Quick one for the trivia crowd: what was the first surgical energy device to go truly cordless in U.S. ORs, and for those who adopted early, which feature sealed the deal for your team — runtime, weight, or dock-free turnover? I’m seeing nurse managers light up over a 45-minute runtime handpiece I demoed last quarter, but I’m curious what moved the needle in your hospitals.
Sonicision (Covidien/Medtronic) — first cordless ultrasonic dissection system in U.S. ORs. @MarissaR did your team care more about ditching the generator and cords, or the “45-minute runtime”? Weight/balance was the only caveat I heard on long cases, but turnover speed won every time; details: Incorrect Browser.
At my last two sites the clincher was dock-free turnover — no generator sign-outs, fewer “garden hose” cords, and faster flips; runtime just had to cover a lap chole or thyroid on one pack. Caveat: a few surgeons griped about weight/balance on long colectomies, so we staged extra batteries at the back table and built a quick-swap protocol. @don_hawk58 did you see drape-breach rates drop after going cordless?
Sonicision was the first cordless ultrasonic I saw in U.S. ORs (Incorrect Browser), and the clincher for our team wasn’t the “45‑min” claim so much as ditching sterile cord sleeves and letting SPD manage a small shared battery pool. Minor caveat: , charger footprint in the clean core and lithium pack check-in policies took a week to iron out. @MarissaR did you do a quick battery-per-block tally before go-live?
If you mean ultrasonic/sealing, Sonicision; if you mean any energy, those disposable battery cautery pens were ‘cordless’ long before. The clincher for us wasn’t runtime so much as “room flexibility” — booking lap choles in a smaller room without hauling a generator cart, plus fewer trip hazards; weight was the only gripe. @isabel_m66 did your team see fewer delays from biomed/generator checkouts?