Patients undergoing surgical or invasive procedures already face challenges, so keeping their blood and fluids within the safest parameters is vital for maintaining normal body temperature. Normothermic blood and fluid delivery performance helps prevent perioperative iatrogenic hypothermia, which is a preventable complication of surgical procedures. Even mild drops in patient body temperature can result in undesirable patient outcomes that can include surgical site infections, myocardial ischemia, lingering drug effects, bleeding diatheses, and an increase in morbidity, mortality, and expense.

The application of warming technology is common in many major surgical sectors: cardiac, abdominal, orthopedic, and OBGYN. Backer Hotwatt heating elements allow warmers to provide consistent and controlled heat to exacting parameters. Heating elements can be custom designed to fit small devices to be used in invasive environments that require sterile constructs. Pumps are common in devices and designs, and while they differ, they all require that unwanted temperature fluctuations be eliminated. Customers who need to ensure safe, controlled blood and fluid heating rely on Backer Hotwatt’s proven heating elements to provide dependable, regulated heating for their blood and fluid warming devices.

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Warming a gaseous substance, CO2 for example, for minimally invasive insufflation procedures helps surgeons and clinicians provide optimal conditions during patient procedures, and results in faster procedures. Studies indicate it can reduce post-procedural pain and increase general patient comfort during the recouperation period. A Backer Hotwatt customer has reported that this can create a host of benefits for surgeons and patients, including improved cecal intubation results, greater small bowel intubation depths, and a marked decrease in nursing attention. Direct benefits to patients include more positive outcomes, such as less discomfort and bloating, quicker recovery times, and decreased gas distention.

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Sterilization and contamination control are at the heart of managing bioburden in laboratory and research environments, whether it is for animal research, bio safety labs, or general laboratory facilities. Bioburdens must be controlled to maintain the integrity of the scientific process. Proper sterilization protocols also vitally protect humans and animals from contamination from critical agents, hazardous pathogens, and cytotoxic materials. Biodecontamination systems need to be reliable, repeatable, and easily controlled for the necessary results.

Backer Hotwatt has extensive experience in helping customer outfit sterilization units with heating elements that perform at the desired outputs so they can continue to provide unfailing performance with their sterilization devices. These systems use patented, proven efficacy in sterilization methods and technology to completely decontaminate the surfaces in a room and hard-to-reach areas—including enclosed spaces, such as fume hoods, bio safety cabinets, or isolators.

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Because it requires no incisions, endometrial ablation is a common minimally invasion treatment for women with dysfunctional uterine bleeding. This procedure reduces risk of infection and allows for quicker recovery times. One ablation method involves the injection of warm saline solution with a slender tool into the uterus—the target temperature being 90 degrees Celsius, with fluctuations of several degrees during the treatment cycle. It is vital that medical professionals have the ability to control the temperature parameters during these treatments, and that the heating elements remain calibrated and functioning optimally. We know how important it is to manufacture heaters that perform exactly to specifications—because patients, ultimately, rely on the results.

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There are many medical device systems that help keep patients comfortable and prevent or treat hypothermia. More systems on the market today are also made in a modular fashion—for ease of use, compact design, adjustability, and portability. Most systems also work in conjunction with cooling processes, which makes having a reliable heater—and custom sizing in their design and function—that much more vital. Backer Hotwatt specializes in custom heaters for vast medical device applications, and we have designed and constructed multiple heaters for specific applications in warming devices for patient comfort.

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Creating an environment that optimizes conditions for growing cell cultures in laboratories is more important than ever. Labs also want ease of cleaning, superior quality, and flexibility in the lab area—think size and portability. Creating the perfect growth conditions requires exacting temperatures and the ability to regulate them. Repeatable high-temperature disinfection that holds heat parameters for extended hours of use is also vital to provide contamination protection. Heaters that we have manufactured for cell incubation systems do just this—helping to provide optimal growth conditions and maintain sterilized conditions, ensuring that subsequent cell incubation is untainted and remains within scientific protocols for reliable readings.

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