Meet An Innovator Who's Cleaning Up Surgeries And Lowering Complication Rates
The Heart of Innovation with Kym McNicholas
English - August 18, 2023 23:35 - 47 minutes - 65.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsMedicine Health & Fitness Business Management heart health innovation kymmcnicholas life medicine thewaytomyheart Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Cotton gauze, Telfa pads, Raytec sponges, lap pads and surgical towels release lint that can put patients at risk. Significant complications have been associated with lint being introduced into the body. Norm "Fuzzy" Furbush is the Founder/CEO of Syntervention that develops innovative products that reduce lint contamination, procedure time, and overall costs to the hospital. He talks to hosts Kym McNicholas and Dr. John Phillips about how he's come up with these inventions and offers advice to others who want to bring healthcare devices to market.