Removing Smoke from the Workplace

As anyone who has had keyhole surgery will tell you, surgeons need to inflate the body cavity in which they are operating so that they can easily see what they are doing. This is achieved using an insufflator.  What's not often talked about is what happens to the gas that's used in insufflation and to any smoke that's generated by cauterisation during the operation.

There is now growing awareness and concern about the hazards to operating theatre staff from surgical smoke. Up steps Palliare, an innovative company that's focused on making operating theatres safer.

Palliare has developed a next-generation insufflator, the EVA-15, which has superior insufflation capabilities. It offers real-time pressure sensing which facilitates safer surgery by operating under lower pressures, while also removing toxic gases and particles which are ordinarily vented into the surgical suite.  The technology is also half the size of the market leader, making it more compatible with space-constrained operating theatres.  We believe that Palliare has the potential to transform surgery.  Like to know how they do it?  Then watch this short video.

In June, Seroba led an oversubscribed €8m Series A  investment into Palliare and in July, Palliare announced it had received FDA 510(k) clearance to extend its laparoscopic insufflation technology for use in endoscopic surgery. Read more.