Steris and Siemens to Develop Hybrid Surgical Suites

Steris (Mentor, OH, USA), a leader in surgical support and integration technologies, and Siemens Healthcare (Siemens; Erlangen, Germany), a global medical solutions provider, have agreed to collaborate to offer optimized vascular, cardiovascular, and neurosurgical hybrid surgical suites.

According to the details of the collaboration, Siemens will provide advanced information and interventional technologies, while Steris will supply custom-designed high-definition (HD) 360° suites featuring light-emitting diode (LED) surgical lighting and visualization systems, as well as operating room (OR) integration and equipment management solutions. Steris will also provide expert room design and project management services, using proprietary three-dimensional (3D) room builder software. The hybrid suites that result from Steris and Siemens joint efforts will enable surgical and diagnostic teams to carry out a wide range of image-guided cardiovascular, vascular, and neurosurgical interventional procedures, as well as open surgeries.

"Our two companies share a commitment to providing seamless solutions to our customers as they advance their level of care,” said Bill O'Riordan, vice president and general manager of Steris Surgical Solutions. "Working together, we can help facilities meet growing procedural demands and provide the technology that will integrate capabilities for new interventional procedures, minimally invasive surgeries and open procedures, all in the same space. This collaboration will also able to help healthcare providers embrace future surgical innovation with ease.”

"Our new collaboration with Steris complements Siemens' already extensive healthcare technology portfolio, which uniquely helps customers integrate the planning, building, and implementation of technologies within the OR,” said Claus Grill, vice president of cardiac, interventional/neuro, and X-ray systems at Siemens Healthcare. "As the needs of today's surgical suite expand to accommodate both minimally invasive techniques and complex open surgical procedures within the same environment, state-of-the-art image-guidance technologies, such as our Artis zee family, including the first-to-market Artis zeego, are being incorporated into surgical workflow to improve clinical, operational, and financial efficiency.”

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