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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on October 17, 2018, 11:24:05 am

Title: Inflatable Operating Room Could Bring Safe Surgery to Front Lines
Post by: rangerrebew on October 17, 2018, 11:24:05 am

Inflatable Operating Room Could Bring Safe Surgery to Front Lines
10/11/2018
By Mandy Mayfield

A portable operating room could bring a safe, sterile surgical environment to the front lines of conflict zones.

SurgiBox is a collapsible tent-like structure that uses a pump to inflate and create safe operating conditions for patients in need of surgery, Mike Teodorescu, CEO of SurgiBox, told National Defense at the Association of the United States Army’s annual conference in Washington, D.C.

The product was introduced during an Army prize competition created to help the service tap into developing technologies, officials said Oct. 8

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