Surgical Technologies
Covidien Announces Method to Measure Operating Room Ergonomics
Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, April 22nd, 2012
2012 APR 22 -- Covidien (NYSE: COV), a leading global provider of healthcare products, announced that researchers have developed a new method to measure the physical strain placed on surgeons while performing minimally invasive surgery. By analyzing surgeons' motions in the operating room, researchers will gain new insights into proper postures, techniques and body angles that should influence the development of new ergonomically designed minimally invasive surgery instruments.
Donald R. Peterson, PhD, MS, University of Connecticut Health Center Biodynamics Laboratory in the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, presented the new criteria...
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