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Article: Instrument tracking -- a science of its own. (Operating Room).
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- Healthcare Purchasing News
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- March 1, 2003
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Ask those in the operating room and they will tell you that new developments are on the horizon. Two major trends have surfaced and are bound to optimize processes and performance in the OR. One is the implementation of "bleeding-edge" software programs; the other is the merging of surgery with high-technology robotics- and diagnostics-equipment. Both involve surgical instrumentation, and both are expected to produce a more coherent and integrated medical field -- but the trend that seems to be making fast inroads is the computer-based tracking system.
"In the OR, robotics is the next big thing," says Jim Leitl, vice president of sales for Cardinal's V. Mueller ...