Video Laryngoscope is available in single-use version.
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Designed for operating room, emergency department, and ICUs, GlideScope® Cobalt video laryngoscope provides clear, real-time view of patient's airway and endotracheal tube placement. Single-use design eliminates need for disinfecting blade. Unit consists of video baton that houses high-resolution camera with anti-fogging mechanism to resist lens contamination, non-glare color monitor, and single-use sterile GVL® Stats in large and small sizes that offer 60° blade angulation.
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Verathon® Inc. Introduces GlideScope® Cobalt Single-Use Video Laryngoscope; Enables Fast Intubations; Eliminates Time-Consuming Disinfection
BOTHELL, Wash., June 4 / -- Verathon Inc. (formerly Diagnostic Ultrasound Corp.) is pleased to introduce the GlideScope® Cobalt, a single-use video laryngoscope that provides a clear, real-time view of the patient's airway, enabling quick intubation. Optimized for demanding operating room (OR), emergency department (ED) and intensive care unit (ICU) applications, the GlideScope® Cobalt single-use design, which eliminates the need for disinfecting the "blade," is ideal for fast-paced intubation
GlideScope® video laryngoscopes (GVL®) provide a real time view of the airway and of endotracheal tube placement, minimizing the need for a "blind" intubation procedure. The GlideScope® Cobalt design is based off the popular GlideScope® reusable video laryngoscope that achieves a Cormack-Lehane Grade I or Grade II view 99 percent(1) of the time.
"The rapid, widespread acceptance of GlideScope® as both a routine and difficult airway tool has made GlideScope® a high demand instrument in the OR," said Dr. John Pacey, inventor of the GlideScope® and President of Verathon Medical® Canada ULC. "Anesthesiologists began asking us for a single-use version, so they could eliminate the wait that came from disinfecting a reusable instrument. The team at Verathon Medical® Canada developed Cobalt to meet that need."
GlideScope® Cobalt consists of: a slim video baton which houses a high-resolution camera with a patented anti-fogging mechanism to resist lens contamination; a non-glare color monitor; and single-use, sterile GVL® Stats in large and small sizes that offer a patented 60-degree blade angulation. GlideRite(TM) tracheal tubes and a 90 degree rigid stylet, both used to facilitate intubation, are provided, along with a protective cradle for the video baton. An instructional manual as well as setup and use quick reference cards are also included.
"The elimination of the cleaning delay makes the GlideScope® Cobalt useful in urgent situations and for institutions with a high GVL® usage rate," stated Timothy Turkstra, MD, FRCPC, Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
"As a single-use device, it also offers a potential advantage with respect to reduced disease transmission, and it follows the current trend of using single-use medical devices wherever possible," added Philip M Jones, MD, FRCPC, Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
While GlideScope® Cobalt is available now, it will have its official new product launch at the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA) Annual Meeting in Munich, Germany on June 9, 2007. (Verathon® Booth # 45, 46 & 48)
About Verathon Inc.
Verathon®, formerly Diagnostic Ultrasound Corp., designs and manufactures reliable, state-of-the-art medical devices and services that offer a meaningful improvement in patient care to the health care community. The company's noninvasive BladderScan® instrument is the standard of care for bladder volume measurement. The brand is found in over 60 countries in Urology and Primary Care practices, as well as Acute and Extended Care facilities. With the January 2006 acquisition of Saturn Biomedical Systems in Vancouver, Canada, Verathon® entered Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Emergency markets with the GlideScope® Video Laryngoscope (GVL®) brand. Verathon® is headquartered in Bothell, Washington and has approximately 270 employees worldwide. For more information, please visit http://www.verathon.com/.
(1) Cooper, RM. Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Respiration and Airway; Early clinical experience with a new videolaryngoscope (GlideScope®) in 728 patients. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia 2005; 52: 2: 191-198
Source: Verathon Inc.
CONTACT: Jane Mueller, VP of Marketing of Verathon Medical Inc.,
+1-425-867-1348, Ext. 6060; or Joyce Chee, Executive Assistant - Marketing,
+1-425-867-1348, Ext. 6064, or Jessica McNerney, Executive Assistant to
Gerald McMorrow, +1-425-867-1348, Ext. 1448, both of Verathon Inc.
Web site: http://www.verathon.com/
