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C-Armor Drape: Optimized for Multiple C-Arm Swings

The patented C-Armor® Drape eliminates the tedious process of covering and re-covering the C-arm during surgeries that require multiple C-arm swings, such as tibial/femoral nail and lumbar spine procedures. Designed specifically to maintain sterility, this easy-to-use draping solution helps protect patients from the risk of contamination while facilitating a more efficient workflow.

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Improving the sterility of draping techniques can help reduce the risk of increases in hospital costs and post-operative infections.1

C-Armor Drape vs. Traditional C-Arm Draping Methods

Disposable C-Armor Drape

Eliminates the need to re-drape the C-arm in procedures when the C-arm rotates from AP to lateral multiple times
One C-Armor Drape typically required per procedure, regardless of the number of C-arm position changes
Drape lies flat against the table when not in use for minimal disruption of surgical access
Easy-to-use, workflow-friendly solution helps save time in the OR

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Techniques Using Disposable Drape Sheets

Have been shown to introduce contamination to the sterile field and are therefore incompatible with organizational recommendations for maintaining sterility2,3
When using a new drape sheet for each C-arm position change it is not uncommon to go through 10 or more sheets4
Can carry the potential for compromise in the integrity of the surgical drape caused by repetitive clamping of the hanging covering sheet and formation of micro-perforations in the surgical drape4

What an Orthopedic Surgeon Says About
C-Armor

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AORN Guidelines

“Unsterile equipment… should be covered on the top, bottom, and sides with sterile barrier materials before being introduced to or brought over a sterile field.” 5

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1.    Gershkovich, G., Hampton, D., C-Arm Fluoroscopy Draping: A Comparison of Three Techniques, Philadelphia PA.

2.    Gershkovich GE, Tiedeken NC, Hampton D, Budacki R, Samuel SP, Saing M. A Comparison of Three C-Arm Draping Techniques to Minimize Contamination of the Surgical Field. J Orthop Trauma. 2016 Oct;30(10):e351-6. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000000619. PMID: 27124823.

3.    AORN Recommended Practices Committee. Recommended practices for maintaining a sterile field. AORN J. 2006 Feb;83(2):402-4, 407-10, 413-6. doi: 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)60171-3. PMID: 16544860.

4. https://www.tidiproducts.com/blog/surgeons-perspective-on-c-armor

5.    Guidelines for Perioperative Practice, 2017. AORN, Inc., I.Tech.IV.a.1.