Designed with Intention…
The Value of Single-use Instruments
PainTEQ is the first posterior SI Joint Fusion system with single-use instrumentation.
Single-use instruments provide clinical, operational, and financial benefits for healthcare stakeholders.
Safety and Infection Risks:
Cost and Time of Reprocessing:
No facility cleaning or sterilization required.
⦁ Environmentally Responsible
⦁ What Drives Carbon Footprint
⦁ Over 60 gallons of fresh water to rinse one tray
⦁ Cleaning with harsh chemical agents
⦁ Shipping costs
⦁ Blue wrap that must be disposed in trash
⦁ Multiple trays of instruments to be on site
1. CDC Surgical Site Infection Event. January 2015
2. Whitehoure; Friedman. The impact of surgical-site infections following orthopedic surgery ata community hospital and a university hospital adverse quality of life, excess length of stay, and extra cost. April 2002
3. Lisomb, Sihota. Comparative Study of Surgical Instruments from Sterile-Service Departments for Presence of Residual Gram-Negative Endotoxin and Proteinaceous Deposits. August 2006
4. Major Healthcare System & University Study. (Name under NDA) May 2018
5. Stockert EW, Langerman AJ. Assessing the Magnitude and Costs of Intraoperative Inefficiencies Attributable to Surgical Instrument Trays. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2014 Oct; 219(4): 646-655.[7]
6. Solvay, Medacta study on comparing Carbon Footprint of Single-Use and Reusable Surgical Instruments, March 2016