Thopaz+ Digital Chest Drainage and Monitoring System*

*Monitoring of fluid drainage, air leak and pressure

Thopaz+ allows healthcare professionals to make informed decisions based on precise drainage data.
Find out how to shorten hospital stay and save costs using Thopaz+.

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Compact, lightweight, portable unit with convenient carrying handle

Provides uninterrupted drainage in care settings, including those without access to central vacuum, enabling use in temporary COVID-19 patient care centers or for non-COVID-19 patients who are being moved away from dedicated COVID-19 wards.

Rechargeable Li-Ion battery

Long-life battery allows patients to move independently and be transported with ease while maintaining effective drainage.

Digital display

  • Digitally tracks fluid output and air leak trends over time.
  • Enables reliable monitoring of patient status and supports early decision-making by the care team using objective real-time data.

Double lumen tubing

  • Ensures that suction is only applied when needed.
  • Available with single or y-connectors and in three sizes.

System status notifications

Onboard guides support on-site troubleshooting to enhance ease of use.

Disposable canister

  • Detachable canister with 0.3l, 0.8l or 2l volume ensures safe and simple collection of fluids.
  • To prevent cross-contamination, the canister has an integrated hydrophilic overflow. .and bacteria filter from POREX®. Optional solidifier models eliminate the risk of spilling to protect staff safety.

Hygienic and easy-to-clean system

Thopaz+ Digital Chest Drainage and Monitoring System

Medela’s Thopaz+ takes chest drainage therapy to a new level of care. Unlike analogue systems, it reliably regulates the applied pressure at the patient’s chest and digitally (and quietly) monitors critical therapy indicators. Clinical data has demonstrated that Medela’s chest drainage therapy improves outcomes and streamlines the delivery of care.

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"The use of Thopaz+ can take the surgeon beyond the 24 hour limit for drain removal, using criteria in minutes rather than days. It also facilitates safe day-case thoracic surgery and is an essential component of a modern thoracic surgery programme"

Professor Eric Lim MB ChB MD MSc FRCS(C-Th)Consultant Thoracic Surgeon, Royal Brompton Hospital Professor of Thoracic Surgery, Imperial College London
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"Thopaz+ allows complete patient mobility and independence while the chest drain is still in situ, thereby realizing the full potential of the minimally invasive surgery we are performing"

Dr. Alan SihoeClinical Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong
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"Our experience with Thopaz+ has completely changed our patient's monitoring, allowing us to know their status hour by hour as if we were at their side 24 hours a day. With this, we have achieved a shorter hospital stay with the maximum level of assurance at discharge."

Concepción Partida GonzálezThoracic Surgeon. University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain
Dr Varela surgeon

"The use of Thopaz+ in the postoperative period of our patients healing journey, has meant a more correct digital control of blood loss and, of course, the presence and intensity of air leaks. Early ambulation has been facilitated both in the hospital and at home and has had a positive effect on a decrease in days with pleural drainage and, therefore, hospital stay."

Dr. Andrés Varela de UgarteHead of the Thoracic Surgery and Pulmonary Transplant Service. University Hospital Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.
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"We quickly embraced the benefits of a technologically advanced device like Thopaz+. Small, light and efficient, enabling medical and nursing teams to reach confident decisions about chest tube management and chest tube removal"

Mr. K. Papagianopoulos MMED THORAX, MD (Cth)Senior Consultant Thoracic Surgeon, St James University Hospital Honorary Senior Lecturer, Leeds University, Leeds, United Kingdom

"With digital drainage systems decision making is more objective, easier and more secure. They reduce the time you leave the drain in as well as the hospital time. So the costs are reduced for both patients and health institutions."

Dr. Ramon Arreola

"Our physiotherapists make sure that patients start walking, even when they have the drainage on. They get them out of bed really soon, as an attempt to get them out of hospital as soon as possible. With the new technologies, our experience has been that the new digital drains have helped a lot to get these people out of the hospital as early as possible"

Prof Vinicius CavalheriAllied Health Research Director – South Metropolitan Health Service, Associate Professor – Curtin School of Allied Health, Curtin University, Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Cancer Council Western Australia

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends Thopaz+ for managing chest drains.

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Allows for cost savings of up to £550 ($703) per patient

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Shortens hospital stay due to shorter chest tube duration

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Improves safety for patients with chest drains

  • At a national level, adopting Thopaz+ is expected to save around £8.5 million per year in England." Thopaz+ reduces chest tube duration and length of stay (in hospital).
  • Thopaz+ Improves safety for people with chest drains.
  • Thopaz+ Improves clinical decision-making through continuous objective monitoring of air leaks and fluid loss.
  • Thopaz+ Increases patient mobility.
  • Healthcare providing staff finds Thopaz+ more convenient and easier to use than conventional chest drains.

Thopaz+ in action

Medela cardiothoracic drainage Thopaz plus in use
Improving outcomes and streamlining care - clinically proven

Thopaz+ allows the optimal pressure to be applied for post-operative chest drainage management, and permits objective and reliable monitoring of patient status. As a result, the length of hospital stay can be shortened by at least 1 day 1, 2, 6, 7 with the corresponding reduction in hospital costs 1–5.

Setting up Thopaz+ Digital Chest Drainage system?

Access a library of resources to help guide you through set-up, operation and troubleshooting

Video Guides
Accessories and Disposables
Downloads

The videos are for demonstration uses only and in no way replace the IFU.

Thopaz+ Digital Chest Drainage and Monitoring System

Thopaz+ Digital Chest Drainage and Monitoring System

Thopaz+ Digital Chest Drainage and Monitoring System

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Medela Thopaz+ technical training

Short and simple set up and training videos that will ensure you become a confident and knowledgeable Thopaz+ user.

Medela Thopaz+ technical training

Medela Thopaz+ technical training

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Medela Thopaz+ training for Operating Room

Medela Thopaz+ user specific Training Video for operating room.

Medela Thopaz+ training for Operating Room

Medela Thopaz+ training for Operating Room

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Medela Thopaz+ training for post-anesthesia care unit

Medela Thopaz+ user specific Training Video for post-anesthesia care unit, intensive care unit and ward.

Medela Thopaz+ training for post-anesthesia care unit

Medela Thopaz+ training for post-anesthesia care unit

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Thopaz+ for Cardiac Surgery Patients

Find out how to support your cardiac ERAS or fast track programs 

Thopaz+ for Cardiac Surgery Patients

Thopaz+ for Cardiac Surgery Patients

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Safer Care for Enhanced Recovery Solution with Thopaz+

Find out how to provide safer care already in the golden 1st hour after cardiac surgery

Safer Care for Enhanced Recovery Solution with Thopaz+

Safer Care for Enhanced Recovery Solution with Thopaz+

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Medela Thopaz canister 300 ml

Disposable Canisters

Available in 300ml, 800ml and 2-litre capacities to optimise drainage procedure and reduce the amount of biohazardous waste.

All three sizes are available with or without solidifier, providing a hygienic and cost-effective option for disposing of patient fluid disposal.

Disposable Canisters

Medela Thopaz canister 300 ml

Available in 300ml, 800ml and 2-litre capacities to optimise drainage procedure and reduce the amount of biohazardous waste.

All three sizes are available with or without solidifier, providing a hygienic and cost-effective option for disposing of patient fluid disposal.

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Medela Thopaz tubing with double connector

Tubing

The dual-lumen tubing provides continuous pressure monitoring close to the patient’s chest to provide early warning of potential harmful situations.

Two types of connectors are available (single or double) in small, medium or large sizes to match the chest tube being used.

All Thopaz+ tubing connectors contain a port for convenient sampling of drainage fluid.

Tubing

Medela Thopaz tubing with double connector

The dual-lumen tubing provides continuous pressure monitoring close to the patient’s chest to provide early warning of potential harmful situations.

Two types of connectors are available (single or double) in small, medium or large sizes to match the chest tube being used.

All Thopaz+ tubing connectors contain a port for convenient sampling of drainage fluid.

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Medela Thopaz docking station side view

Docking Station

The docking station for Thopaz+ generally requires one-time set up, allowing the device to be recharged without the need to handle cables and an external power adapter.

Docking Station

Medela Thopaz docking station side view

The docking station for Thopaz+ generally requires one-time set up, allowing the device to be recharged without the need to handle cables and an external power adapter.

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Medela Thopaz Plus accessories docking station

Adapter Docking Station for Canister 2 Litre

To secure the 2l canister in place.

Adapter Docking Station for Canister 2 Litre

Medela Thopaz Plus accessories docking station

To secure the 2l canister in place.

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Medela Thopaz holder standard rail

Holder with Standard Rail

For the easy attachment of Thopaz+ to rails, beds or IV poles. Can be fixed vertically or horizontally.

Holder with Standard Rail

Medela Thopaz holder standard rail

For the easy attachment of Thopaz+ to rails, beds or IV poles. Can be fixed vertically or horizontally.

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Medela Thopaz universal holder flex

Universal Holder with Flexible Standard Rail

For the easy attachment of Thopaz+ to rails, beds or IV poles. Infinitely variable adjustment of rail inclination (360°).

Universal Holder with Flexible Standard Rail

Medela Thopaz universal holder flex

For the easy attachment of Thopaz+ to rails, beds or IV poles. Infinitely variable adjustment of rail inclination (360°).

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Medela Thopaz and Thopaz plus carrying straps

Carrying strap

The carrying strap for Thopaz+ offers the patient convenience, comfort and full mobility

Carrying strap

Medela Thopaz and Thopaz plus carrying straps

The carrying strap for Thopaz+ offers the patient convenience, comfort and full mobility

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References

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2 Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Sep;62(6):509-15

3 Cir Esp 2010, 87(6):385-9

4 Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery 2009, 9(Supplement 1):S31>

5 Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2015 Sep;23(7):832-8

6 Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 Aug;98(2):490-6

7 Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2012 Oct;15(4):622-6

NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in the UK)

*ERAS (Enhanced Recovery After Surgery is a treatment program based on the best available medical science)