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This paper focuses on improving the overall operations of an interventional radiology department at a community hospital in USA. In the first phase of the improvement process, significant delays, involving waiting time of patients in preparation rooms, delays in their arrival to procedure rooms, and waiting time for the radiologists, were observed. A thorough analysis of the delays led to the second...
A new biomedical instrument is introduced to apply multiple surgical clips to patients' tissue or vessel. In the surgical process, the instrument jaw is placed around the tissue or other organ structure. When bring the handles of instrument together, the clip can close and secure the tissue or vessel to prevent them from bleeding. With the release of handles, next surgical clip is automatically loaded...
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