Trumpf Medical describes its new operating table, the TruSystem 7000, as its most advanced operating table ever.
Developed with input from clinicians and usability studies, the table reportedly meets and accords with all current protocols and practices. Trumpf describes it as ‘one table with optimum specification, in terms of range of motion and articulation, for all procedures’.
The company said: “The ease with which staff can attach and detach removable operating tables was the main subject of the collaborative process. An oversized latch hook and mating feature on the exterior show the current state of the mechanism: locked, unlocked, or misaligned.”
With patients ‘generally getting bigger’, Trumpf Medical stresses that the lightweight materials in the TruSystem 7000 do not compromise its overall loadbearing capacity. It added: “Removable components weigh an average of 30% less than previous models, drive systems are lighter, and load sensors clarify limits of safe use.”
The TruSystem 7000dV model codeveloped with Intuitive Surgical is specifically for use in robotic surgery. Other features include ‘an extreme range of Trendelenburg positions – up to 45°’, and an ‘extra low operating height’ of 57.9 cms, which allows surgical equipment to be placed above the site.
