AirSeal Insufflation System
AirSeal · AirSeal iFS · Intelligent Flow System · AirSeal Insufflator
A tabletop insufflationin-suh-FLAY-shunBlowing a gas into a body cavity, such as carbon dioxide into the abdomen during laparoscopic surgery.Full entry console with a touch screen and a round cartridge port on the front. It gives valve-free access to the abdomen and filters smoke through an ULPA filter.
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What it’s for
Keeps a steady pneumoperitoneum during laparoscopiclap-uh-roh-SKOP-ikDone through a few small cuts in the abdomen with a thin camera and long instruments, instead of one large opening.lapar/o abdomen-scopic viewingFull entry and robotic surgery while also clearing smoke, through an access port that has no valve. Surgeons use it so they can suction without losing the working space, and to run the case at a lower pressure (one prostatectomy guide drops to 12 mm Hg once it is on). It is listed for robotic prostatectomy and kidney surgery.
Lengths and variants
Three modes: AirSeal mode, smoke evacuation mode, and standard high-flow insufflationin-suh-FLAY-shunBlowing a gas into a body cavity, such as carbon dioxide into the abdomen during laparoscopic surgery.Full entry . Can also be used with conventional trocarTROH-karA sharp or bladed instrument inside a tube (cannula), used to pierce a body wall and leave the tube in place as a port.Full entry . Listed for adult and pediatric patients of 20 kg or more.
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- Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: A Step-by-Step Guide, pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Technique and outcomes of robotic-assisted retroperitoneal radical nephrectomy, pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- somatechnology.com
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