The complete solution for evacuating surgical smoke from your operating theatre.
As part of the operating theatre team, you provide life-saving and life-changing care every day. You do this in an environment with inherent risks such as surgical smoke. Surgical smoke is a genuine health concern spurring clinical, quality and safety groups around the world to take action – including us. We’re here to help you create a safer operating room by reducing surgical smoke.
Discover the research
Exposure to surgical smoke can result in serious health risks, including chronic bronchitis, carcinoma, leukaemia and cardiovascular dysfunction.1 That’s why we created SafeAir Smoke Evacuation: an innovative solution that captures surgical smoke directly at the source, safeguarding you from these harmful effects.
150
chemicals
found in surgical smoke.2
27
cigarettes
One day in the OR can have the same impact as smoking up to 27 cigarettes.3
16
EPA priority
pollutants found in surgical smoke.4
Neptune® SafeAir®
Capture surgical smoke at the source
2-in-1 monopolar pencils perform smoke evacuation, electrosurgical cutting and coagulation. We offer two types of SafeAir Smoke Evacuation Pencil: standard and telescopic, enabling use on open surfaces and inside cavities. On-tip suction captures surgical smoke directly at the source.
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Safety
and satisfaction
Helps reduce exposure to smoke-related biohazards5
Efficiency
Eliminates need for nurse with smoke tube, freeing up space at the table and hands to assist.
Integrates with existing monopolar electrosurgical generators and smoke evacuation systems (22mm inlet) like those in the Neptune 3 Waste Management System.
Performance
Helps maintain a clear operative site and its ergonomic design aids transition from standard electrosurgical pencils.
Ergonomics
Designed to preserve surgeon’s natural technique via a lightweight and ergonomic electrosurgical pencil.
"I literally
could not breathe".
Dr. Tony Hedley
"We have happy staff and a safer environment for all."
Lisa Nealen, Band 6 General Nurse, Peri-Operative Practitioner, Gateshead Health NHS on Stryker’s SafeAir
Disclaimer: The opinions expressed herein are the opinions of Lisa Nealen, a paid consultant for Stryker, and are not necessarily those of Stryker. Individual experiences may vary.
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Thank you
- Liu Y, Song Y, Hu X, Yan L, Zhu X. Awareness of surgical smoke hazards and enhancement of surgical smoke prevention among the gynaecologists. J Cancer 2019; 10(12):2788-2799.
- Pierce JS, Lacey SE, Lippert JF, Lopez R, Franke JE. Laser-generated air contaminants from medical laser applications: a state-of-the-science review of exposure characterisation, health effects and control. J Occup Environ Hyg. 2011 Jul;8(7):447-66. doi: 10.1080/15459624.2011.585888. PMID: 21726157.
- Hill DS, O’Neill JK, Powell RJ, Oliver DW. Surgical smoke – a health hazard in the operating theatre: a study to quantify exposure and a survey of the use of smoke extractor systems in UK plastic surgery units. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2012 Jul;65(7):911-6. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2012.02.012. Epub 2012 Mar 23. PMID: 22445358.
- Näslund Andréasson S, Mahteme H, Sahlberg B, Anundi H. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in electrocautery smoke during peritonectomy procedures. J Environ Public Health. 2012;2012:929053. doi: 10.1155/2012/929053.
- Stryker internal data on file
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