Smoke Evacuation During Surgery

Smoke evacuation during surgery is an important precaution during any procedure involving electrosurgical or laser equipment. Surgical smoke plumes contain several potentially harmful compounds including benzene, carbon monoxide and hydrogen cyanide. Many of the over 500,000 surgical workers who are exposed to surgical smoke each year will develop symptoms such as nausea, eye irritation and upper respiratory infection. Because the byproducts of laser and electrosurgical procedures can also be cytotoxic, genotoxic and mutagenic, the need for proper smoke evacuators in surgery is critical.

Surgimedics Products for Smoke Plume Evacuation

Surgimedics products for smoke evacuation during surgery represent the culmination of years of research into surgery smoke evacuation. Clinical findings by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention support the value of smoke evacuators during surgical procedures; our units offer flexibility, functionality and ease-of-use to ensure they are properly deployed each time without a lot of hassle.

The ability of our products to deliver reliable smoke evacuation in surgery is rooted in three main features:

• Capture devices which integrate easily into a surgeon’s workflow, minimizing the amount of interference while the procedure is taking place.
• Powerful suction capabilities which ensure surgery smoke is properly evacuated.
• Ultra-low penetration air (ULPA) filters that have a 99.9995% effectiveness rate in removing contaminants as small as 0.1µ.

Additionally, Surgimedics surgery smoke evacuators are competitively priced compared to similar products and are less noisy and obtrusive for convenient deployment in surgical centers where space is at a premium.

Contact Surgimedics for More Information

Our team is available at your convenience to help you choose the laser or plastic surgery smoke evac machine that’s right for your practice. We offer a number of different customization options to meet the needs of surgical practitioners in a variety of fields. Call us today for pricing and ordering information.