Surgical lights, tables and workstations: OR staples steal the show.(Operating Room)

From: Healthcare Purchasing News | Date: May 1, 2004| Author: Akridge, Jeannie | Copyright information

Surgical lights and tables, while a staple component of any OR, are anything but basic. Advanced technologies are bringing new functionality to these necessities like never before.

Integrated OR

Many of the larger suppliers who provide both lights and tables, such as Skytron (Grand Rapids, MI), and BERCHTOLD Corporation, with a U.S. base in Charleston, SC and European headquarters in Germany, are now making the transition to integrated operating room capabilit...

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