Teleflex
Teleflex believes in improving the health and quality of people’s lives. We apply purpose-driven innovation—a relentless pursuit of identifying unmet clinical needs—in a way that benefits patients, providers and society. We offer practical solutions that build, nurture and strengthen the vital parts at the heart of health care. Our ARROW®, Hudson RCI®, LMA® and Rusch® brands shape our portfolio of proven medical products and technologies. These distinguished brands are united by their common sense of purpose in providing anesthesia and respiratory therapy solutions.
LMA Airway Management™ LMA Better by Design®
At A GlanceAddress550 E. Swedesford Rd., Suite 400 ProductsLMA® Airways, Rusch® EZ-Blocker™ Endobronchial Blocker, Rusch® ET Tubes and Laryngoscopes, ISO-Gard® Mask Employees11,400 Chief Executive OfficerBenson Smith |
The LMA Airway Management family of products from Teleflex has a proven track record of safety and efficacy, building on a 20-year history of innovation and trust. Each LMA® airway has been carefully designed and tested to meet exacting standards. LMA airways are included in the American Heart Association Guidelines for Resuscitation and the American Society of Anesthesiologists Difficult Airway Algorithm.
The LMA Supreme® Single-Use Airway from Teleflex combines the best features of all previous LMA airways and is designed for safety and ease of use. Whether it’s for a routine procedure or to manage a higher-risk patient, the LMA Supreme Airway’s higher seal pressure and gastric access deliver a higher degree of safety. It provides gastric access to suction or to decompress the stomach if the physician so chooses, and is designed to channel fluids away from the airway in the unlikely event of active or passive regurgitation, while also allowing for diagnostic testing and verifiable positioning.
The Next Generation in One-Lung Ventilation
The Rusch® EZ-Blocker™ endobronchial blocker from Teleflex offers an intuitive, secure solution for clinicians to achieve one-lung ventilation and reduce intraoperative malpositioning. It was designed by anesthesiologists who challenged accepted clinical practices and wanted a better way to treat patients. The unique bifurcated distal end of the Rusch EZ-Blocker endobronchial blocker allows for the intuitive placement of the cuffs in the right and left bronchi. Once the Rusch EZ-Blocker endobronchial blocker is advanced through the distal end of a single-lumen endotracheal tube, the bifurcated cuffs separate and are naturally directed into the left and right mainstem bronchi.
The Rusch EZ-Blocker endobronchial blocker securely saddles the carina. The securement cap allows the catheter to be tightened once properly positioned, which minimizes the need to manipulate it after placement and reduces the potential for the cuffs to become dislodged.
Needle-Free Solutions for Drug Delivery
The LMA Atomization® family of products from Teleflex provides a simple-to-use, needle-free solution for use with drugs approved for intranasal and oropharyngeal delivery. The LMA® MAD Nasal™ intranasal mucosal atomization device is the safe, painless and rapidly effective treatment that offers quick absorption across mucosal membranes to the bloodstream. The LMA® MADgic Airway™ intubating airway with mucosal atomization and oxygen delivery is the most innovative choice to create a temporary airway to facilitate fiber-optic intubation, combining atomized topical anesthetic and oxygen delivery in an innovative and elegantly designed oral airway. The LMA® MADgic® laryngo-tracheal mucosal atomization device is the most versatile choice to administer medication across the entire upper airway and beyond the vocal cords.
Post-Op Pain Management Solutions
The ARROW® FlexBlock® echogenic continuous peripheral nerve block (CPNB) catheter and the ARROW® AutoFuser® disposable pain pump from Teleflex allow clinicians to combine efficient and accurate catheter placement with a reliable, unimpeded infusion of medication. The ARROW FlexBlock CPNB catheter is an echogenic, flexible, kink-resistant catheter designed to help clinicians better control patient pain and improve overall block success.
The ARROW AutoFuser disposable pain pump delivers medication safely and reliably, helping to improve patient quality of life following a procedure. The ARROW AutoFuser disposable pain pump offers the right pain pump to meet a variety of clinical demands, allowing clinicians to provide individualized patient pain control and adjust therapy as needed.
Reducing Cross-Contamination, Reducing Cost
The risk for cross-contamination during intubation of the trachea exists because no perfect procedure for decontamination exists.1 Single-use devices offer the opportunity to reduce potential for infection associated with reusable devices.
Green Rusch® Lite™ and Rusch® EquipLite™ disposable metal laryngoscope blades are single-use blades that offer users the performance and feel of a reusable metal blade. These blades eliminate the hassles associated with reusable blades, including the time and cost of reprocessing, without sacrificing strength or light quality.
Limiting Waste Anesthetic Gas Exposure In the PACU
An invisible risk exists in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU). Patients are exhaling waste anesthetic gas (WAG) into the breathing zone of their attending nurses,2 and although it cannot be detected by sight or odor, PACU clinicians can take action to protect themselves from the potential health effects.
The first of its kind, the ISO-Gard® mask with ClearAir™ technology from Teleflex was developed in partnership with clinicians who identified the issue and wanted to take action. As the only solution available for “source control” of waste gases, the specialized ClearAir technology of the ISO-Gard mask simultaneously delivers oxygen to patients and scavenges their exhalation to help limit exposure faced by clinicians and minimizes the cumulative effect of low-level exposure to WAG.
References
- Disposable laryngoscope blades do not interfere with ease of intubation in scheduled general anesthesia patients. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2003;20:731-735.
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. Anesthetic gases: guidelines for workplace exposures. Revised May 18, 2000. http://www.osha.gov/dts/osta/anestheticgases.
EquipLite is a trademark of Truphatek International Ltd. AutoFuser is a registered trademark of Ace Medical Co., Ltd.
Teleflex, ARROW, ClearAir, EZ-Blocker, FlexBlock, Green Rusch Lite, Hudson RCI, ISO-Gard, LMA, LMA Airway Management, LMA Atomization, LMA Better by Design, LMA Supreme, MAD, MAD Nasal, MADgic, MADgic Airway and Rusch are trademarks or registered trademarks of Teleflex Incorporated or its affiliates.
This corporate profile was reviewed and approved by Teleflex.