Recon Smith & Nephew acquires interactive software technology to drive supply chain optimisation and improve savings for Syncera™ customers (press release)
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Smith & Nephew (NYSE: SNN; LSE: SN), the global medical technology business, today announced the acquisition of two software assets from S2 Interactive, a surgical software development company. These important applications are utilised by Syncera, Smith & Nephew's innovative, new, orthopaedic supply chain model for hospitals and ambulatory surgery centres (ASCs).
The applications, Virtual Backtable® and TrayTouch®, allow hospital and ASC customers to access, analyse and manage real-time data related to instrument utilisation during surgery. This data allows central processing and operating room (OR) administrators to identify the instruments an individual surgeon uses during a specific procedure, assemble, prepare and streamline the instrument trays accordingly, and train the OR staff using interactive, visual layouts of each tray.
Arthroplasty surgery can involve the use of as many as 20 trays holding a total of 200 or more instruments, all of which need be counted, cleaned, inspected, asse...
