Ultra-fast endoscope drying and storage solution – the Plasma TYPHOON+ is launched in the UK.

In line with their Hygiene Commitment, Pentax Medical strives to innovate products that focus on ensuring patient safety. This was already a driving factor when developing the PlasmaTYPHOON and PlasmaBAG system, which launched in 2019. Like the classic model, the new PlasmaTYPHOON+ enhances patient safety and boosts turn-around times. Additionally, the PlasmaTYPHOON+ and PlasmaBAG system facilitates seamless workflows – better supporting physicians, nurses, reprocessing staff and hospital staff across a multitude of departments, while offering full traceability. Enhanced hygiene and patient safety.

The PlasmaTYPHOON+ dries endoscopes of all major brands even faster than before, in just 1- 3 minutes, maintaining strong hygiene standards and enhanced safety for every patient. The system uses two types of airflow to ensure each individual channel is perfectly dried: a laminar flow to eliminate the residual fluid in the channel, and a turbulent heated flow to further and completely dry the channel walls.

"Boosting the efficiency of drying cycles directly impacts endoscope availability and therefore patient procedures, explains Anne Hillion, Health Executive for GI endoscopy & pulmonology, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France: “Since we have had the PlasmaTYPHOON+ and PlasmaBAG system, we have not only improved our reprocessing efficiency but also the hospital efficiency. With the improved endoscope turnover, we are able to reduce waiting times between procedures, and therefore schedule more patient procedures.”