Blood management begins with the patient. Our TEG® Thrombelastograph® Hemostasis Analyzer is a diagnostic tool which helps surgeons determine if a patient will need a transfusion, permitting the surgeon to choose the best blood-related clinical treatment. Armed with this information, hospitals can determine blood demand, plan efficiently, and avoid unnecessary transfusions.

When a surgeon determines that a patient is likely to need a transfusion, the surgeon may prescribe surgical blood salvage as opposed to a transfusion of donor blood. Our surgical blood salvage systems allow for the recovery, segregation and washing of red cells from blood lost by a patient during or after surgery, so that the patient’s own blood can be transfused back to the patient if needed. In this way, a surgical patient receives the safest blood possible, his or her own.

Our surgical blood salvage systems include: our Cell Saver® brand systems for higher blood loss surgeries and trauma; our OrthoPAT® brand systems for peri- and post-operative blood salvage in lower, slower blood loss orthopedic procedures; our cardioPAT™ brand system for lower blood loss cardiovascular procedures, including beating heart surgeries or coronary artery bypass graft (“CABG”) surgeries; and our SmartSuction® product which clears blood and debris from the surgical field in conjunction with surgical blood salvage

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