For the past month, the Peters Surgical company has been operating on a just-in-time basis. This SME in Bobigny (Seine-Saint-Denis), created almost a century ago by two brothers engineers, manufactures single-use products for surgery. With the coronavirus crisis, it is a marginal activity of this company which finds itself in the spotlight: its probes intended for resuscitation services.
Among them, the so-called "Motin" probe, invented twenty years ago by Pr Motin, former head of the intensive care unit at the Édouard-Herriot hospital in Lyon, with the Peters Surgical teams. This disposable catheter is used to aspirate patients' bronchial secretions. Its special feature is that it is equipped with a protective sheath which prevents projections of secretions from caregivers.
As the probe is protected unlike a conventional probe, it limits the risk of contaminating germs, is easy to handle and thus saves 20% of the time
Thierry Herbreteau, president of Peters Surgical" It is used in resuscitation services guaranteeing the protection of patients and carers," explains Thierry Herbreteau, president of Peters Surgical (75 million euros
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