Related Products
Related Products for Skull Base Surgery
Medtronic offers a comprehensive selection of powered and manual products for lateral skull base surgery and transnasal surgery into the anterior skull base. In addition to the ENT products listed below for transnasal surgery, we also offer innovative cranial surgery products for these complicated procedures.
Powered ENT Instruments for skull base surgery
Powered ENT Instruments
For skull base surgery procedures, visualization and access are a challenge. Our Powered ENT Instruments provide innovative tools for skull base surgery as well as other ENT procedures. The multispecialty Integrated Power Console, Straightshot M4 Microdebrider, Midas Rex® Legend EHS Stylus® Surgical Drill, and Visao® High-Speed Otologic Drill facilitate more precise tissue removal, visibility, and access during skull base surgical procedures. We also offer the most comprehensive selection of application-specific blades and burs for your skull base surgery needs.
The Fusion™ ENT Navigation System may be used for image guidance during skull base surgery
Fusion ENT Navigation System
Our Fusion ENT Navigation System is an electromagnetic image-guided surgery system that offers reliable accuracy, ease of use, and expandability. Image-guided skull base surgery with the Fusion System can help you navigate each patient's unique anatomy for safer, more thorough skull base surgery procedures that occur near the brain, orbit, or carotid artery.
NIM 3.0 Intraoperative Nerve Monitors
NIM Nerve Monitors
Our intraoperative NIM® Nerve Monitoring Systems enable surgeons to identify and confirm motor nerve function and monitor major motor nerves during otology, neurotology, and lateral skull base surgeries, as well as other procedures. With the NIM-Neuro® System, surgeons can monitor up to 8 channels of nerve-muscle combinations during complex and delicate surgeries, such as glomus or acoustic tumor removals. Our Stim Bur Guard works with the NIM System and Visao Otologic Drill to provide advance warning of facial nerve proximity.*
* Nerve monitoring capability provided by NIM-Response® or NIM-Neuro® Nerve Monitoring Systems, models 2.0 and later. Must be used with Visao® High-Speed Otologic Drill and Integrated Power Console (IPC®) System.
