LONDON, May 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Smith & Nephew
(NYSE: SNN; LSE: SN), the global medical technology business, today
announced the acquisition of two software assets from S2
Interactive, a surgical software development company. These
important applications are utilised by Syncera, Smith &
Nephew's innovative, new, orthopaedic supply chain model for
hospitals and ambulatory surgery centres (ASCs).
The applications, Virtual Backtable® and
TrayTouch®, allow hospital and ASC customers to access,
analyse and manage real-time data related to instrument utilisation
during surgery. This data allows central processing and operating
room (OR) administrators to identify the instruments an individual
surgeon uses during a specific procedure, assemble, prepare and
streamline the instrument trays accordingly, and train the OR staff
using interactive, visual layouts of each tray.
Arthroplasty surgery can involve the use of as many as 20
trays holding a total of 200 or more instruments, all of which need
be counted, cleaned, inspected, assembled and sterilized before
every surgery. In practice, however, a surgeon may only use a small
number of these instruments during the surgery. By using the
learning management modules within these new applications, a nurse
or scrub technician setting up for surgery can quickly train
themselves on each surgeon's preferences, identify the instrument
sequence and quickly locate every instrument within the
tray.
"As operating rooms continue to look for ways to improve
efficiency and trim costs, better instrument management becomes
vital," says Stuart Morris-Hipkins,
SVP and General Manager of Syncera. "By organising the instrument
trays and the OR equipment based on the surgical sequence and the
instrument usage of each surgeon, a hospital can significantly
reduce the overall costs associated with instrument prep and
assembly without sacrificing patient care."
The software applications acquired by Smith & Nephew
are:
- Virtual Backtable (VBT) provides a visual map of each surgeon's
preferences covering patient preparation, OR planning and the
surgical sequence. VBT also provides a learning management module
that helps train new scrub technicians on the surgical sequence,
instrument flow and tray layout – potentially reducing training
time by as much as 40 percent.
- TrayTouch improves the efficiency, and documents inspection of
the central processing department that cleans, re-assembles and
sterilises the instrument sets prior returning them to the
OR's.
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
About Syncera
Syncera Value Solutions is a recently
formed strategic business unit within Smith & Nephew that has
been specifically crafted to provide attractive economics through
clinically proven products and cutting-edge technology solutions
within the primary reconstructive hip and knee marketplace. Its
innovative business model brings value solutions to the OR with
point-of-care technology that links and interfaces with the entire
hospital or ASC supply chain system. For more information about
Syncera, please visit
www.syncera.com.
About Smith & Nephew
Smith & Nephew is a
global medical technology business dedicated to helping healthcare
professionals improve people's lives. With leadership positions in
Orthopaedic Reconstruction, Advanced Wound Management, Sports
Medicine and Trauma & Extremities, Smith & Nephew has
around 14,000 employees and a presence in more than 100 countries.
Annual sales in 2014 were more than $4.6
billion. Smith & Nephew is a member of the FTSE100 (LSE:
SN, NYSE: SNN).
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