.
Hernocue, Inc 23263 Madero, Suite C Mission Viejo, CA 92691 Booth 4011 Displaying HEMOCUE@B-glucose and B-hemoglobin analyzers. Hemocue has point-of-care testing. Both whole blood systems provide laboratory quality. Heraeus Surgical 575 Cottonwood Dr Milpitas, CA 95035 Booth 2409 Offering an integrated OR with HANAULUX surgical lights, HANAUPORT equipment managers, LaserSonics lasers, MAQUET tables, and CVAC, a centralized airborne evacuation system. Hermal Pharmaceutical Labs 163 Delaware Ave Delmar, NY 12054 Booth 3600 Elastyren@nonlatex surgical and procedural (hand-specific patient examination) gloves eliminate the possibility of type I or type IV reactions to latex.
Health Care Logistics, Inc PO Box 25 Circleville, OH 43113-0025 Booth 538 Specializing in unique and hard to find health care items that have applications in nursing and pharmacy settings.
HGM Medical Laser Systems 3959 W 1820 S Salt Lake City, UT 84104 Booth 4148 Offering OR and outpatient lasers including compact multicolor systems for ophthalmology and dermatology/plastics, and high-powered green/YAG lasers for multispecialty surgical applications.
Healthcare Materials Services 9800 Centre Pkwy, Suite 1100 Houston, TX 77036 Booth 3309 Providing outsourcing services for materials management. Including a subscription service-HMS Supplyline@-a price comparison database.
Hill-Rom 1069 SR 46 E Batesville, IN 47006-9167 Booths 601,607 Provides a line of hydraulic and fixed-height stretchers and accessories, plus modular head wall systems. Offering acute care beds and patient room furniture.
Healthmark Industries Co 22522 E Nine Mile Rd St Clair Shores, MI 48236 Booth 1523 Displaying products for sterilization, transportation, storage, security, and decontamination. Includes Sterlking sterilization pouches, Healthmark ProTech Trays"', SST [email protected].
Homak Manufacturing Co 3800 W 45th St Chicago, IL 60632 Booth 544 Featuring a line of medical carts including emergency, anesthesia, isolation treatment, procedural, and general purpose.
Heelbo, Inc 1134 N Homan Ave Chicago, IL 60651 Booth 2734 Decubitus products for pressure ulcers. Jacket and wheelchair restraints. Disposable and reusable limb holders.
Hospital Marketing Services Co, Inc 162 Great Hill Rd Naugatuck, CT 06770 Booth 339 Exhibiting Dispos-A-Sharps'" needle and blade disposable products, Skin Skribe" and Twin Tip@surgical markers, surgical blades, disposable scalpels, and Tomngton" brand suture needles. 131 AORN JOURNAL
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Huntington Laboratories 970 E Tipton St Huntinson, IN 46750 Booth 3123 Huntington Laboratories has surgical scrub foams and liquids, Accent Plus skin products for health care professionals and patients. Also, CIDA-steryl instrument cleaners. I C Medical 5170 W Phelps Rd Glendale, AZ 85306 Booth 2241 CRYSTAL VISIOW automatic smoke evacuator systems for use in open or closed surgical procedures, SURESHOT"laser laparoscopic coupler systems, ON TARGET" carbon dioxide laser performance testers.
i-STAT Corp 303 College Rd E Princeton, NJ 08540 Booth 3149 The i-Stat@system performs blood analysis at the patient's bedside. Laboratory tests includes blood gases, electrolytes, and blood chemistries.
J Hugh Knight Instrument Co 226 S Villere St New Orleans, LA 70112 Booth 2649 Offering a line of surgical, specialty, and laparoscopic instrumentation. Providing specialty retractor blades and kits for the Bookwalter'" table mounted retractor system.
JARIT Surgical Instruments 9 Skyline Dr
IMPRA, Inc PO Box 1740 Tempe, AZ 85280-1740 Booth 3209 Provides PTFE vascular grafts, patches, and Kelly-Wick tunneler sets. Impra is the US distributor of Vascutek's Gelseal, gelsoft knitted and woven grafts. Instratek Inc 11210 Steeplecrest, Suite 130 Houston, TX 77065 Booth 3408 Manufactures endoscopic surgical instruments for endoscopic carpal tunnel release, endoscopic plantar fasciotomy and endoscopic decompression on intermetatarsal neuroma. Surgeon surgical technique courses are available. Inter-Apparel Corp 8751 NW 102 St Miami, FL 33178 Booth 3312 Manufacturer of disposable surgical apparel: barrier gowns, bouffant caps, boot and shoe covers, coveralls, isolation gowns, laboratory coats, professional jackets, scrub suits, surgeons' gowns, Chic Shield'" brand.
InterMetro Industries 651 N Washington St Wilkes-Barre, PA 18705 Booth 806 Offering Starsys'" system storage transport/productivity center; Metro's code response/crash carts and wire/poIymer storage systems/accessories, security systems, highdensity storage systems, and pharmacy stations. Interpore International 181 Technology Dr Irvine, CA 92718 Booth 3419 Featuring Pro Osteon@,a synthetic bone graft material found to have healing time similar to autograft.
Hawthorne, NY 10532 Booth 1431 Offering a line of reusable general and endoscopic surgical instruments.
The Jewett Refrigerator Co, Inc 2-18 Letchworth St Buffalo, NY 14213-1098 Booth 1809 Exhibiting blood bank refrigerators and surgical scrub sinks. Johnson & Johnson Medical, Inc 2500 Arbrook Blvd Arlington, TX 76014 Booth 1115 Featuring STERRAD" sterilization systems; single-use packs, gowns, and protective apparel; sterilization containers; CIDEX" solutions; surgical gloves; topical absorbable hemostats; INTERCEED" adhesive barriers; educational services. Joslyn Sterilizer Corp 5815 County Rd 41 Farmington, NY 14425 Booth 2739 Steam, Wrappid" steam, ethylene oxide sterilizers; and sterilant gas emission control (recovery) systems. K-Medic, Inc 190 Veterans Dr Northvale, NJ 07647 Booth 1940 Manufacturer of handheld, stainless steel orthopedic surgical instruments. Karl Storz Endoscopy-America 600 Corporate Pointe Culver City, CA 90230-7600 Booth 1019 Featuring our line of instrumentation for urology, gynecology, general surgery, ENT, thoracoscopy, arthroscopy, and 132
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plastic surgery as well as video and documentation systems.
ERCP, pacemakers, and simple fracture manipulation.
KENPAK, Inc 5416 Union Pacific Ave Commerce, CA 90022 Booth 3705 Featuring Kwikbreathe@ethylene oxide, gamma radiation, and clean peel autoclave packaging. Breather bags, chevrordfoil pouches, top web, coated Tyvek@forming web, and recyclable Tyvek@pouches.
LifeNet 5809 Ward Ct Virginia Beach. VA 23455 Bmih 1240 ' Freestanding, full-service tissue bank providing 52,000 tissue grafts annually for orthopedic, cardiovascular, plastic surgery, oral, and neurosurgical procedures.
Kleen Test Products 8225 W Parkland Ct Milwaukee, WI 53223 Booth 3131 Exhibiting OR accessory products. Featuring Sure H o l d instrument pad, Kleen Vue'" antifog, Tuff Shell sure count and protector needle counting devices. KLS-Martin, LP PO Box 50249 Jacksonville, FL 32250 Booth 2942 Offering craniomaxillofacial osteosynthesis systems with center-drive screw technology. Modulars compartmentalize for efficiency and effectiveness. Complete line of surgical instrumentation. Koros Surgical Instruments 610 Flinn Ave Moorpark, CA 93021 Booth 1535 Cervical and lumbar spinal surgery instruments: posterior and anterior, microdissectomy, endoscopy, and percutaneous dissectomy with video component system. Cardiovascular instruments and aortic mitral valve retractors. Laser Peripherals, Inc 5484 Felt1 Rd Minnetonka, MN 55343 Booth 3421 Manufacturer of accessoriesfor the medical laser professional. Laser safety eyewear,prescription eyewear, safety signs. endoscope filters, and surgical and side-firing urology fibers. Leibinger LP 14540 Beltwood Pkwy E Dallas, TX 75244 Booth 3937 Manufactures pure titanium rigid fixation systems for craniomaxillo mandibular procedures. Also offers handheld instruments for specialized procedures. Liebel-Flarsheim Co 2111 E Galbraith Rd Cincinnati, OH 45215-6305 Booth 1731 Liebel-Flarsheim's Hydradjust" IV urology imaging system offers utility for imaging procedures such as
M D Industries, Inc 5 Revere Dr Northbrook, IL 60065 Booth 3602 Introducing a line of heat seal, self-seal sterilization pouches/rolls for ORs and central supply departments.
Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the US PO Box 1069 Sherburne, NY 13460 Booth 3301 Provides educational materials to professionals and malignant hyperthermia (MH) patients and family members. Provides hot line consultants to professionals for MH patient care. Written MH treatment and literature, inservice videotapes available. Mallinckrodt Medical, Inc 675 McDonnell Blvd St Louis, MO 63134 Booth 3523 HiLo@single-use tracheal tubes, Shiley tracheostomy tubes, Mon-a-Therm@temperature monitoring systems, WarmTouchO patient warming systems, DAR line of HMEs, bacterial filters/combination filters/HMEs. Maxxim Medical, Inc 104 Industrial Blvd Sugar Land, TX 77478 Booth 2431 Manufacturer of medical supplies focused on prwedurebased case management. Includes Sterile Design,@ Bovie@,Boundary@,EudermicO, and Sensicare@brand gloves and Argon@vascular access devices. MDT Corp 1777 E Henrietta Rd PO Box 23077 Rochester, NY 14692 Booths 2009,2209 Developer and manufacturer of sterility assurance systems and examination and surgely equipment-related accessories and consumables. Providing service and distribution of parts for our products. MedChem Products, Inc 232 W Cummings Park Woburn, MA 01801 Booth 3101 Collagen hemostatic agents including Actifoam'" 133
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collagen hemostatic sponges, line of Avitene@hemostatic applicators, and the Sure-Closure'" 75-mm and 50-mm skin stretching systems for wound closures.
Medical Action Industries, Inc 150 Motor Parkway, Suite 205 Hauppauge, NY 11788 Booth 630 Offering use and standardization programs on its line of laparoscopic instruments, towels, light shields, needle counters, and skin markers.
Medi-Plus/CUR*MED Healthcare Packaging 3500 N Main St Oshkosh, W I 54903-2968 Booth 3417 Packaging, sterilization/infection control non-cellulose Tyvek@pouches, Hi-PerformeP pouches, Cover-Up@ dust covers, SECURIT@specimen transport bags, heat/self-seal pouches, tubing, gussets, biohazard/decontamination bags.
Medi-Tech/Boston Scientific Corp One Boston Scientific PI Natick, MA 01760 Booth 2330
Medical Concepts Development 2500 Ventura Dr St Paul, MN 55125 Booth 3451
Products include balloon angioplasty catheter systems, infusion devices for thrombolysis and emboliration procedures, implantable vascular access systems, guide wires, and the Greenfield@vena cava filter systems.
Manufactures a line of standard and custom surgical draping products.
Medical Dynamics, Inc 99 Inverness Dr E Englewood, C O 80112 Booth 3313 Featuring Lap-Wrap'", CouplerDrape'", Sterile CCD" drape, Cam-Wrap'", and Sterile Draping Systems'".
Medical Management Planning, Inc 23945 Calabasas Rd, Suite 100 Calabasas, CA 91302 Booth 1238
Meditrol Automation Systems 9800CentreParkway,Suite600 Houston, TX 77036 Booth 3817 Meditrol dispensing cabinets provide 100% unit-dose dispensing, eliminating all verification counts and narcotic shift counts. Patient drug allergies and medication interactions also are verified and reported.
Medline Industries, Inc One Medline Place Mundelein, I L 60060 Booth 1001
RES-Q@OR provides surgical scheduling, case costing, customized logs, implant registries, inventory control, equipment maintenance tracking, employee management, management reporting, and report writing.
Medline Industries, Inc, supplies the following: OR products, surgical instruments, procedural trays, Stenset@sterilization containers, Taskit'" mall set containers, and Gore@fabric surgical gowns.
Medigroup, Inc 615 Enterprise St Aurora, IL 60504 Booth 1230 Manufactures sterile MediseaP camera covers, closed-ended and open-ended covers for laparoscopes and lasers, MediseaP foot switch covers, and PedidryO waterproof boots.
Medin Corp 125 South St Passaic, NJ 07055 Booth 3143 ACT"' sterilization containers, baskets and accessories; OSHtray'" soakingJransport containers; storage/transport racks and carts; custom instrument trays/containers; organizational and protective instrument accessories; and sterilization supplies.
MedSurg Isolyser Co 4405 International Blvd NW, Suite 117 Norcross, GA 30093 Booth 3509 Displaying ORex@Degradables'", MedSurg'" custom procedure trays, Precept@face masks, White-Knight'" drapes and gowns. LTSO liquid treatment systems, ALDEX@,Onsyte'" waste management systems.
Megadyne@Medical Products, Inc 11506 S State St Draper, UT 84020 Booth 1409 Nonstick electrodes. Manufactures the PTFE coated E-Z Clean'" line for open and laparoscopic procedures, and the All-In-One'" suction/irrigation/cauteryhand control. 134
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Metrex Research Corp 10270 S Progress Way Parker, CO 80134 Booth 449 Line of infection control products called MetriSystem'". Includes MetriZyme@,MetriSponge@,DetergeZyme'", Metriclean@',Metricidem,Metricidea 28, MetriCide Plus 30@,MetriStrips'", MetriStrips'" XL, MetriSpray'", and MetriMist'". MICROSURGE 150 A St Needham, MA 02194 Booth 2249 Presenting DetachaTip'" multiuse laparoscopic instruments.
tray refurbishing, power and equipment repairs, flexible and rigid endoscope repairs, two color-coding systems, electrosurgical reinsulation, and specialty instrument repairs.
MP Video 4 Marc Rd Medway, MA 02053 Booth 1441 Manufacturer and distributor of videoendoscopic products including cameras, light sources, and image manipulation devices. Offering an autoclavable camera.
MPUdupaco 2620 Temple Heights Dr Oceanside, CA 92056 Booth 2323 KVO to trauma blood/fluid warmers, disposables for existing blood warmers, Optigard patient eye protectors.
Microtek Medical, Inc 602 Lehmberg Rd Columbus, MS 39702 Booth 1752 Closed-system video camera drape, camera and laser drapes, microscope drapes, C-arm, xray cassette drapes, equipment drapes, patient drapes featuring fluid control.
MicrovasivelBoston Scientific Corp One Boston Scientific PI Natick, MA 01760 Booth 2331 Featuring guidewires, balloon dilatation catheters, stone retrieval baskets/forceps, urethral catheters/stents, occlusion balloons, biopsy forceps/needles, ultrasound catheters, laser delivery catheters, nephrostomy/cystoscopy products. Midas Rex Instruments 3000 Race St Ft Worth, TX 76111 Booth 3941 Surgical systems for OR personnel and surgeons working with bone, biometals, or bioplastics. Midmark Corp 60 Vista Dr Versailles, OH 45380 Booth 1730 Demonstrating the 7 100 general surgery bed, surgical lights, and stretchers. Mobile Instrument Service and Repair, Inc 333 Water Ave Bellefontaine, OH 43311 Booth 3260 Provides national on-location surgical instrument repairs,
MTA:angenieux 1820 N Lemon St Anaheim, CA 92801 Booth 3201 Angenieux surgical lights, Starpoint halogen and Starpoint xenon light sources with video, and 2 I st Century minor surgery and task lights. Neoptx, Inc 2205 152nd Ave NE Redmond, WA 98059 Booth 3653 Exhibiting Optx 20/20, which adds magnification to your safety glasses. Niche Medical, Inc 55 Access Rd Warwick, RI 02886 Booth 1815 ECS.Ol@evacuation containment system for plume management in laser and electrosurgery procedures. ClearSite cautery probes for laparoscopy. Nurse Mates/Lowell Shoe 8 Hampshire Dr Hudson, NH 03051 Booth 334 Providing comfort, quality, and style for all of your shoes, uniform, and accessory needs. Olympic Medical 5900 1st Ave S Seattle, WA 98108 Booth 2914 Olympic Vac-Pacs-rubberized vinyl pillows immobilize patients in any position, pediatric sizes.
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Olympus America, Inc 2 CorDorate Cir Dr Melviile, NY 11747 Booth 3441 Offering a line of endoscopic equipment featuring video camera systems using digital signal processing. Also offering nursing training courses, video equipment setup, and troubleshooting materials.
Personna Medical Division of American Safetv Razor Co PO Box 500 Staunton, VA 24402 Booth 3251 Personna Plus@blades with Micro-Coating@for sharper cutting edge and DermaBlade'" for shave biopsies with flexible design to remove skin lesions.
Omega Surgical Instruments G-8305 S Saginaw St Grand Blanc, MI 48439 Booth 1835 Line of replacement surgical burs and saw blades fitting most manufacturers' hand pieces. Featuring OMEGA2000 saw blades and OMEGA osteotones.
Propper Mfg Co, Inc 36-04 Skillman Ave Long Island City, NY 11101 Booth 2148 Presenting our line of sterilization indicators: wrap; pouches; and DUO-FLASH@,our flash indicator.
OM1 Surgical Products 3924 Virginia Ave Cincinnati, OH 45227 Booth 443 MAYFIELD@2000 series neurosurgical headrests, MAYFIELD@horseshoe gel pads, MAYFIELD@disposable skull pins, BUDDE halo brain retractor, TEW" and PERIN'" spinal instrumentation,MAYFIELD@training videos.
PSICOR,Inc 16818 Via del Campo Ct San Diego, CA 92127 Booth 3800 Provides perfusionists and technicians, disposable supplies, and capital equipment to hospitals on a contract basis for cardiac catheterizations and open-heart surgeries.
0 R Solutions, Inc 14014 Sullyfield Cir, Suite A Chantilly, VA 22021 Booth 4037 Single- or double-basin Hush-Slush" slush machines, AutoSlush@,IV solution warmers, warming machines, Cidex'" warming systems, Top-Control'",and chilling machines.
PyMaH Corp 500 Rt 202 N Flemington, NJ 08822 Booth 515 Featuring disposable BI-PLUS and Bowie-Dick test packs, sterilization monitors, sterilization integrators, Loadtest'" integrator test packs, Cold SteriLog@glutaraldehyde monitors, and sterilization systems.
Oxboro Medical International, Inc 13828 Lincoln St NE Ham Lake, MN 55304 Booth 2223 Single-use (disposable) products, loupes, booties, instrument guards, cautery tip cleavers, clamp covers, tubing holders, instrument marking/coding tapes, pin covers, and syringe handling systems.
Quinton Instrument Co 3303 Monte Villa Pkwy Bothell, WA 98021-8906 Booth 1930 Offering short- and long-term vascular access catheters for dialysis, pheresis. and infusion, and peritoneal dialysis catheters and insertion accessories.
Pedigo Products, Inc 4000 SE Columbia Way Vancouver, WA 98661 Booth 615 M'anufacturer and designer of a line of stainless steel and chromium OR equipment, including enclosed case carts, Mayo stands. tables, and IV poles. Pentax 30 Ramland Rd Orangeburg, NY 10962 Booth 3722 Displaying video cameras.
Racal Health and Safety, Inc 7305 Executive Way Frederick, MD 21701 Booth 3303 Racal Medical offers the Delta N95 and Racal N95, complying with the NlOSH respiratory certification rule and the CDC guidelines for tuberculosis control. Regent Hospital Products Ltd 80 International Dr, Suite 300 Greenville, SC 29615 Booth 537 BiogeP powder-free gloves, standard Biogel@surgical gloves, BiogeP M, BiogeP sensor for microsurgical 136
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procedures, BiogeP reveal puncture indication systems, BiogeP diagnostic.
Richard Wolf Medical Instruments Corp 353 Corporate Woods Pwky Vernon Hills, IL 60061 Booth 3801 Featuring line of endoscopes and accessory instruments for laparoscopy, pelviscopy, cholecystectomy, arthroscopy, urology, ENT, sinus, hysteroscopy, and our photo documentation equipment including video systems. Richard-Allan Medical 8850 M-89 Richland, MI 49083 Booth 1331 Featuring Reflex"' line of trocars and universal converter systems, endoscopic ligating clip appliers, electrosurgical probes, 5-mm instruments, skin staplers, automatic clip appliers, laparoscopic procedure kits. Rx Honing Machine Corp 1301 E 5th St Mishawaka, IN 46544 Booth 3520 The Rx System 11 hospital set is designed to maintain and restore surgical instruments to their original condition. Rycor Medical 11500 Madison Ave Cleveland, OH 44102 Booth 2045 Hand surgery tables and related traction devices. Safeskin Corp 6815 Flanders Dr #150 San Diego, CA 92121 Booth 841 Safeskin is featuring a line of latex gloves that prevent the spread of infectious diseases and minimize the potential risk of allergic reactions. Scanlan International One Scanlan Plaza St Paul, MN 55107 Booth 2621 Featuring specialty surgical instrumentation and singleuse products including Surg-I-Band@color-coding system, Tip-Guard"' instrument protectors, sterilization tray system, and instrument repair and modification. Scientek 11151 Bridgeport Rd Richmond, BC V6X IT3 Booth 3117 Manufactures instrument washers/decontaminaters, cart washers, OR scrub sinks, solution/blanket warmers, case carts, writing desks, and custom fixtures.
Sharn, Inc 4801 George Rd Tampa, FL 33634 Booth 2143 Medisafe'" sonic irrigators clean the inside and outside of cannulated instruments. Promedica'" video carts, Crystaline'" temperature indicators for temperature monitoring during the penoperative process. SIM Medical Sales 1408 Elwood Ave South Bend, IN 46628 Booth 3852 Featuring SIM Hardcoat 2000, a coating process for surgical blades. Also featuring customer-designed manufacturing cost-reduction programs for burrs and blades. Skytron 5000 36th St SE Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Booth 3009 OR beds, OR and examination lights, stretchers, utilities booms, ultrasonic cleaning equipment, stainless steel products.
Sloan Medical 11033 W Maple Rd Omaha, NE 68164 Booth 1934 Sloan Sta-Dri disposable fluid-protective apparel. SMS, Inc PO Box 815 Columbia. MD 21044 Booth 3931 S&T microsurgical instruments, GER-MAIN@' PRIME OR surgical instruments, PRIME ENDO@laparoscopic cleanable and disassemblable instruments with interchangeablejaw inserts, G - P general practice surgical instruments. Snap-on, Inc Medical Products Division 1100 91st St Kenosha, WI 53143-6978 Booth 3412 Manufactures and sells orthopedic instrumentation including screwdrivers, wrenches, nail and screw extraction sets, ratcheting and torque-limiting drivers, and medical carts for storage. Sony Electronics, Inc 3 Paragon Dr Montvale, NJ 07645 Booth 409 Displaying the IzzitOn'" System, an interface of MDversion display monitors and S-VHS recorders. Also, DKR700 digital still-image recorder, medical cameras, printers, and media equipment. 137
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Splash Shield 52 Dragon Ct Woburn, MA 01801 Booth 1547
40'" fluid waste management system, device reprocessing products.
Manufactures a line of disposable face shields for the OR. Products are Splash Shield, Flex Shield, Short Shield, and Para Shield.
6300 Sprinkle Rd Kalamazoo, MI 49001 Booth 1401 Manufactures, sells, and services transfer, transport, and treatment products including beds, stretchers, wheelchairs, and emergency cots.
Stryker Medical
Stackhouse, Inc 2059 Atlanta Ave Riverside, CA 92507 Booth 2217 Airsafe@',ES-2000@,and MiniVac smoke evacuators. Freedom@Mark III/IV and FreedomAire'" surgical helmet systems. IsoClean@,Hospi-Gard@,and AirCeil room filtration systems.
Sun Medical, Inc 1179 Corporate Dr W, Suite 100 Arlington, TX 76006 Booth 3843 Introducing the SFE-200, a closed-circuit smoke and fluid evacuation system for laparoscopic surgery with no loss of pneumoperitoneum.
Standard Textile Co, Inc PO Box 371805 Cincinnati, OH 45222-1805 Booth 1041 Recyclable surgical products made of Compel@barrier technology fabric: surgical gowns, drapes, wrappers. Compel X T R fluid-proof protection. Repak@recyclable surgical pacwgown system.
Statco Specialty Co, Inc 1205 S Columbus Airport Rd Columbus, OH 43207 Booth 4108 Calzuro OR clogs-autoclavable, washable; 3-M Littmann stethoscopes, protective eyewear, and other OR products.
Sterile Concepts, Inc 5100 Commerce Rd Richmond, VA 23234 Booth 631 Displaying a line of custom procedure trays and other surgical-related products.
Sterile Reprocessing Services, Inc 5800 Windfern Ln Houston, TX 77041 Booth 2345 Repackages outdated, expired, or opened but unused disposable surgical supplies for all perioperative arenasendoscopic, suture, drapes, tubing, excess kit items, anesthesia, catheter, and laboratory.
STERIS Corp 5960 Heisley Rd Mentor, OH 44060 Booth 3041 Infection prevention systems including STERIS SYSTEM 1'" sterile processing system, EcoCycle 1 0 biohazardous waste system, Safecycle
Surgicot, Inc 4018 Patriot Dr Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 Booth 3248 Presenting ASSERT biological/monitor systems, SURGICOT 2 multiparameter integrator system, new nowaste daily air removal tests (Bowie-Dick test cards).
Surgimedics 2828 N Crescent Ridge Dr The Woodlands, TX 77381 Booth 531 Smoke evacuation systems and disposables, laser safety eyewear, Surgiguard@protective eyewear, SurgiLighP noncontact and Light Touch@microcontact fibers, cholangiography catheters, DIOMEDICS@diode laser systems.
SURGIWARE 280 Technology Circle Scotts Valley, CA 95066 Booth 3254 Surgiware is a complete management information system for the hospital OR.
Synthes, USA 1690 Russell Rd Paoli, PA 19301 Booth 1741 AO/ASIF instruments and implants for internal and external fixation. Information on AO/ASIF continuing education programs for OR personnel will be available.
Taut, Inc 2571 Kaneville Ct Geneva, IL 60134 Booth 2341 Manufactures surgical cholangiography products, 138
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nonlatex capillary drains for abdominal surgery, and the Taut'" SCS splatter control shield for irrigation and debridement procedures.
Tava Surgical Instruments, Inc 1725 S Rainbow Blvd, Suite 25 Las Vegas, NV 89102 Booth 3920 Manufacturer of powered surgical instruments and accessories including oscillating, sagittal, and reciprocating saws; microwire drivers, pulse lavage, drills, sawblades, burrs, Kirschner wires, and Steinmann pins.
Techstyles, Inc 16415 Addison Rd #SO Dallas, TX 75248 Booth 2841 Thermo-Litem products for patient warmth and prevention of hypothermia.
Featuring masks and NIOSH certified respirators, pressure dressings, head wear, disposable blood pressure cuffs, and other OR products.
United Metal Fabricators, Inc 409 Eisenhower Blvd Johnstown, PA 15904 Booth 3718
United States Surgical Corp 150 Glover Ave Norwalk, CT 06856 Booth 2017 Develops, manufactures, and markets advanced wound management products, including surgical staplers, laparoscopic instrumentation, and sutures.
Tente Casters, Inc 2266 Southpark Dr Hebron, KY 41048 Booth 2940
Vanguard Medical Concepts, Inc 712 E Alsobrook St, Suite 2 Plant City, FL 33566 Booth 1143
Introducing the ICS design caster.
3M Health Care 3M Center, Bldg 275-43-01 St Paul, MN 55144-1000 Booth 2417
Providing service for the restoration and repackaging of single-patient-use disposable items.
Featuring surgical gowns and face-shield masks for reduction of reflections. Sterilization and monitoring equipment, patient prepping system, wound closures, and dressings.
Viscot Industries, Inc PO Box 351 East Hanover, NJ 07936 Booth 3935 Featuring VISMARK'" surgical skin markers, AutoWrap sterilization wrap, and our line of disposable surgical towels and drapes. Also displaying the Millie female urinal.
Trimedyne, Inc 2801 Barranca Rd Irvine, CA 92714 Booth 3448 Introducing the OmniPulse-MAX'" 80W holmium laser system used with the Omni'" switchtip system.
Trinity Technologies
UNICELL 9350 47th Ave SW Tacoma, WA 98499 Booth 1630 UnicelP provides modular storage and distribution systems for staging, housing, and delivering health care supplies. Interchangeable rail-hung, mobile, and case cart systems available.
Stainless steel products include case carts, bassinets, and stretchers.
TECNOL 7201 Industrial Park Blvd Ft Worth, TX 76180 Booth 2941
800 Washington Ave N, Suite 316 Minneapolis, MN 55401 Booth 2142 Laser eyewear for the surgical professional.
UltraCision, Inc 25 Thurber Blvd Smithfield, RI 02917 Booth 3431 The Harmonic Scalpel" uses ultrasonic energy to achieve cutting and controlled coagulation with minimal thermal injuries.
VISITEC Co 7575 Commerce Ct Sarasota, FL 34243 Booth 2751 VISITEC" will display a line of ready-to-use instruments for eye surgery: drapes, instrument wipes, cannulas, anesthesia needles, cystotomes, and knives. 141
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W. B. Saunders Co 625 Walnut St, 300 E Philadelphia, PA 19106 Booth 4013 Featuring AORNW. B. Saunders’ Perioperative Nursing Core Curriculum and M. Phippen’s Perioperative Nursing Practice and handbook.
Windquest 3311 Windquest Dr Holland, MI 49424 Booth 2748 Manufactures a line of product-specific casework carts and complementary accessories designed for medical facilities.
Waterloo Industries, Inc PO Box 2095 300 Ansborough Ave Waterloo, IA 50704-2095 Booth 3717 Presenting a line of material-handling specialty carts, storage racks, medication, emergency, and utility carts for hospitals and alternate care facilities.
WISAPIMarket-Tiers, Inc 8305 Melrose Dr Lenexa, KS 66214 Booth 2422 Pelviscopic equipment and instrumentation. Also, nach SEMM.
Waterstone Medical, Inc 83 B Barclay PI Ct Charlottesville, VA 22901 Booth 3821 Disposable 15,000-mL contaminated fluid receptacles for cystoscopy and arthroscopy. Optional cap converts Omni-Jug to suction canister for extended cases. Welch Allyn, Inc 4619 Jordan Rd Skaneateles Falls, NY 13153-0187 Booth 3955 Surgical imaging systems, patented “chip on a stick’’ technology, proximal and 3D cameras, light sources, rod lens scopes, monitors, printers, carts, and OB/GYN products. Wells Lamont Medical 7520 N Caldwell Ave Niles, IL 60714-3808 Booth 3854 Manufactures a line of medical soft goods including specialty glove liners designed for protection from sharp instruments cuts and latex sensitivities.
World Medical Equipment, Inc 334 W Washington St Sequim, WA 98382 Booth 1636 Offering an entire range of refurbished surgical equipment-including OR beds, autoclaves, anesthesia machines, and surgical lights. Xodus Medical, Inc PO Box 2092 Warrendale, PA 15086 Booth 3552 Introducing Count EZ’” needle counter system, Count EZ’“ sponge counter system, Purrsian’“ patient positioning and orthopedic products. Zimmer PO Box 708 Warsaw, IN 46581 Booth 2909 Provides joint replacement systems, fracture management devices, patient care products, Linvatec arthroscopy products, and Hall powered surgical instruments. A
Clinical Orientation to the OR for Sales Professionals Perioperative nursing specialists in the AORN Center for Nursing Practice offer the course “Introduction to the OR’ for sales professionals. One-day sessions include information on AORN recommended practices for aseptic technique, surgical attire, and traffic patterns; a clinical orientation to the OR; and an overview of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s bloodborne pathogen standards. Classes are taught at AORN Headquarters in Denver or at off-site locations more convenient for
interested companies, Clinical orientation is conducted in A 0 R ” s OR Learning Lab where participants can experience a simulated OR environment or at area hospitals for off-site courses. Sales professionals are presented business-sized cards indicating successful completion of the course. For more information, contact the perioperative nursing specialists from the Center for Nursing Practice in the AORN Booth during exhibit hours, or contact Rose Moss, RN, h”, CNOR, at (800) 755-2676 x 265 for course dates.
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he following Congress booth descriptions are furnished as a courtesy to Congress attendees and exhibitors. Although every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, AORN is not responsible for errors or omissions. Only exhibitors who provided descriptions by the Oct 2 , 1995,deadline are included. This is not a complete list.
Abbott Laboratories 200 Abbott Park Rd D-993 AP30 Abbott Park, IL 60064 Booth 424 The Hospital Products Division of Abbott Laboratories will feature infection control and suction products. Accu-line Products, Inc 379 Iyanough Rd (Rear) PO Box 875 Hyannis, MA 02601 Booth 3505 Surgical marking system that combines a fine and broad line in one marker. Various styles available, including ultrafine point. Also, plastic rulers and labels.
ucts, Inc, protect patients from unnecessary tissue trauma and nerve damage occumng during surgery.
Advanced Laser Services Corp 819 Phillipi Rd Columbus, OH 43228 Booth 1811 Services and repairs all types of surgical lasers. Aesculap 1000 Gateway Blvd S San Francisco, CA 94080 Booth 814 STERILCONTAINER'" rigid packaging system, case carts, and storage racks will be displayed. Also, general and endoscopic instruments, instrument management systems, instrument repairs, and motor systems. Aircast, Inc 92 River Rd Summit, NJ 07901 Booth 2245 Featuring orthopedic devices that promote functional management.
1034 PearlMA St 02403 Brockton, Booth 3916 Surgical instruments, orthopedic burrs, anesthesia equipment, pharmaceuticals, solutions, protective apparel, latex-free products, and obstetrics and gynecological products.
Akorn 100 Akorn Dr Abita Springs, LA 70420 Booth 3841 Featuring ophthalmic intraoperative packs; ophthalmic disposable knives, blades, and cannulas; ophthalmic instruments and diamond knives; ophthalmic sutures; postoperative kits; and surgical pharmaceuticals.
Acra-Cut, Inc 989 Main St Acton, MA 01720 Booth 4030 Introducing the Acragun" reusable scalp clip gun using sterile, preloaded cartridges. Exhibiting adult, pediatric, and miniature perforators; spiral cranioblades; craniotomy kits; and Caspar distraction pins.
Alcon@Surgical 6201 S Freeway Ft Worth, TX 76134 Booth 3023 Presenting a line of ophthalmic products including disposables, intraocular lenses, diagnostic and ultrasound equipment, corneal topography, and phacoemulsification and vitreoretinal systems.
Action@Products, Inc 22 N Mulberry St Hagerstown, MD 21740 Booth 2819 Akton@polymer pads and positioners from Action@Prod-
Allied Biomedical Corp 118-D Springhall Rd Goose Creek; SC 29445 Booth 542 Duralastic I@and Duralastic II@long-term implantable
ACE Surgical Supply Co
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silicone elastomer sheeting, silicone blocks, silicone thinwalled tubing, Kelocote@keloid scar gel, and surgical disposable anesthesia needles.
Allied Healthcare Products, Inc 1720 Sublette Ave St Louis, MO 63110 Booth 3652
es, brush dispensers, and toothbrushes.
Angelica Uniform Group, Inc
Disposable suction canisters, Vacutron'" suction regulators, Gomco'" portable suction equipment, medical gas delivery systems, nitrogen control panels, digital alarms.
ALM Surgical Equipment, Inc 1820 N Lemon St Anaheim, CA 92801-1009 Booth 1040 ALM provides an integrated workplace for the OR with Prismatic@surgical lights, the 5900 surgical table, and the Drager ceiling service units.
American Health Products Corp 500 Park Blvd, Suite 1260 Itasca, IL 60143 Booth 3352 Manufacturer of Glovetex powdered and powder-free latex and vinyl examination gloves. Glovetex powderfree latex available in smooth or textured finish.
AmeriNet 2060 Craigshire Rd St Louis, MO 63146 Booth 3402
700 Rosedale Ave St Louis, M O 63112 Booth 1549 Surgical, professional, and precautionary apparel featuring fluid-resistant gowns and surgical accessories. Fashion scrubs.
Ansell Perry 1875 Harsh Ave, SE Massillon, OH 44646 Booth 3031 Manufacturing surgical, specialty, and examination gloves including powder-free sterile and nonsterile, hypoallergenic, ultrathin, ultrathick, nonlatex surgical, and hand-barrier products.
Appleton & Lange PO Box 120041 Stamford, C T 06912-0041 Booth 1932 Featuring L. Groah's Operating Room Nursing: Perioperative Practice in a newly revised third edition. Applied Medical Resources
Group purchasing cooperative providing comprehensive group purchasing programs in the health care industry with regional and local service.
AMMI-American
Anchor Advanced Products-Brush Division 1307 Davis St Morristown, TN 37814 Booth 3435 Autoclavable OR scrub brushes, disposable scrub brush-
Medical Manufacturing, Inc
9410 DeSoto Ave, Unit J Chatsworth, CA 91311 Booth 1945 SAF-T-POLE'" irrigation towers, SAF-T-SHIELD" splash-guard products, IDS" interchangeable delivery system, Spongecheck'" sponge counting system, surgical x-ray shield, anesthesia pole/screen combination, laryngoscope disinfecting system, and laser lights.
AMSCO International, Inc 2424 W 23rd St Erie, PA 16506 Booth 1711
26051 Merit Cir, Bldg 103 Laguna Hills, CA 92653 Booth 1555 Convertible'" trocar system (reusable/disposable) and Universal Seal'". Insufflation tubing and scope warmers, vascular graft cleaning catheters, angioscopes, visual insitu bypass systems, and occlusion devices.
Aquarius Medical Corp 7525 E Camelback Rd, Suite 210 Scottsdale, AZ 85251 Booth 1947 Introducing a self-contained and mobile fluid management system offering automated multiple-liter fluid delivery, intra-articular pressure/flow control, and fluid retrieval for arthroscopic surgery.
Armstrong Medical Industries, Inc
Manufactures, sells, and services OR beds and lights, sterilizers, washers, and sterility assurance products. Facility planning and design, service programs, seminars, and videotape library.
575 Knightsbridge Pwky Lincolnshire, IL 60069 Booth 3213 A - S M A R T carts for many purposes, key lock or sidearm panel lock; procedure, latex-free, malignant hyperthermia, crash, anesthesia, and medication carts. 126
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Aslan Medical Technologies 6376 Quail Run Dr Kalamazoo, MI 49009 Booth 1139 Endoscopic and Mini-Laparoscopyrb' instruments featuring an in-line design that fits user's hand for tactile feedback. ASSI-Accurate Surgical Scientific Instruments 300 Shames Dr Westbury, NY 11590 Booth 2340 Displaying supercut scissors, laparoscopic instrumentation, bipolar forceps, ASS1 Polarmate cautery units, microsurgical instruments, ophthalmology instruments, and instrument sterilization cases. Atrium Medical Corp 5 Wentworth Dr Hudson, NH 03051 Booth 3219 Introducing dry chest drainage products. Also featuring water-seal chest drainage and auto-transfusion systems, PVC, and heparin-coated thoracic catheters along with Hybrid FTFE'" vascular grafts and polypropylene surgical mesh. Atwork Corp 100 Europa Dr, Suite 250 Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Booth 3109 ORSOS 111"'-integrated OR management information system, case scheduling, preference cards, inventory control, perioperative charting, and management reports. One-Call'" automated patient scheduling system. Augustine Medical, Inc 10393 W 70th St Eden Prairie, MN 55344 Booth 621 Manufacturer of Bair HuggerO therapy provides Total Temperature Management"': fluid and forced-air warming with one instrument. Avenatech, Inc 5001 SW 74th Ct, Suite 104 Miami, FL 33155 Booth 2639 Washers/decontaminators for hands-free washing of surgical instruments, rigid endoscopes, laparoscopic and other lumened instruments. Ballard Medical Products 12050 Lone Peak Pkwy Draper, UT 84020 Booth 2235 FOAM CARE@foam hand-care system; MIC@,featuring
the transgastric jejunal feeding tube and a line of endoscopic accessories and enteral feeding products.
Baxter Healthcare Corp One Baxter Pkwy Deerfield, IL 60015 Booth 3531 Exhibiting Convertors@and Custom Sterile'" gloves. Medi-Vac@autotransfusion systems, prep and skin care products, Sure Med@dispensing system, and V. MuelleP instruments. Focusing on cost management programs. Becton Dickinson 1 Becton Dr Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417 Booth 3917 Introducing Becton Dickinson's combined product offerings, including Bard-Parker@blades, disposable scalpels, safety handles E-Z Scrub@products, specialty hypodermic products, and Interlink@IV access systems. BE1 Medical Systems 83 Hobart St Hackensack, NJ 07601 Booth 3137 Offering the Zinnanti brand of products for gynecological procedures, the Meditron devices brand of products for gastrointestinal procedures. and equipment for laparoscopic surgery. Bemis Health Care 300 Mill St Sheboygan Falls, WI 53085 Booth 1921 Featuring a line of suction canisters from 800 niL to 3000 mL including accessories and a range of sharps containers from 5-qt to 1 I -gal capacities. Berchtold Corp 1950 Hanahan Rd, PO Box 60399 Charleston, SC 29419-0399 Booth 1053 Chromophare@surgical lighting systems, Endolitemfor correct dark room conversion. ChromoVision@closedcircuit television for surgery, Teletom@power boom systems. Berkeley Medevices, Inc 907 Camelia St Berkeley, CA 94710 Booth 2016 Synevac@suction equipment, disposable products, and accessories; Vabra@aspirators, endometrial tissue sampling kits; surgical loops, word Bartholin gland catheters. dilators, brushes, gynecological instruments and speculums. 127
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BFW 750 Enterprise Dr Lexington, KY 40510 Booth 2040
Buffalo FiltedMedtek Devices, Inc 6000 N Bailey Ave, Suite 9 Buffalo, NY 14226 Booth 2048
Featuring Wehmerlite IV-A fiberoptic headlight, FeatherBrite contour cable, vivid-image video camera system, Maxillume 150W and SolaRay 250W light sources, halogen examination headlight system and accessories.
Manufacturer of smoke plume evacuation systems, accompanying filters, replacement filters, accessories, and custom filtration systems.
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Bio-Vascular, Inc 2575 University Ave St Paul, MN 55114 Booth 3351
Bulbronics 45 Banfi Plaza Farmingdale, NY 11735 Booth 4051 Light sources for endoscopic/fiber-optic units in the OR. Also, surgical spotlight replacement lamps.
Implantable devices: Pen-Strips@staple line reinforcement, Supple Pen-Guard@,Vascu-guard@vascular patch, Dura-Guard@dural patch, BiografP HUV graft/disposable devices: Flo-Rester@occluder/biovascular probe.
Biomet, Inc Airport Industrial Park PO Box 587 Warsaw, IN 46581-0587 Booth 2809
Burlington Medical Supplies, Inc 32 Stevens St Haverhill, MA 01831 Booth 1941 Displaying custom lead x-ray aprons, thyroid collars, leaded glasses, positioning sponges, table pads, and accessories.
Designs, manufactures, markets products used by orthopedic specialists in surgical/nonsurgicaltherapies including reconstructive/trauma devices, OR supplies, powered surgical instruments, general instrumentation. arthroscopy products.
Blickman Health Industries, Inc 39 Robinson Rd Lodi, NJ 07644 Booth 2730 Featuring our foot-operated motorized adjustable instrument table and case cart. Also, our line of stainless steel
Burton Medical Products 21100 Lassen St Chatsworth, CA 91311 Booth 3501 Displaying OR lights and the Genesis@line of emergency department and birthing lights.
C. R. Bard Co 100 Sockanossett Crossroad Cranston, R I 02920 Booth 1101
warming cabinets, carts, stands, stools, and tables.
Featuring products from Davol, Bard Urology, Bard Access Systems, and Bard Vascular Systems.
Blue Bell Bio-Medical PO Box 455 Blue Bell, PA 19422-0455 Booth 3530
Care-Tech Laboratories 3224 S Kingshighway Blvd St Louis, M O 63139 Booth 439
Carts and workstations for video equipment, special procedures, anesthesia supplies, malignant hyperthermia episode. Customized workstations for storage needs.
Antibiotic replacement therapies-new surgical scrub, prep, and wound care.
technology in
Carolon Co 601 Forum Pkwy Rural Hall, NC 27045 Booth 2846
Bradley Corp PO Box 309 Menomonee Falls, WI 53052-0309 Booth 3856 Provider of surgical case carts, transport carts, supply carts, and make up and back tables.
Bramstedt Surgical Instrument, Inc 6343 145th St N Hugo, MN 55038 Booth 3522 Surgical instrument repair, maintenance, and reconditioning. Custom instrument prototype and manufacturing. Custom orthopedic instrumentation. Blood pressure calibration, Kant-slip jaw needle holder inserts.
CAP-ATS@antiembolism stockings; C H A M P Propac I1 insulated ice therapy wraps; C H A M P Slip-Not patient slippers; C H A M P no latex support bandages, Velcro@ fasteners; C H A M P Excel elastic bandages.
Carstens 7310 W Wilson Ave Chicago, IL 60656 Booth 3516 Featuring patient charting systems-ring binders, ring binder storage caddies, Wallaroo'" chart storage cabinets, chart identification and accessories. 128
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CLOWARD Instruments 224 Kaalawai PI Honolulu, HI 96816 Booth 2922 Clowardm handheld instruments for surgeries on the cervical and lumbar spine. Positioning devices for the OR bed for prone and supine patients. Cottrell, Ltd 7399 S Tucson Way Englewood, C O 80112 Booth 819 Cottrell is a medical manufacturer providing infection control products including ProCide@disinfecting and sterilizing solution, ProChek@G, Pro EZ enzymatic, and ProCleanse'" instrument cleaner and lubricant. CUDA Products Corp 6000 Powers Ave Jacksonville, FL 32217 Booth 1234 Featuring a line of fiber optics in laparoscopes, otoscopes, headlights, light sources, and fiber-optic cables. Offering products on private label basis and custom designs to your specifications. Custom Ultrasonics, Inc 144 Railroad Dr Ivyland, PA 18974 Booth 647 Manufacturer and distributor of systems that effect a standardized automatic cleaning and chemical decontamination and sterilization process for flexible or rigid fiberscopes and surgical instruments. Cyclo3pss Medical Systems, Inc 3646 W 2100 S Salt Lake City, UT 84120 Booth 509 Cyclo3pss Medical Systems introduces the Ster-03Zone"" 100 ozone gas sterilization system-an alternative to ethylene oxide sterilization. Data Medical 277 Fairfield Rd Fairfield, NJ 07004 Booth 3604 Displaying a device to reduce the potential for fluidbome pathogen infections. The Accu-Halt monitor detects holes in barrier products between patients and health care providers. Datex Medical Instrumentation, Inc 2 Highwood Dr Tewksbury, MA 01876 Booth 3808 Line of monitors designed for anesthesia featuring pedi-
atric spirometry and sevoflurane/desflurane identification. Automated record keeping and information management systems.
DePuy ProSource 700 Orthopedic Dr Warsaw, IN 46581 Booth 1319 DePuy ProSource is a full line orthopedic supplier. Featuring our line of environmental protection products and other OR products. Derma-Safe Co 32 Juniper Rd Wayne, NJ 07470 Booth 1908 Manufacturers of surgical prep r a z o r s d r y shave, single-edge, wet shave, double-edge, and folding straight razor. Dermacare 7651 National Turnpike Louisville, KY 40214 Booth 2430 Featuring the Dermagard@Prism, a pressure-reduction mattress. DeRoyal Industries 200 DeBusk Ln Powell, TN 37849 Booths 1931 and 2131 Featuring TracePak'", a supply management system; SurgiMate'" and EndoMate'" surgical accessories. Devon Industries, Inc 9530 DeSoto Ave Chatsworth, CA 91311 Booth 1309 Featuring our CPR (consolidation and price reduction) program. Dittmar, Inc 101 E Laurel Ave Cheltenham, PA 19012 Booth 2325 Featuring the Power Lifter@,a pneumatic IV stand used during arthroscopic and cystoscopy procedures; OSHAsafe, three-piece autoclavable soaking sterilizing trays. Eagle/MHC 100 Industrial Blvd Clayton, DE 19938 Booth 2349 Surgical case carts (opened and closed), exchange carts, wire-shelving products, surgical scrub sinks, suture carts, and stainless steel sinks and tables. 129
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EBI Medical Systems, Inc 6 Upper Pond Rd Parsippany, NJ 07054 Booth 2231 Manufactures and markets the noninvasive EBI bone healing systems, OrthoGen, implantable stimulators, and SpF spinal bone growth stimulator. Also, the EBI ExFix external fixation systems and Temptek, a controlled cold therapy treatment to reduce postoperative pain and swelling. ECMI 65 Railroad Ave
Ridgefield, NJ 07657 Booth 3802 Designer and manufacturer of custom and generic medical sterilization cases, trays, and container systems. The Nova line consists of modular customizable trays and storage systems. Elekta Instruments, Inc 8 Executive Park W, Suite 809 Atlanta, GA 30329 Booth 543 Offering the Leksell Micro-Stereotactic System'", the SelectoP ultrasonic aspirator, and the Ruggles'" line of neurosurgical and spine instrumentation. Enterprise Systems, Inc 1400 S Wolf Rd Wheeling, IL 60090 Booth 3601 Featuring Enterprise Scheduling'" (enterprise-wide scheduling), TouchScan'" (resource management), NOVA"' (materials management), ORBIT" (surgical services), and TITAN'" (financial management). ERBE USA, Inc 2225 Northwest Pkwy, Suite 105 Marrietta, GA 30067 Booth 4043 The ICC'" range of ESUs provides electrosurgical safety.
Everest Medical Corp 13755 First Ave N #500 Minneapolis, MN 55441 Booth 3701 Featuring EVERSHEARS@metal-on-metal bipolar scissors, BiCOAG@dissecting forceps, BiCOAG@macrojaw and microjaw forceps, and B i L A P needle electrode. Fashion Seal Uniforms 10099 Seminole Blvd Seminole, FL 34642-0002 Booth 1423 Featuring reusable Mega-Shield viral-resistant and Dstat fluid-resistant surgeons' gowns. Accessory items include Mega-Shield'" back tablemayo stand covers, procedural drapes, and wrappers. Ferndale Laboratories, Inc 780 W Eight Mile Rd Ferndale, MI 48220 Booth 1417 DETACHOL@nonsensitizing adhesive remover and MASTISOL@Surgical Gem nonirritating clear liquid adhesive to secure dressings. FiberTech Medical, Inc 5020 Campbell Blvd, Suite K Baltimore, MD 21236 Booth 1817 Repair of rigid and flexible endoscopes. t I
Fine Surgical Instrument, Inc 741 Peninsula Blvd Hempstead, NY 11550 Booth 1640 Featuring our line of surgical instruments for the OR. Also, our tungsten carbide needle holders, scissors, and laser speculums. George Percy McGown 531 Heritage C r Pembroke Pines, F L 33029 Booth 2051 Featuring hemorrhoid ligators (banders), parts, and accessories.
Ethicon Rte 22 W Somerville, NJ 08876 Booth 3231 Develops and markets products for surgery, including sutures for precise wound closure, devices for minimally invasive surgery, and internal and skin staplers and ligation products for traditional surgery. Ethox Corp 251 Seneca St Buffalo, NY 14204 Booth 3752 Ethox Gorp@ manufactures sterile and nonsterile disposable medical devices.
Getinge Disinfection, Inc 1415 Hooper Ave Toms River, NJ 08753 Booth 1447 Manufacturer, sales, and service of disinfection equipment. Sales of detergent for disinfection equipment. Hammill Medical International PO Box 4968 Orange, CA 92613 Booth 430 Featuring professional clog footwear-the washable Plogs and MediPlogs and the leather upper Opedics with polyurethane soles and heel straps. 130
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Hamo Medical Corp 10100 NW 116 Way, Suite 14 Miami, FL 33178 Booth 3401 Ham0 washer decontaniinators designed to clean, lubricate, and dry instrumentation; respiratory and anesthesia tubing; utensils; glassware. Hausted, Inc 927 Lake Rd Medina, OH 44256 Booth 3809 Manufactures mobile surgical tables for general, orthopedic, OB/GYN, and head and neck surgery. Also, offering surgical stretchers designed for ophthalmic surgery and specialty chairs for office-based procedures. HBO & Co 301 Perimeter Center N Atlanta, GA 30346 Booth 421 c-
agement:solutions including pathways health care scheduling, enterprise-wide patient scheduling and resource management, OR series, and Surgi-Server"' OR scheduling and management systems.
Hernocue, Inc 23263 Madero, Suite C Mission Viejo, CA 92691 Booth 4011 Displaying HEMOCUE@B-glucose and B-hemoglobin analyzers. Hemocue has point-of-care testing. Both whole blood systems provide laboratory quality. Heraeus Surgical 575 Cottonwood Dr Milpitas, CA 95035 Booth 2409 Offering an integrated OR with HANAULUX surgical lights, HANAUPORT equipment managers, LaserSonics lasers, MAQUET tables, and CVAC, a centralized airborne evacuation system. Hermal Pharmaceutical Labs 163 Delaware Ave Delmar, NY 12054 Booth 3600 Elastyren@nonlatex surgical and procedural (hand-specific patient examination) gloves eliminate the possibility of type I or type IV reactions to latex.
Health Care Logistics, Inc PO Box 25 Circleville, OH 43113-0025 Booth 538 Specializing in unique and hard to find health care items that have applications in nursing and pharmacy settings.
HGM Medical Laser Systems 3959 W 1820 S Salt Lake City, UT 84104 Booth 4148 Offering OR and outpatient lasers including compact multicolor systems for ophthalmology and dermatology/plastics, and high-powered green/YAG lasers for multispecialty surgical applications.
Healthcare Materials Services 9800 Centre Pkwy, Suite 1100 Houston, TX 77036 Booth 3309 Providing outsourcing services for materials management. Including a subscription service-HMS Supplyline@-a price comparison database.
Hill-Rom 1069 SR 46 E Batesville, IN 47006-9167 Booths 601,607 Provides a line of hydraulic and fixed-height stretchers and accessories, plus modular head wall systems. Offering acute care beds and patient room furniture.
Healthmark Industries Co 22522 E Nine Mile Rd St Clair Shores, MI 48236 Booth 1523 Displaying products for sterilization, transportation, storage, security, and decontamination. Includes Sterlking sterilization pouches, Healthmark ProTech Trays"', SST [email protected].
Homak Manufacturing Co 3800 W 45th St Chicago, IL 60632 Booth 544 Featuring a line of medical carts including emergency, anesthesia, isolation treatment, procedural, and general purpose.
Heelbo, Inc 1134 N Homan Ave Chicago, IL 60651 Booth 2734 Decubitus products for pressure ulcers. Jacket and wheelchair restraints. Disposable and reusable limb holders.
Hospital Marketing Services Co, Inc 162 Great Hill Rd Naugatuck, CT 06770 Booth 339 Exhibiting Dispos-A-Sharps'" needle and blade disposable products, Skin Skribe" and Twin Tip@surgical markers, surgical blades, disposable scalpels, and Tomngton" brand suture needles. 131 AORN JOURNAL
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Huntington Laboratories 970 E Tipton St Huntinson, IN 46750 Booth 3123 Huntington Laboratories has surgical scrub foams and liquids, Accent Plus skin products for health care professionals and patients. Also, CIDA-steryl instrument cleaners. I C Medical 5170 W Phelps Rd Glendale, AZ 85306 Booth 2241 CRYSTAL VISIOW automatic smoke evacuator systems for use in open or closed surgical procedures, SURESHOT"laser laparoscopic coupler systems, ON TARGET" carbon dioxide laser performance testers.
i-STAT Corp 303 College Rd E Princeton, NJ 08540 Booth 3149 The i-Stat@system performs blood analysis at the patient's bedside. Laboratory tests includes blood gases, electrolytes, and blood chemistries.
J Hugh Knight Instrument Co 226 S Villere St New Orleans, LA 70112 Booth 2649 Offering a line of surgical, specialty, and laparoscopic instrumentation. Providing specialty retractor blades and kits for the Bookwalter'" table mounted retractor system.
JARIT Surgical Instruments 9 Skyline Dr
IMPRA, Inc PO Box 1740 Tempe, AZ 85280-1740 Booth 3209 Provides PTFE vascular grafts, patches, and Kelly-Wick tunneler sets. Impra is the US distributor of Vascutek's Gelseal, gelsoft knitted and woven grafts. Instratek Inc 11210 Steeplecrest, Suite 130 Houston, TX 77065 Booth 3408 Manufactures endoscopic surgical instruments for endoscopic carpal tunnel release, endoscopic plantar fasciotomy and endoscopic decompression on intermetatarsal neuroma. Surgeon surgical technique courses are available. Inter-Apparel Corp 8751 NW 102 St Miami, FL 33178 Booth 3312 Manufacturer of disposable surgical apparel: barrier gowns, bouffant caps, boot and shoe covers, coveralls, isolation gowns, laboratory coats, professional jackets, scrub suits, surgeons' gowns, Chic Shield'" brand.
InterMetro Industries 651 N Washington St Wilkes-Barre, PA 18705 Booth 806 Offering Starsys'" system storage transport/productivity center; Metro's code response/crash carts and wire/poIymer storage systems/accessories, security systems, highdensity storage systems, and pharmacy stations. Interpore International 181 Technology Dr Irvine, CA 92718 Booth 3419 Featuring Pro Osteon@,a synthetic bone graft material found to have healing time similar to autograft.
Hawthorne, NY 10532 Booth 1431 Offering a line of reusable general and endoscopic surgical instruments.
The Jewett Refrigerator Co, Inc 2-18 Letchworth St Buffalo, NY 14213-1098 Booth 1809 Exhibiting blood bank refrigerators and surgical scrub sinks. Johnson & Johnson Medical, Inc 2500 Arbrook Blvd Arlington, TX 76014 Booth 1115 Featuring STERRAD" sterilization systems; single-use packs, gowns, and protective apparel; sterilization containers; CIDEX" solutions; surgical gloves; topical absorbable hemostats; INTERCEED" adhesive barriers; educational services. Joslyn Sterilizer Corp 5815 County Rd 41 Farmington, NY 14425 Booth 2739 Steam, Wrappid" steam, ethylene oxide sterilizers; and sterilant gas emission control (recovery) systems. K-Medic, Inc 190 Veterans Dr Northvale, NJ 07647 Booth 1940 Manufacturer of handheld, stainless steel orthopedic surgical instruments. Karl Storz Endoscopy-America 600 Corporate Pointe Culver City, CA 90230-7600 Booth 1019 Featuring our line of instrumentation for urology, gynecology, general surgery, ENT, thoracoscopy, arthroscopy, and 132
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plastic surgery as well as video and documentation systems.
ERCP, pacemakers, and simple fracture manipulation.
KENPAK, Inc 5416 Union Pacific Ave Commerce, CA 90022 Booth 3705 Featuring Kwikbreathe@ethylene oxide, gamma radiation, and clean peel autoclave packaging. Breather bags, chevrordfoil pouches, top web, coated Tyvek@forming web, and recyclable Tyvek@pouches.
LifeNet 5809 Ward Ct Virginia Beach. VA 23455 Bmih 1240 ' Freestanding, full-service tissue bank providing 52,000 tissue grafts annually for orthopedic, cardiovascular, plastic surgery, oral, and neurosurgical procedures.
Kleen Test Products 8225 W Parkland Ct Milwaukee, WI 53223 Booth 3131 Exhibiting OR accessory products. Featuring Sure H o l d instrument pad, Kleen Vue'" antifog, Tuff Shell sure count and protector needle counting devices. KLS-Martin, LP PO Box 50249 Jacksonville, FL 32250 Booth 2942 Offering craniomaxillofacial osteosynthesis systems with center-drive screw technology. Modulars compartmentalize for efficiency and effectiveness. Complete line of surgical instrumentation. Koros Surgical Instruments 610 Flinn Ave Moorpark, CA 93021 Booth 1535 Cervical and lumbar spinal surgery instruments: posterior and anterior, microdissectomy, endoscopy, and percutaneous dissectomy with video component system. Cardiovascular instruments and aortic mitral valve retractors. Laser Peripherals, Inc 5484 Felt1 Rd Minnetonka, MN 55343 Booth 3421 Manufacturer of accessoriesfor the medical laser professional. Laser safety eyewear,prescription eyewear, safety signs. endoscope filters, and surgical and side-firing urology fibers. Leibinger LP 14540 Beltwood Pkwy E Dallas, TX 75244 Booth 3937 Manufactures pure titanium rigid fixation systems for craniomaxillo mandibular procedures. Also offers handheld instruments for specialized procedures. Liebel-Flarsheim Co 2111 E Galbraith Rd Cincinnati, OH 45215-6305 Booth 1731 Liebel-Flarsheim's Hydradjust" IV urology imaging system offers utility for imaging procedures such as
M D Industries, Inc 5 Revere Dr Northbrook, IL 60065 Booth 3602 Introducing a line of heat seal, self-seal sterilization pouches/rolls for ORs and central supply departments.
Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the US PO Box 1069 Sherburne, NY 13460 Booth 3301 Provides educational materials to professionals and malignant hyperthermia (MH) patients and family members. Provides hot line consultants to professionals for MH patient care. Written MH treatment and literature, inservice videotapes available. Mallinckrodt Medical, Inc 675 McDonnell Blvd St Louis, MO 63134 Booth 3523 HiLo@single-use tracheal tubes, Shiley tracheostomy tubes, Mon-a-Therm@temperature monitoring systems, WarmTouchO patient warming systems, DAR line of HMEs, bacterial filters/combination filters/HMEs. Maxxim Medical, Inc 104 Industrial Blvd Sugar Land, TX 77478 Booth 2431 Manufacturer of medical supplies focused on prwedurebased case management. Includes Sterile Design,@ Bovie@,Boundary@,EudermicO, and Sensicare@brand gloves and Argon@vascular access devices. MDT Corp 1777 E Henrietta Rd PO Box 23077 Rochester, NY 14692 Booths 2009,2209 Developer and manufacturer of sterility assurance systems and examination and surgely equipment-related accessories and consumables. Providing service and distribution of parts for our products. MedChem Products, Inc 232 W Cummings Park Woburn, MA 01801 Booth 3101 Collagen hemostatic agents including Actifoam'" 133
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collagen hemostatic sponges, line of Avitene@hemostatic applicators, and the Sure-Closure'" 75-mm and 50-mm skin stretching systems for wound closures.
Medical Action Industries, Inc 150 Motor Parkway, Suite 205 Hauppauge, NY 11788 Booth 630 Offering use and standardization programs on its line of laparoscopic instruments, towels, light shields, needle counters, and skin markers.
Medi-Plus/CUR*MED Healthcare Packaging 3500 N Main St Oshkosh, W I 54903-2968 Booth 3417 Packaging, sterilization/infection control non-cellulose Tyvek@pouches, Hi-PerformeP pouches, Cover-Up@ dust covers, SECURIT@specimen transport bags, heat/self-seal pouches, tubing, gussets, biohazard/decontamination bags.
Medi-Tech/Boston Scientific Corp One Boston Scientific PI Natick, MA 01760 Booth 2330
Medical Concepts Development 2500 Ventura Dr St Paul, MN 55125 Booth 3451
Products include balloon angioplasty catheter systems, infusion devices for thrombolysis and emboliration procedures, implantable vascular access systems, guide wires, and the Greenfield@vena cava filter systems.
Manufactures a line of standard and custom surgical draping products.
Medical Dynamics, Inc 99 Inverness Dr E Englewood, C O 80112 Booth 3313 Featuring Lap-Wrap'", CouplerDrape'", Sterile CCD" drape, Cam-Wrap'", and Sterile Draping Systems'".
Medical Management Planning, Inc 23945 Calabasas Rd, Suite 100 Calabasas, CA 91302 Booth 1238
Meditrol Automation Systems 9800CentreParkway,Suite600 Houston, TX 77036 Booth 3817 Meditrol dispensing cabinets provide 100% unit-dose dispensing, eliminating all verification counts and narcotic shift counts. Patient drug allergies and medication interactions also are verified and reported.
Medline Industries, Inc One Medline Place Mundelein, I L 60060 Booth 1001
RES-Q@OR provides surgical scheduling, case costing, customized logs, implant registries, inventory control, equipment maintenance tracking, employee management, management reporting, and report writing.
Medline Industries, Inc, supplies the following: OR products, surgical instruments, procedural trays, Stenset@sterilization containers, Taskit'" mall set containers, and Gore@fabric surgical gowns.
Medigroup, Inc 615 Enterprise St Aurora, IL 60504 Booth 1230 Manufactures sterile MediseaP camera covers, closed-ended and open-ended covers for laparoscopes and lasers, MediseaP foot switch covers, and PedidryO waterproof boots.
Medin Corp 125 South St Passaic, NJ 07055 Booth 3143 ACT"' sterilization containers, baskets and accessories; OSHtray'" soakingJransport containers; storage/transport racks and carts; custom instrument trays/containers; organizational and protective instrument accessories; and sterilization supplies.
MedSurg Isolyser Co 4405 International Blvd NW, Suite 117 Norcross, GA 30093 Booth 3509 Displaying ORex@Degradables'", MedSurg'" custom procedure trays, Precept@face masks, White-Knight'" drapes and gowns. LTSO liquid treatment systems, ALDEX@,Onsyte'" waste management systems.
Megadyne@Medical Products, Inc 11506 S State St Draper, UT 84020 Booth 1409 Nonstick electrodes. Manufactures the PTFE coated E-Z Clean'" line for open and laparoscopic procedures, and the All-In-One'" suction/irrigation/cauteryhand control. 134
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Metrex Research Corp 10270 S Progress Way Parker, CO 80134 Booth 449 Line of infection control products called MetriSystem'". Includes MetriZyme@,MetriSponge@,DetergeZyme'", Metriclean@',Metricidem,Metricidea 28, MetriCide Plus 30@,MetriStrips'", MetriStrips'" XL, MetriSpray'", and MetriMist'". MICROSURGE 150 A St Needham, MA 02194 Booth 2249 Presenting DetachaTip'" multiuse laparoscopic instruments.
tray refurbishing, power and equipment repairs, flexible and rigid endoscope repairs, two color-coding systems, electrosurgical reinsulation, and specialty instrument repairs.
MP Video 4 Marc Rd Medway, MA 02053 Booth 1441 Manufacturer and distributor of videoendoscopic products including cameras, light sources, and image manipulation devices. Offering an autoclavable camera.
MPUdupaco 2620 Temple Heights Dr Oceanside, CA 92056 Booth 2323 KVO to trauma blood/fluid warmers, disposables for existing blood warmers, Optigard patient eye protectors.
Microtek Medical, Inc 602 Lehmberg Rd Columbus, MS 39702 Booth 1752 Closed-system video camera drape, camera and laser drapes, microscope drapes, C-arm, xray cassette drapes, equipment drapes, patient drapes featuring fluid control.
MicrovasivelBoston Scientific Corp One Boston Scientific PI Natick, MA 01760 Booth 2331 Featuring guidewires, balloon dilatation catheters, stone retrieval baskets/forceps, urethral catheters/stents, occlusion balloons, biopsy forceps/needles, ultrasound catheters, laser delivery catheters, nephrostomy/cystoscopy products. Midas Rex Instruments 3000 Race St Ft Worth, TX 76111 Booth 3941 Surgical systems for OR personnel and surgeons working with bone, biometals, or bioplastics. Midmark Corp 60 Vista Dr Versailles, OH 45380 Booth 1730 Demonstrating the 7 100 general surgery bed, surgical lights, and stretchers. Mobile Instrument Service and Repair, Inc 333 Water Ave Bellefontaine, OH 43311 Booth 3260 Provides national on-location surgical instrument repairs,
MTA:angenieux 1820 N Lemon St Anaheim, CA 92801 Booth 3201 Angenieux surgical lights, Starpoint halogen and Starpoint xenon light sources with video, and 2 I st Century minor surgery and task lights. Neoptx, Inc 2205 152nd Ave NE Redmond, WA 98059 Booth 3653 Exhibiting Optx 20/20, which adds magnification to your safety glasses. Niche Medical, Inc 55 Access Rd Warwick, RI 02886 Booth 1815 ECS.Ol@evacuation containment system for plume management in laser and electrosurgery procedures. ClearSite cautery probes for laparoscopy. Nurse Mates/Lowell Shoe 8 Hampshire Dr Hudson, NH 03051 Booth 334 Providing comfort, quality, and style for all of your shoes, uniform, and accessory needs. Olympic Medical 5900 1st Ave S Seattle, WA 98108 Booth 2914 Olympic Vac-Pacs-rubberized vinyl pillows immobilize patients in any position, pediatric sizes.
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Olympus America, Inc 2 CorDorate Cir Dr Melviile, NY 11747 Booth 3441 Offering a line of endoscopic equipment featuring video camera systems using digital signal processing. Also offering nursing training courses, video equipment setup, and troubleshooting materials.
Personna Medical Division of American Safetv Razor Co PO Box 500 Staunton, VA 24402 Booth 3251 Personna Plus@blades with Micro-Coating@for sharper cutting edge and DermaBlade'" for shave biopsies with flexible design to remove skin lesions.
Omega Surgical Instruments G-8305 S Saginaw St Grand Blanc, MI 48439 Booth 1835 Line of replacement surgical burs and saw blades fitting most manufacturers' hand pieces. Featuring OMEGA2000 saw blades and OMEGA osteotones.
Propper Mfg Co, Inc 36-04 Skillman Ave Long Island City, NY 11101 Booth 2148 Presenting our line of sterilization indicators: wrap; pouches; and DUO-FLASH@,our flash indicator.
OM1 Surgical Products 3924 Virginia Ave Cincinnati, OH 45227 Booth 443 MAYFIELD@2000 series neurosurgical headrests, MAYFIELD@horseshoe gel pads, MAYFIELD@disposable skull pins, BUDDE halo brain retractor, TEW" and PERIN'" spinal instrumentation,MAYFIELD@training videos.
PSICOR,Inc 16818 Via del Campo Ct San Diego, CA 92127 Booth 3800 Provides perfusionists and technicians, disposable supplies, and capital equipment to hospitals on a contract basis for cardiac catheterizations and open-heart surgeries.
0 R Solutions, Inc 14014 Sullyfield Cir, Suite A Chantilly, VA 22021 Booth 4037 Single- or double-basin Hush-Slush" slush machines, AutoSlush@,IV solution warmers, warming machines, Cidex'" warming systems, Top-Control'",and chilling machines.
PyMaH Corp 500 Rt 202 N Flemington, NJ 08822 Booth 515 Featuring disposable BI-PLUS and Bowie-Dick test packs, sterilization monitors, sterilization integrators, Loadtest'" integrator test packs, Cold SteriLog@glutaraldehyde monitors, and sterilization systems.
Oxboro Medical International, Inc 13828 Lincoln St NE Ham Lake, MN 55304 Booth 2223 Single-use (disposable) products, loupes, booties, instrument guards, cautery tip cleavers, clamp covers, tubing holders, instrument marking/coding tapes, pin covers, and syringe handling systems.
Quinton Instrument Co 3303 Monte Villa Pkwy Bothell, WA 98021-8906 Booth 1930 Offering short- and long-term vascular access catheters for dialysis, pheresis. and infusion, and peritoneal dialysis catheters and insertion accessories.
Pedigo Products, Inc 4000 SE Columbia Way Vancouver, WA 98661 Booth 615 M'anufacturer and designer of a line of stainless steel and chromium OR equipment, including enclosed case carts, Mayo stands. tables, and IV poles. Pentax 30 Ramland Rd Orangeburg, NY 10962 Booth 3722 Displaying video cameras.
Racal Health and Safety, Inc 7305 Executive Way Frederick, MD 21701 Booth 3303 Racal Medical offers the Delta N95 and Racal N95, complying with the NlOSH respiratory certification rule and the CDC guidelines for tuberculosis control. Regent Hospital Products Ltd 80 International Dr, Suite 300 Greenville, SC 29615 Booth 537 BiogeP powder-free gloves, standard Biogel@surgical gloves, BiogeP M, BiogeP sensor for microsurgical 136
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procedures, BiogeP reveal puncture indication systems, BiogeP diagnostic.
Richard Wolf Medical Instruments Corp 353 Corporate Woods Pwky Vernon Hills, IL 60061 Booth 3801 Featuring line of endoscopes and accessory instruments for laparoscopy, pelviscopy, cholecystectomy, arthroscopy, urology, ENT, sinus, hysteroscopy, and our photo documentation equipment including video systems. Richard-Allan Medical 8850 M-89 Richland, MI 49083 Booth 1331 Featuring Reflex"' line of trocars and universal converter systems, endoscopic ligating clip appliers, electrosurgical probes, 5-mm instruments, skin staplers, automatic clip appliers, laparoscopic procedure kits. Rx Honing Machine Corp 1301 E 5th St Mishawaka, IN 46544 Booth 3520 The Rx System 11 hospital set is designed to maintain and restore surgical instruments to their original condition. Rycor Medical 11500 Madison Ave Cleveland, OH 44102 Booth 2045 Hand surgery tables and related traction devices. Safeskin Corp 6815 Flanders Dr #150 San Diego, CA 92121 Booth 841 Safeskin is featuring a line of latex gloves that prevent the spread of infectious diseases and minimize the potential risk of allergic reactions. Scanlan International One Scanlan Plaza St Paul, MN 55107 Booth 2621 Featuring specialty surgical instrumentation and singleuse products including Surg-I-Band@color-coding system, Tip-Guard"' instrument protectors, sterilization tray system, and instrument repair and modification. Scientek 11151 Bridgeport Rd Richmond, BC V6X IT3 Booth 3117 Manufactures instrument washers/decontaminaters, cart washers, OR scrub sinks, solution/blanket warmers, case carts, writing desks, and custom fixtures.
Sharn, Inc 4801 George Rd Tampa, FL 33634 Booth 2143 Medisafe'" sonic irrigators clean the inside and outside of cannulated instruments. Promedica'" video carts, Crystaline'" temperature indicators for temperature monitoring during the penoperative process. SIM Medical Sales 1408 Elwood Ave South Bend, IN 46628 Booth 3852 Featuring SIM Hardcoat 2000, a coating process for surgical blades. Also featuring customer-designed manufacturing cost-reduction programs for burrs and blades. Skytron 5000 36th St SE Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Booth 3009 OR beds, OR and examination lights, stretchers, utilities booms, ultrasonic cleaning equipment, stainless steel products.
Sloan Medical 11033 W Maple Rd Omaha, NE 68164 Booth 1934 Sloan Sta-Dri disposable fluid-protective apparel. SMS, Inc PO Box 815 Columbia. MD 21044 Booth 3931 S&T microsurgical instruments, GER-MAIN@' PRIME OR surgical instruments, PRIME ENDO@laparoscopic cleanable and disassemblable instruments with interchangeablejaw inserts, G - P general practice surgical instruments. Snap-on, Inc Medical Products Division 1100 91st St Kenosha, WI 53143-6978 Booth 3412 Manufactures and sells orthopedic instrumentation including screwdrivers, wrenches, nail and screw extraction sets, ratcheting and torque-limiting drivers, and medical carts for storage. Sony Electronics, Inc 3 Paragon Dr Montvale, NJ 07645 Booth 409 Displaying the IzzitOn'" System, an interface of MDversion display monitors and S-VHS recorders. Also, DKR700 digital still-image recorder, medical cameras, printers, and media equipment. 137
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Splash Shield 52 Dragon Ct Woburn, MA 01801 Booth 1547
40'" fluid waste management system, device reprocessing products.
Manufactures a line of disposable face shields for the OR. Products are Splash Shield, Flex Shield, Short Shield, and Para Shield.
6300 Sprinkle Rd Kalamazoo, MI 49001 Booth 1401 Manufactures, sells, and services transfer, transport, and treatment products including beds, stretchers, wheelchairs, and emergency cots.
Stryker Medical
Stackhouse, Inc 2059 Atlanta Ave Riverside, CA 92507 Booth 2217 Airsafe@',ES-2000@,and MiniVac smoke evacuators. Freedom@Mark III/IV and FreedomAire'" surgical helmet systems. IsoClean@,Hospi-Gard@,and AirCeil room filtration systems.
Sun Medical, Inc 1179 Corporate Dr W, Suite 100 Arlington, TX 76006 Booth 3843 Introducing the SFE-200, a closed-circuit smoke and fluid evacuation system for laparoscopic surgery with no loss of pneumoperitoneum.
Standard Textile Co, Inc PO Box 371805 Cincinnati, OH 45222-1805 Booth 1041 Recyclable surgical products made of Compel@barrier technology fabric: surgical gowns, drapes, wrappers. Compel X T R fluid-proof protection. Repak@recyclable surgical pacwgown system.
Statco Specialty Co, Inc 1205 S Columbus Airport Rd Columbus, OH 43207 Booth 4108 Calzuro OR clogs-autoclavable, washable; 3-M Littmann stethoscopes, protective eyewear, and other OR products.
Sterile Concepts, Inc 5100 Commerce Rd Richmond, VA 23234 Booth 631 Displaying a line of custom procedure trays and other surgical-related products.
Sterile Reprocessing Services, Inc 5800 Windfern Ln Houston, TX 77041 Booth 2345 Repackages outdated, expired, or opened but unused disposable surgical supplies for all perioperative arenasendoscopic, suture, drapes, tubing, excess kit items, anesthesia, catheter, and laboratory.
STERIS Corp 5960 Heisley Rd Mentor, OH 44060 Booth 3041 Infection prevention systems including STERIS SYSTEM 1'" sterile processing system, EcoCycle 1 0 biohazardous waste system, Safecycle
Surgicot, Inc 4018 Patriot Dr Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 Booth 3248 Presenting ASSERT biological/monitor systems, SURGICOT 2 multiparameter integrator system, new nowaste daily air removal tests (Bowie-Dick test cards).
Surgimedics 2828 N Crescent Ridge Dr The Woodlands, TX 77381 Booth 531 Smoke evacuation systems and disposables, laser safety eyewear, Surgiguard@protective eyewear, SurgiLighP noncontact and Light Touch@microcontact fibers, cholangiography catheters, DIOMEDICS@diode laser systems.
SURGIWARE 280 Technology Circle Scotts Valley, CA 95066 Booth 3254 Surgiware is a complete management information system for the hospital OR.
Synthes, USA 1690 Russell Rd Paoli, PA 19301 Booth 1741 AO/ASIF instruments and implants for internal and external fixation. Information on AO/ASIF continuing education programs for OR personnel will be available.
Taut, Inc 2571 Kaneville Ct Geneva, IL 60134 Booth 2341 Manufactures surgical cholangiography products, 138
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nonlatex capillary drains for abdominal surgery, and the Taut'" SCS splatter control shield for irrigation and debridement procedures.
Tava Surgical Instruments, Inc 1725 S Rainbow Blvd, Suite 25 Las Vegas, NV 89102 Booth 3920 Manufacturer of powered surgical instruments and accessories including oscillating, sagittal, and reciprocating saws; microwire drivers, pulse lavage, drills, sawblades, burrs, Kirschner wires, and Steinmann pins.
Techstyles, Inc 16415 Addison Rd #SO Dallas, TX 75248 Booth 2841 Thermo-Litem products for patient warmth and prevention of hypothermia.
Featuring masks and NIOSH certified respirators, pressure dressings, head wear, disposable blood pressure cuffs, and other OR products.
United Metal Fabricators, Inc 409 Eisenhower Blvd Johnstown, PA 15904 Booth 3718
United States Surgical Corp 150 Glover Ave Norwalk, CT 06856 Booth 2017 Develops, manufactures, and markets advanced wound management products, including surgical staplers, laparoscopic instrumentation, and sutures.
Tente Casters, Inc 2266 Southpark Dr Hebron, KY 41048 Booth 2940
Vanguard Medical Concepts, Inc 712 E Alsobrook St, Suite 2 Plant City, FL 33566 Booth 1143
Introducing the ICS design caster.
3M Health Care 3M Center, Bldg 275-43-01 St Paul, MN 55144-1000 Booth 2417
Providing service for the restoration and repackaging of single-patient-use disposable items.
Featuring surgical gowns and face-shield masks for reduction of reflections. Sterilization and monitoring equipment, patient prepping system, wound closures, and dressings.
Viscot Industries, Inc PO Box 351 East Hanover, NJ 07936 Booth 3935 Featuring VISMARK'" surgical skin markers, AutoWrap sterilization wrap, and our line of disposable surgical towels and drapes. Also displaying the Millie female urinal.
Trimedyne, Inc 2801 Barranca Rd Irvine, CA 92714 Booth 3448 Introducing the OmniPulse-MAX'" 80W holmium laser system used with the Omni'" switchtip system.
Trinity Technologies
UNICELL 9350 47th Ave SW Tacoma, WA 98499 Booth 1630 UnicelP provides modular storage and distribution systems for staging, housing, and delivering health care supplies. Interchangeable rail-hung, mobile, and case cart systems available.
Stainless steel products include case carts, bassinets, and stretchers.
TECNOL 7201 Industrial Park Blvd Ft Worth, TX 76180 Booth 2941
800 Washington Ave N, Suite 316 Minneapolis, MN 55401 Booth 2142 Laser eyewear for the surgical professional.
UltraCision, Inc 25 Thurber Blvd Smithfield, RI 02917 Booth 3431 The Harmonic Scalpel" uses ultrasonic energy to achieve cutting and controlled coagulation with minimal thermal injuries.
VISITEC Co 7575 Commerce Ct Sarasota, FL 34243 Booth 2751 VISITEC" will display a line of ready-to-use instruments for eye surgery: drapes, instrument wipes, cannulas, anesthesia needles, cystotomes, and knives. 141
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W. B. Saunders Co 625 Walnut St, 300 E Philadelphia, PA 19106 Booth 4013 Featuring AORNW. B. Saunders’ Perioperative Nursing Core Curriculum and M. Phippen’s Perioperative Nursing Practice and handbook.
Windquest 3311 Windquest Dr Holland, MI 49424 Booth 2748 Manufactures a line of product-specific casework carts and complementary accessories designed for medical facilities.
Waterloo Industries, Inc PO Box 2095 300 Ansborough Ave Waterloo, IA 50704-2095 Booth 3717 Presenting a line of material-handling specialty carts, storage racks, medication, emergency, and utility carts for hospitals and alternate care facilities.
WISAPIMarket-Tiers, Inc 8305 Melrose Dr Lenexa, KS 66214 Booth 2422 Pelviscopic equipment and instrumentation. Also, nach SEMM.
Waterstone Medical, Inc 83 B Barclay PI Ct Charlottesville, VA 22901 Booth 3821 Disposable 15,000-mL contaminated fluid receptacles for cystoscopy and arthroscopy. Optional cap converts Omni-Jug to suction canister for extended cases. Welch Allyn, Inc 4619 Jordan Rd Skaneateles Falls, NY 13153-0187 Booth 3955 Surgical imaging systems, patented “chip on a stick’’ technology, proximal and 3D cameras, light sources, rod lens scopes, monitors, printers, carts, and OB/GYN products. Wells Lamont Medical 7520 N Caldwell Ave Niles, IL 60714-3808 Booth 3854 Manufactures a line of medical soft goods including specialty glove liners designed for protection from sharp instruments cuts and latex sensitivities.
World Medical Equipment, Inc 334 W Washington St Sequim, WA 98382 Booth 1636 Offering an entire range of refurbished surgical equipment-including OR beds, autoclaves, anesthesia machines, and surgical lights. Xodus Medical, Inc PO Box 2092 Warrendale, PA 15086 Booth 3552 Introducing Count EZ’” needle counter system, Count EZ’“ sponge counter system, Purrsian’“ patient positioning and orthopedic products. Zimmer PO Box 708 Warsaw, IN 46581 Booth 2909 Provides joint replacement systems, fracture management devices, patient care products, Linvatec arthroscopy products, and Hall powered surgical instruments. A
Clinical Orientation to the OR for Sales Professionals Perioperative nursing specialists in the AORN Center for Nursing Practice offer the course “Introduction to the OR’ for sales professionals. One-day sessions include information on AORN recommended practices for aseptic technique, surgical attire, and traffic patterns; a clinical orientation to the OR; and an overview of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s bloodborne pathogen standards. Classes are taught at AORN Headquarters in Denver or at off-site locations more convenient for
interested companies, Clinical orientation is conducted in A 0 R ” s OR Learning Lab where participants can experience a simulated OR environment or at area hospitals for off-site courses. Sales professionals are presented business-sized cards indicating successful completion of the course. For more information, contact the perioperative nursing specialists from the Center for Nursing Practice in the AORN Booth during exhibit hours, or contact Rose Moss, RN, h”, CNOR, at (800) 755-2676 x 265 for course dates.
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