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Commercially Available Smoke and Gas Evacuation Systems

 

 

Company	Product	Open	Laparoscopic	ULPA	Passive or Active	Links
Alessi Surgical	Ultravision	No	Yes	Yes	Active
Bowa	She Sha Smoke Evacuation System	Yes	Yes	Yes	Active	BOWA-BRO-12054-SHESHA-2020-04-EN.pdf
Braun Aesculap	AESCULAP® Flow 50 Insufflator	No	Yes	Yes	Active	Braun Aesculap Customer Letter
Conmed	Airseal® iFS Buffalo® Filter Smoke Management	Yes	Yes	Yes	Active	Conmed Statement Insufflation Recommendations Surgical Smoke Management Airseal Filtration Airseal Smoke Evacuation Mode Covid-19 Insufflation Recommendations
CooperSurgical	SeeClear® Plume-Away	No	Yes	Yes	Passive
Ethicon	Megadyne™ Smoke Evacuators	Yes	Yes (Mega Vac Plus Only)	Yes	Active	Ethicon Covid-19 Statement
IC Medical	Crystal Vision 450-D (lap) PenEvac1® (open)	Yes	Yes (Model 450-D)	Yes	Active	COVID-19 Considerations for Smoke Evacuation during Non-Deferrable Surgery Smoke Evacuation Letter
Lexion Medical	PneuView XE AP50/30	No	Yes	Yes	Active
Medtronic	ValleyLab™ Rapidvac Smoke Evacuator Valleylab™ Laparoscopic Smoke Evacuation System	Yes	Yes	Yes	Active	Medtronic Smoke Evacuation and Coronavirus Letter and Frequently Asked Questions
Olympus	UHI-4	Yes	Yes	No	Active
Stryker	Pneumoclear Neptune 3 SafeAir	Yes	Yes	Yes	Active	Stryker Response to SAGES Stryker Customer Letter
Northgate Technologies	Nebulae™ I	No	Yes	Yes	Active
Karl Storz	S-Pilot (031111-10 & 031110-10)	No	Yes	No	Active (S-Pilot)	Karl Storz Smoke Evacuation Letter
Symmetry Surgical	Smoke Shark II	Yes	Yes	Yes	Active
Palliare Ltd	EVA 15 Insufflator	No	Yes	Yes	Active	EVA15-Brochure EVA15-Specifications-Sheet
Boehringer Laboratories LLC	VISIMAX™ Laparoscopic Smoke Evacuation System	No	Yes	No	Active	Surgical Challenges During COVID-19 Webinar

 

N95 Facepiece Respirator Decontamination Systems

Company	Method of Decontamination	Max number of respirators	Decontamination Cycles	Links
Battelle CCDS	Vapor Phase Hydrogen Peroxide	80,000/per machine/day	20	FDA EUA IFU
Steris V-Pro	Vapor Phase Hydrogen Peroxide	10/machine/10 min	10	FDA EUA IFU

 

COVID-19 Testing

Company	Product	Literature
Abbott	Abbott Now Rapid SARS-Cov-2 Test	Abbot Real Time Assay Fact Sheet
Cellex, Inc.	qSARS-CoV-2 IgG/IgM Rapid Test	qSARS-Cov-2 IgG/IgM Rapid Test Instructional Video