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HemaClear® – All-In-One Surgical Tourniquet for Limb Surgery
Exsanguination | Blood Occlusion | Sterile Field

Safe | Ease to Use | Fast

Foot & Ankle

See Bloodless Surgery

Hand & Wrist

Pediatrics

See Optimal Pediatric Limb Surgery

SUPERB EXSANGUINATION with HemaClear® = SAFETY

HemaClear®: SUPERB EXSANGUINATION

Bloodless, dry surgical field
Improved anatomical visibility
Reduced incidence of post-op DVT
Reduced incidence of pulmonary embolism

Bloodless surgical field

Ref: Nondrainage Decreases Blood Transfusion Need and Infection Rate in Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty. Demirkale I, et. al. J. Arthroplasty, 2013, (Table 5)

PARTIAL EXSANGUINATION with a Pneumatic Tourniquet = COMPLICATIONS

Others: PARTIAL EXSANGUINATION

45-67% limb exsanguination
Intravascular clotting of blood left behind
Pulmonary embolism of migrating clots to heart & lungs when tourniquet is released
Risk of Brain Infarcts that may result in Post TKA Cognitive Dysfunction

Ref: Exsanguination of Lower Limbs in Healthy Male Subjects. Blond L, et. al. Acta Orthop Scand 2002; 73 (1): 89-92 Ref: Incomplete Leg Exsanguination: A Possible Cause of Post Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) Cognitive Deficit (CD). Gavriely N, OHK Archive – (Fig. 4)

HemaClear® for a BLOODLESS SURGICAL FIELD

A STERILE SURGICAL FIELD: How HemaClear® Prevents Surgical Site Infection (SSI)

HemaClear® = NO CONTAMINATION

HemaClear® = A STERILE FIELD – ALWAYS

HemaClear® is a sterile single-use device
“Using non-sterile tourniquets is much like sharing underwear. Who would take such a risk?”

Dr. Wayne M. Goldstein – President & Founder, Illinois Bone & Joint Institute

*Ref: The Effect of Sterile vs. Non-Sterile Tourniquets on Microbiological Colonisation in Lower Limb Surgery. Thompson SM, et. al. Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2011; 93: 589-590

Pneumatic Tourniquet = 68% CONTAMINATED

Non-Sterile Pneumatic Tourniquets = Potential SURGICAL SITE INFECTION (SSI)

Non-sterile pneumatic tourniquets are a potential source of MRSA

Surgical Site Infection (SSI)
“All tourniquets in use were found to be contaminated with colony counts ranging from 9 to >385”*

*Ref: A Study of Microbial Colonisation of Orthopaedic Tourniquets. Ahmed SMY, et. al. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2009 Mar;91(2):131-4

What Surgeons Say About HemaClear®

Using HemaClear® in over 3000 cases, we’ve never had a single complication. HemaClear® gets rid of a tremendous amount of clutter in the operating room. Reusable tourniquets get very dirty and messy, if patients had any idea that we are applying them over and over again to their groin area, they’d be appalled.

Dr. Peter Sharkey

Rothman Institute, Philadelphia, PA

HemaClear® rolls way up to the axilla, giving a lot more space to operate.

Dr. John E. Herzenberg

Head of Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery, Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland

I’m very, very impressed with HemaClear® including its predictable exsanguination and zero complications. Our staff saw the advantages within one or two uses. It is predictable and very simple, and they like it.

Mr. Rhidian Morgan-Jones FRCS (Tr&Orth)

Consultant Orthopedic & Trauma Surgeon, Cardiff & Vale NHS Trust , Wales