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ere's a look at 15 of the more interesting and innovative
products that were on display at this year's American
Society of Anesthesiologists' annual meeting in San
Francisco in October. Many of these items might already be on our
anesthesia providers' wish list, but you'll want to know how they
can improve your OR efficiency.
1. SonoSite X-Porte
Your Own Regional Block Simulator
This is a great way to cheat when performing regional blocks— like
flying a plane with a flight simulator next to you. The machine has
onboard visual guides that direct you through the process. You can
watch a video on a touchscreen, listen to instructions, freeze the
video when you want to duplicate the image on the screen and confidently move forward at your own pace. Sure beats watching an
instructional video and then trying to remember everything while
you're working with the patient. If the patient is a little nervous, wondering why you need instructions? Just plug in the headset and he'll
never know. How cool is that?
sonosite.com/products/x-porte
2. Analogic Ultrasound SonixTablet with SonixGPS
Let GPS Technology Guide Your Blocks
The breakthrough here is GPS technology, which gives an extra level
of confidence by decreasing the potential for nerve injuries (and malpractice suits). A sensor in the transducer, which is placed on the
patient and emits an electro-magnetic field, talks to a sensor in the
needle tip, providing a display on a high-resolution touchscreen. A red
schematic on the ultrasound image represents the needle and an X
marks the intersection point. When the needle tip is in the right spot
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