Drainage after cardiac and thoracic surgery
Improved treatment success and optimised care – backed by clinical studies
Improved treatment success and optimised care – backed by clinical studies
Digital chest drainage systems bring demonstrable benefits to both patients and nursing personnel, as well as to the healthcare facility's economic result. They reduce the duration of chest drainage and the length of stay, while increasing safety for both patient and healthcare personnel.
Thopaz+ by Medela is specifically designed to provide optimal negative pressure for post-operative chest drainage therapy, as well as objective and reliable monitoring of patient status. Thopaz is the digital system used in numerous comparative studies after lung surgery, which resulted in a more positive patient experience and a shorter air leak duration, drainage duration and inpatient treatment length.1
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.
Long-life battery allows patients to move independently and be transported with ease while maintaining effective drainage.
Onboard guides support on-site troubleshooting to enhance ease of use.
Thopaz+ by Medela takes chest drainage therapy to a new level of care. Unlike analogue systems, Thopaz+ reliably regulates the negative pressure in the patient's chest and monitors key therapy indicators digitally (and quietly). Medela's chest drainage therapy has been clinically proven to improve outcomes and optimise care.
Whether open or minimally invasive, the chest drainage system Thopaz+ by Medela restores natural negative pressure in the pleura after surgery and enables efficient and safe therapy with high added value for patients, surgeons, ward physicians and nursing personnel.
The Thopaz+ mobile chest drainage system has been shown to improve healing, safety and mobility for patients with pleural drainage, mediastinal drainage or pericardial drainage, and to make everyday life easier for healthcare personnel.
As part of a Swiss family-owned company, Medela Healthcare has a long history of manufacturing the highest-quality medical technology products in the field of medical vacuum technology. Medela offers you a collection of studies and scientific findings from doctors on the topic of chest drainage.
1 National Institute for Health Excellence. Thopaz+ portable digital system for managing chest drains. Medical technologies guidance [MTG37]; Internet: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/MTG37 (accessed 26/05/2020).
2 Pompili C, Brunelli A, Salati M, et al. Impact of the learning curve in the use of a novel electronic chest drainage system after pulmonary lobectomy: a case-matched analysis on the duration of chest tube usage. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2011;13(5):490–3.
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