Sterile

Single-use kits reduce the risk of injection1

Sharp

Every instrument arrives brand new, never dull

Ready

Instruments are ready to use when they arrive

Sleek

Designed by physicians for physicians, every function is user-driven

Environmentally Responsible

Overall carbon footprint for single-use instruments is lower than reusable instruments2

Designed with Intention…

Glide Pin

Full round tip helps prevent “false-positive” placement

Cannula

Alignment key indicates orientation and prevents misalignment

Dilator

Distal tip is rounded and tapered, allowing for a tissue-sparking shallow incision

Decorticator

First of its kind lever action removal system

The Value of Single-use Instruments

PainTEQ is the only posterior SI Joint Fusion system with single-use instrumentation.

Single-use instruments provide clinical, operational, and financial benefits for healthcare stakeholders.

Safety and Infection Risks:

4%

average surgical site infection rate1

$24,344

average surgical site infection treatment costs per incident2

60%

percent of property cleaned reusable instruments contain Biofilm3

8.6%

contaminated instruments found in sets coming from SPD4

Cost and Time of Reprocessing:

$0 reprocessing

Single use

$200-$600 reprocessing5

Reusable

No facility cleaning or sterilization required.

⦁ Environmentally Responsible

⦁ What Drives Carbon Footprint
⦁ Over 60 gallons of fresh water to rinse one tray
⦁ Cleaning with harsh chemical agents
⦁ Shipping costs
⦁ Blue wrap that must be disposed in trash
⦁ Multiple trays of instruments to be on site

1. CDC Surgical Site Infection Event. January 2015
2. Whitehoure; Friedman. The impact of surgical-site infections following orthopedic surgery ata community hospital and a university hospital adverse quality of life, excess length of stay, and extra cost. April 2002
3. Lisomb, Sihota. Comparative Study of Surgical Instruments from Sterile-Service Departments for Presence of Residual Gram-Negative Endotoxin and Proteinaceous Deposits. August 2006
4. Major Healthcare System & University Study. (Name under NDA) May 2018
5. Stockert EW, Langerman AJ. Assessing the Magnitude and Costs of Intraoperative Inefficiencies Attributable to Surgical Instrument Trays. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2014 Oct; 219(4): 646-655.[7]
6. Solvay, Medacta study on comparing Carbon Footprint of Single-Use and Reusable Surgical Instruments, March 2016

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