Since introducing their first pendant system in 1993, Skytron has been at the forefront of enhancing crucial aspects of clinical environments. This article explores three key factors contributing to an effective pendant system: promoting safety and efficiency, ensuring simplicity and consistency, and providing design and planning support.

Promotes safety and efficiency

Operating rooms often have a multitude of equipment and clutter, posing potential hazards to caregivers and patients alike. Boom systems serve as space management tools, creating safer and more productive environments by keeping cords and hoses out of the operating field. This reduces the risk of accidents and allows faster turnaround times between procedures.

A well-designed pendant system offers versatility to support different procedures. Long arms enable equipment to be parked when unused and easily brought in when needed, increasing case scheduling capacity and flexibility. Skytron’s Freedom system exemplifies this, providing up to five arms on a single mounting structure, including equipment arms and light arms. Caregivers can focus on their tasks without distractions with smooth and drift-free manoeuvrability.

Simple and consistent

The simplicity and consistency of a pendant system’s operation are crucial for seamless workflow in the OR. Skytron’s Active Assist technology ensures smooth and consistent operation, reducing the risk of errors and enhancing user experience. Active Assist simplifies manoeuvring by automatically adjusting resistance, allowing caregivers to concentrate on patient care.

Skytron’s Freedom system also offer a more effective space management solution by rotating carriers within their footprint. This minimises the chances of collisions and provides greater flexibility in equipment placement. Long-reach and multiple arms per mount offer increased positioning options, ensuring that equipment can be precisely placed where needed. The equipment carriers and anaesthesia pendants house electricity, gases, and video integration faceplates to put what you need where you need it. The result is improved efficiency and productivity in the OR, translating to better patient outcomes.

Design and planning support

Effective pendant systems go beyond their physical attributes; they also integrate seamlessly into the overall design and layout of the OR. Skytron’s design and planning support services leverage a comprehensive range of solutions to create spaces that meet customers’ specific needs.

By collaborating with customers from the initial planning stages, Cubro ensures that pendant systems are optimally integrated into the OR layout, maximising efficiency and functionality.

The benefits of Cubro’s design and planning support include lower costs, better outcomes, and long-term procedural flexibility. By customising pendant system configurations to match customers’ requirements, we enable ORs to operate at peak performance while adapting to evolving healthcare needs.

An effective pendant system enhances the operating room’s safety, efficiency, and productivity. Skytron’s Freedom systems empower caregivers to deliver the highest quality of care while optimizing OR performance by promoting safety and efficiency, ensuring simplicity and consistency, and providing design and planning support.

To find out more about our range of surgical pendants, please get in touch with our team.

Originally published by Skytron. Cubro is the authorised distributor of Skytron lights and pendants in New Zealand.