Related Powered Surgery Products
Our powered surgery products may be used in conjunction with the Fusion™ ENT Navigation System during image-guided ENT surgeries.
- Power Console
- Microdebrider
- Blades/Burs
- Anterior Skull Base Burs
- Otologic Drills
- Powered Irrigation
- Scope Cleaner
- Nasal Packing
Integrated Power Console (IPC System)
Integrated Power Console (IPC System) for ENT Surgery
The IPC® System is a multispecialty surgical power console for removing soft tissue, hard tissue, and bone during ENT surgeries. Our IPC System and its suite of application-specific products make it the most versatile console on the market. From inferior turbinoplasties to complex skull base cases, the IPC platform can serve your full range of ENT surgery needs. It's part of our comprehensive selection of powered ENT instruments.
Powers Your Favorite Medtronic Handpieces
The IPC System powers all of your favorite Medtronic ENT handpieces. You can connect up to four handpieces at once, including the Straightshot® M4 Microdebrider, Legend® EHS Stylus® Drill, Endo-Scrub® 2 Lens Cleaning Sheaths, and Skeeter Otologic Drill.
Learn more about the innovative IPC System.
Straightshot M4 Microdebrider
Straightshot M4 Microdebrider for Powered ENT Surgery
The Straightshot® M4 Microdebrider is an innovative powered handpiece for ENT surgery that helps improve intraoperative functionality and precision when incising or removing soft tissue, hard tissue, or bone.
Winner of a Medical Device Excellence Award, it’s the first microdebrider that lets you rotate only the tip of the curved blade during ENT surgery. This allows you to perform 360-degree cutting in the frontal sinuses, a more complete removal of polyps and mucin in the maxillary sinuses, and gain greater access to target tissue in the lateral and posterior areas of the airway.
The Straightshot M4 Microdebrider for ENT surgery is powered by our multifunction Integrated Power Console (IPC® System). Both are part of our comprehensive selection of powered ENT instruments.
Versatility at Your Fingertips
Our complete line of blades and burs makes the Straightshot M4 Microdebrider the most versatile handpiece for ENT surgery in adults and children. Some examples of this versatility include:
- Precisely excising bone from the nasal crest in a frontal sinustomy with an irrigated curved bur at 12,000 rpm
- Removing submucosal stromal tissue from hypertrophied inferior turbinates
- Endoscopically debulking laryngeal and tracheal tumors
- Delicately removing papilloma from the vocal fold at an ultra-low 60 rpm
Blades and Burs for the Straightshot M4
Straightshot M4 blades and burs for powered ENT surgery
Our comprehensive portfolio of application-specific blades and burs gives you the versatility to perform almost any ENT surgery with precision and speed.
We offer more than 90 application-specific blades and burs for the Straightshot® M4 Microdebrider. Some of our innovative designs for image-guided surgery include:
- Anterior Skull Base Burs. We offer the most comprehensive bur selection for transnasal endoscopic surgery, enabling rapid bone and tumor removal with integrated suction-irrigation to help maximize visibility in these challenging procedures.
- Automated EM Tracking Blades, the first and only factory-calibrated blades for navigation. You can use them right of the box with our Fusion™ ENT Navigation System.
View the ENT Product Catalog for our complete line of Straightshot M4 blades and burs.
Anterior Skull Base Burs for Image-Guided Surgery
Anterior Skull Base Burs
For lesions within the anterior skull base, visibility can be difficult during extensive drilling in the sphenoid, clivus, and skull base. Our Anterior Skull Base Burs for the Straightshot® M4 Microdebrider enable rapid bone and tumor removal with integrated suction-irrigation to help keep the surgical field clear.
With the most burs on the market for transnasal endoscopic surgery, our Anterior Skull Base Burs are part of our comprehensive line of innovative products to help you address the unique challenges of complex anterior skull base procedures. See Transnasal Skull Base Surgery for more information.
Otologic Drills and Burs
Medtronic offers a complete line of electric drills for the unique challenges of otology and neurotology procedures, including the Midas Rex® Legend® EHS Stylus® High-Speed Drill and Skeeter Otologic Drill. These drills are powered by our multispecialty Integrated Power Console (IPC® System).
We also offer the pneumatic MR7 High-Speed Surgical Drills that may be used for ENT as well as other surgical procedures.
Legend EHS Stylus High-Speed Drill
Visao High-Speed Otologic Drill
Midas Rex Legend EHS Stylus High-Speed Drill
The Legend EHS Stylus Drill is small, lightweight, and ergonomic for excellent balance and maneuverability when you’re operating in tight spaces. With its compact size and high torque, this surgical drill is suited for a wide range of ENT, neurotology, and spinal surgeries. Learn more.
Visao High-Speed Otologic Drill
The Visao Otologic Drill allows remarkable surgical visibility and access with patented curved burs that feature an outer, non-rotating tube design to help protect critical anatomy from mechanical injury. With a lightweight titanium exterior, our Visao drill provides a comfortable handpiece with integrated water-cooling and low operating temperatures for long procedures. Learn more.
Application-Specific Burs for the Legend EHS Stylus and Visao High-Speed Drills
We offer an extensive line of application-specific burs for the Legend EHS Stylus® and Visao® High-Speed Drills, including high-speed curved and straight burs in various shapes, sizes, and finishes. Some of our innovative product features include:
- A patented curved bur design that can provide visibility and access during cochleostomies, middle fossa acoustic neuromas, and infralabyrinth approaches to the petrous apex
- An outer, non-rotating tube on our curved burs that helps protect critical anatomy from mechanical injury
- Stim Bur Guard for the Visao drill that provides advance warning of proximity to the facial nerve*
- Interchangeable tools and attachments for the Legend EHS Stylus Drill
View complete details about our Legend EHS Stylus burs, tools, and attachments or Visao otologic burs.
* Nerve monitoring capability provided by our NIM-Response® or NIM-Neuro® Nerve Monitoring Systems, models 2.0 and later. Must be used with IPC® System and Visao High-Speed Otologic Drill.
Hydrodebrider Endoscopic Sinus Irrigation System
Medtronic Hydrodebrider® Endoscopic Sinus Irrigation System, an innovative chronic sinusitis treatment
Our Hydrodebrider® Endoscopic Sinus Irrigation System helps remove the bacteria that cause chronic sinusitis. The Hydrodebrider System delivers a rotating spray of pressurized saline, enabling access for direct saline irrigation and fluid removal from the sinus mucosal surfaces. Winner of a Medical Device Excellence Award, this innovative sinusitis treatment can be used in the operating room during endoscopic sinus surgery or in the office.
Learn more about the Hydrodebrider Endoscopic Sinus Irrigation System.
Endo-Scrub 2 Lens Cleaning Sheaths
Endo-Scrub 2 Lens Cleaning Sheaths significantly improve the ability to operate in the presence of bleeding during ENT surgery1-6
Maximum Visualization at the Surgical Site
During endoscopic sinus surgery, our Endo-Scrub® 2 Lens Cleaning Sheaths help ENT surgeons maintain maximum visualization at the surgical site without removing the endoscope. The software-driven Endo-Scrub 2 Sheath delivers a high-power burst of irrigation to flush debris from the lens tip. When used correctly, the sheath provides outstanding and consistent view maintenance, and only adds 0.7 mm to the endoscope’s barrel diameter profile.
Improved Software and Sheath Design
Our newest Endo-Scrub 2 software is fully integrated with and optimized for our Integrated Power Console (IPC®) System. Multiple software improvements ensure that all fluid is evacuated from the sheath to keep the lens from fogging. We also redesigned the sheaths to better secure the scope in the sheath and help prevent fluid seepage.
Key Features
- Automatically adjusts forward and reverse flow to clean the endoscope lens when you tap the footswitch
- Six cycle settings allow you to customize performance
- Auto-prime prohibits drips or air bubbles from forming over the lens
- Easier set-up and switching between endoscopes with pump head design
- Covers a broad range of endoscopes by multiple manufacturers
References
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- Jho H-D. Endoscopic pituitary surgery. Pituitary 1999; 2:139-154.
- Gross CW, Becker DG. Power instrumentation in endoscopic sinus surgery. Oper Tech Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1996; 7(3):236-241.
- Lui WM, Leung GKK, Hui Y, Lee KK, Fan YW. Endonasal endoscopic removal of growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenomas. HKMJ 2001; 7(2):189-192.
- Kennedy DW. Functional endoscopic sinus surgery: concepts, surgical indications, and instrumentation. In: Kennedy DW, Bolger WE, Zinreich SJ, eds. Diseases of the Sinuses: Diagnosis and Management. 1st ed. Philadelphia, PA: PMPH USA; 2001:197-210.
- Bolger WE, Kennedy DW. Surgical complications and postoperative care. In: Kennedy DW, Bolger WE, Zinreich SJ, eds. Diseases of the Sinuses: Diagnosis and Management. 1st ed. Philadelphia, PA: PMPH USA; 2001:303-316.
Dissolvable Nasal Packing
Detail - A randomized, multicenter, prospective, controlled, blinded study shows that use of MeroGel® packing results in fewer adhesions at both 4 and 12 weeks post-op.1
To absorb drainage, control minimal bleeding, and prevent the middle turbinate from lateralizing following functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS), Medtronic offers innovative dissolvable nasal packing. It eliminates the need for packing removal, which can be extremely painful for your patients.
Fewer Adhesions and Reduced Healing Time with Hyaluronic Acid
Our dissolvable nasal packing products use hyaluronic acid, a linear polysaccharide and naturally occurring constituent of the extracellular matrix. Hyaluronic acid helps keep the surgical site moist, reduce adhesions, and decrease healing time.1 Esterified hyaluronic acid, or HYAFF®, is a patented formula that is used in our MeroGel® and MeroPack® nasal packing products.
The Right Nasal Packing for Your Patient
You can compare the products below to help you choose a nasal packing for your patient's needs.
Quick Comparison Chart
| Product | Approximate Residence Time |
Absorption | Stenting | Therapeutic Additive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MeroGel | Up to 2 weeks | High | Medium | Hyaluronic acid |
| MeroPack | Up to 2 weeks | High | High | Hyaluronic acid/collagen |
MeroGel Dissolvable Nasal Packing
MeroGel Nasal Dressing and Sinus Stent
The woven fleece form of this nasal packing can be used in its dry state to absorb up to 10 times its weight in liquids and help control minimal bleeding. When hydrated, the biopolymer gradually transforms into a mucoadhesive gel after approximately 24-48 hours, separates mucosal surfaces and gradually dissolves after approximately 2 weeks, eliminating painful nasal packing removal. Doctors who use MeroGel packing have observed better healing in clinical studies.1,2
MeroPack Bioresorbable Nasal Dressing and Sinus Stent
MeroPack Bioresorbable Nasal Dressing and Sinus Stent
MeroPack® is the first combination dressing designed for postoperative hemostasis and wound-healing. It's composed of 80 percent HYAFF plus 20 percent collagen, which helps control minimal bleeding following surgery or nasal trauma. MeroPack is a biocompatible, mucoadhesive gel that absorbs approximately 14 times its weight in fluid and provides excellent stenting abilities. It's slowly reabsorbed within 2 excellent stenting capabilities. It is slowly resorbed within 2 weeks, eliminating the need for painful nasal packing removal.
Additional Packing Products
For our full line of nasal packing materials, see our online ENT Product Catalog.
References
- Berlucchi M, Castelnuovo P, Vincenzi A, Morra B, Pasquini E. Endoscopic outcomes of resorbable nasal packing after functional endoscopic sinus surgery: a multicenter prospective randomized controlled study. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2009; 266(6): 839-45.
- Franklin JH and ED Wright. Randomized, controlled, study of absorbable nasal packing on outcomes of surgical treatment of rhinosinusitis with polyposis. Am J Rhinol 2007; 21(2): 214-7.
