no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . january 2010 medisafe international type private industry medical devices founded 1991 headquarters bishop s stortford uk number of employees worldwide website www.medisafeinternational.com medisafe international is a united kingdom based company that develops and manufactures products in the field of surgical instrument reprocessing . in 1985 medisafe introduced the sonic irrigation technology to the medical device market . 1 the company has a representation with manufacturing sites in the uk and offices in florida hamburg oslo buenos aires and malta . medisafe international won the millennium price in great britain . 2 contents 1 history 2 innovation 2.1 sonic irrigation 2.2 fine lumen cleaner 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit established in 1991 medisafe is a specialist manufacturer of stainless steel medical equipment which has been working in the instrument reprocessing area since 1985 . as of 2009 medisafe is an iso9001 iso13485 registered company with five factories in the uk and sales to over 60 countries . the company provides numerous machines instrument care products and cleaning chemistries in healthcare facilities . 1 in 1999 medisafe america llc was opened to cover the us market from its base in florida followed by medisafe germany gmbh in 2002 . these operate as sales service and support operations . there is also a regional office in norway . the base in oslo manages the scandinavian japanese markets . in 2005 a new in house research and development facility was opened in the uk to increase the speed control and flexibility over new product design . 3d cad technology is used to validate designs before prototyping and then manufacture . 1 innovation edit sonic irrigation edit sonic irrigation uses a combination of ultrasonic technology and a complex flushing system to ensure that all internal and external areas of complex and critical surgical instruments are cleaned . by combining the flushing and ultrasonics the three elements of an effective cleaning process are achieved inside the surgical instrument ; namely dilution detergent and mechanical action . the absence of any one of these parameters in any cleaning process washing the car washing the dishes the dog or even having a shower will lead to a poor cleaning result . the flushing of a surgical instrument by itself is not sufficient to remove bio burden as flushing alone does not produce a mechanical action . it is only when we combine the flushing dilution & detegent with ultrasonics mechanical action that we can successfully remove debris from the lumens and channels of instruments used for minimal invasive key hole surgery . the ultrasonic portion of the process can be thought of as millions of scrubbing brushes working to break down the residues left behind by the surgical process . medisafe s sonic irrigation process parameters has been recognised as an effective method for reprocessing instruments manufactured by boss and conmed . as well as that the medisafe si pcf system has been tested and validated for cleaning da vinci endowrist instruments . 3 4 5 the elimination of transmissible agents such as bacteria viruses and spore forms can be achieved through the usage of chemicals low and high pressure appropriate temperatures ultrasonics and irrigation . sonic irrigation is widely recognized across the world as an effective means for successfully cleaning instruments prior to disinfection and sterilisation . it is understood in the instrument reprocessing fraternity that an instrument must be clean before it is disinfected and sterilised . a dirty instrument can never be considered sterile this means that residues must be removed from all parts of the instruments any remaining residues on an instrument will form a barrier to effective sterilisation . the sonic irrigation process is the appropriate method for cleaning instruments used in laparoscopic surgery arthroscopic surgery orthopedic surgery ophthalmic surgery amongst others . it is also fair to say that the sonic irrigation process isn t to be used for flexible and rigid endoscopes or instruments such as phaco handpieces used in cataract procedures . fine lumen cleaner edit medisafe s fine lumen cleaner was awarded for the millennium product . millennium products set out to find examples of the best in british design creativity and innovation . to attain the millennium product status products and services had to open up new opportunities be environmentally responsible demonstrate the application of new technology and solve a key problem . 6 the sonic irrigator was the first instrument reprocessing system to address the increasing challenges of complex critical instrument cleaning decontamination . the company manufactures in an amtac iso 9001 iso 13485 quality environments to ul csa ce requirements complying with iso 15883 htm2030 standards guidelines for washer disinfectors and iec 60601 1 electrical safety standards . the technology of medisafe s dual performance niagara w d with both sonic irrigation and conventional washing disinfection is a successful contribution in advanced surgical instrument reprocessing . 7 8 see also edit instruments used in general surgery references edit a b c medisafe profile company profile boss surgical instruments tested & validated in simulated use study wfhss bfarm design council magazine inside hospitals december 2007 wfhss external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title medisafe international & oldid 686913076 categories medical technologysurgical instrumentsmedical equipment manufacturerscompanies based in hertfordshiremanufacturing companies established in 19911991 establishments in the united kingdomhidden categories orphaned articles from january 2010all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 22 october 2015 at 03 35 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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