Need Statements

During total knee arthroplasties, there is a need to reduce the risk of surgeon skin contact with blood splatter in order to prevent the spread of blood borne illnesses.

While using some electrocauteries, there is a need to prevent surgeons from being electrically shocked on the hand from the connection between the instrument and the power cable.

There is a need for a more secure method of attachment of the CO2 tubes to laparascopes in order to prevent old or worn tubes from separating from the laparoscope during surgery.

During procedures that require heavy use of the electrocautery, there is a need to prevent the loss of functionality of the electrocautery when used for prolonged periods of time at a high power setting.

During arthroscopic procedures, there is a need to reduce the amount of contaminated saline solution used for irrigation that flows back out of the joint and spills on the floor and the surgeonsÕ legs and feet.

During thyroidectomies, there is a need for a more efficient method to hold open the incision.

For endoscopic procedures, there is a need to retrospectively view the surgery in order to enable surgeons to learn from previous operations.

There is a need for medical equipment labels to be understood by all Chinese operating room staff in order to increase the operators’ ease of use.

During total knee arthroplasty, there is a need to reduce the amount of time spent changing the battery of the saw used to cut the femur and tibia.

During repair of tibia fracture with an IM nail, there is a need for better way to ream out the tibial diaphysis that does not require the surgeon to strain by reaching up high.

During open surgery, there is a need for an inexpensive and non-intrusive way to video record the area within and around the surgical site.

There is a need for a laparoscopic linear cutter that will always fully cut through the two sides of the tissue that it is separating.