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TRICOR Systems Inc. Announces Exclusive U.S.A. Distribution Agreement with SteriView Technologies, Inc.
Launching the SteriView Instrument Inspection System

Elgin, IL –SGNA Standards of Infection Control in Reprocessing of Flexible Gastrointestinal Endoscopes states: “Visual inspection is an essential step to make sure the endoscope is visibly clean (AAMI, 2015; Rutala et al., 2008). According to Peterson (2017), all endoscopes and reusable accessories should be visually inspected during all stages of handling and reprocessing – before, during, and after use, in addition to during and after cleaning and before HLD (High Level Disinfection). Visual inspection is not a guarantee that decontamination from manual cleaning is complete, but it can be considered a safety stop or “time out” to ensure the endoscope is visually clean before proceeding to the next step of HLD.”

The Dri-Scope Aid® family of products have been on the forefront of finding a solution for every facility to dry their scopes properly after high-level disinfection. “While discussing the importance of drying the internal channels with Infection Prevention personnel, we have seen how scopes have been perceived dry after AER reprocessing or vertical air drying in a cabinet. We then used a borescope to look at the internal channels and found that the scopes still had remaining moisture in them if an automated forced air system (e.g. Dri-Scope Aid®) had not been used. We were also able to observe other irregularities with the internal channels,” said George Cronin, National Sales Manager. “Multiple society and manufacturer recommendations have outlined the importance of visual inspection to identify damage and verify reprocessing efficacy. This sent us on a mission to find the premier inspection system on the market which had the best visualization, documentation, and ease of use for the customer. SteriView fits all those needs.”

TRICOR Systems Inc. is excited to announce the launch of the SteriView MIC (Modular Inspection Camera). TRICOR has been chosen as the exclusive United States distributor of the SteriView MIC. SteriView is the next generation of advanced small diameter, near field inspection scopes designed to provide ready access and imaging of the interior chambers, lumens, and working channels of surgical medical devices. The MIC’s removable insertion tube/camera can be High Level Disinfected, providing the Infection Prevention team the ability
to image the internal channels of a clean instrument.

For more information on The Dri-Scope Aid® Family of products, e-mail sales@driscope.com and visit www.driscope.com

TRICOR Systems is best known recently for their innovative Dri-Scope Aid® family of products. TRICOR is a small, progressive business actively involved for 40 years in the design, development, and contract manufacture of military, aerospace and medical electronic equipment, as well as various other products including software. TRICOR’s ability for a quick turn-around from product inception to delivery is what sets them apart from their competitors. TRICOR customers include many Fortune 500 companies within the aerospace, defense and medical industries.
TRICOR’s current quality registrations include: ISO13485:2016, ISO9001:2015, and AS9100D.

For more information on TRICOR Systems Inc. and its capabilities, visit www.tricor-systems.com SteriView Technologies, Inc. is a biotechnology company redefining intervention with next-generation access and imaging. The company has developed a new class of inspection scopes that offer cost-effective inspection of instruments, recording and documentation of inspection results to address the serious problem of preventable device-associated infections. The company, including its research and development is located in Petaluma, California.

Elgin, IL – SGNA Standards of Infection Control in Reprocessing of Flexible Gastrointestinal Endoscopes states: “Drying the endoscope after every reprocessing cycle, both between patient procedures and before storage, is a requisite practice crucial to the prevention of bacterial transmission and nosocomial infections.” “Drying is as important to the prevention of disease transmission and nosocomial infection as cleaning and HLD.” The Dri-Scope Aid® family of products have been on the forefront of finding a solution for every facility to dry their scopes properly after high-level disinfection. “There have been multiple studies done in the past year highlighting the risk of bacterial growth that can happen if an endoscope isn’t properly dried after it comes out of an AER. The assumption that alcohol and hanging is enough, has been proven not to work,” said George Cronin, National Sales Manager. “In the recently published study, Barakat MT, Huang RJ, Banerjee S. Comparison of automated and manual drying in the eliminating residual endscope working channel fluid after reprocessing. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (January 2019), Valume 89, Issue 1, Dr. Barakat changed the conversation from should we be drying to how are we going to dry. They showed that constant automated flow of air, outperformed 10 minutes of high psi manual air. It is the focus of the new Dri-Scope Aid®Jet~Stream to always have automated constant/consistent flow of HEPA-filtered air with repeatable results”

TRICOR Systems Inc. is excited to announce the new Dri-Scope Aid®Jet~Stream standalone system with dual timer, .1 micron HEPA-filter, and greatest amount of airflow on the market. The dual timer allows the operator to hook up two endoscopes (all major brands) with independent start and stop times. The individual timers will help with the flow and turnaround time in the reprocessing room.

The Dri-Scope Aid®Jet~Stream unit features a daily disposable tubing assembly, and individual scope connectors, to alleviate cross contamination concerns. The scopes are simply attached to the daily tubing assembly via the connectors, the required time is set, and the start button pressed to initiate a continuous flow of HEPA-filtered air through the scope(s), freeing the technician for other duties. Timing can be set between 1 and 99 minutes using the unit’s digital display and touch pad controls. The Dri-Scope Aid®Jet~Stream unit is compact (10.2 inches tall by 6.8 inches wide and 9.5 inches deep), and weighs only 8 pounds. It is designed for countertop, wall mount or pole mount use.

For more information on Dri-Scope Aid®Jet~Stream, call 508-423-3223, e-mail sales@driscope.com and visit www.driscope.com.

TRICOR is a small, progressive business actively involved for over 40 years in the design, development, and manufacture of military, aerospace and medical electronic equipment/ instrumentation, as well as various other products including software. TRICOR’s ability for a quick turn-around from product inception to delivery is what sets us apart from our competitors. TRICOR customers include many Fortune 500 companies within the aerospace, defense and medical industries.

TRICOR’s current quality registrations include: ISO13485:2016, ISO9001:2015, and AS9100D.
For more information on TRICOR Systems Inc. and its capabilities, visit
www.tricor-systems.com

Dri-Scope Aid® Cabinet converts existing scope cabinets into a drying system.

Elgin, IL – TRICOR Systems Inc. designer and manufacturer of the Dri-Scope Aid® and Dri-Scope Aid® 2 is excited to announce the launch of the Dri-Scope Aid® Cabinet (DSAC) system. The DSAC converts existing scope cabinets into a drying system. Up to 16 endoscopes can be processed with a short cycle for between uses and a longer venting cycle for overnight storage. Assisting in the drying process by pumping HEPA-filtered air through the internal channels of endoscopes, the DSAC helps reduce the chances of biofilm development and microbial growth due to water born bacteria.

SGNA Standards of Infection Control in Reprocessing of Flexible Gastrointestinal Endoscopes states: “Drying the endoscope after every reprocessing cycle, both between patient procedures and before storage, is a requisite practice crucial to the prevention of bacterial transmission and nosocomial infections.” They go on to say, “Drying is as important to the prevention of disease transmission and nosocomial infection as cleaning and HLD (High Level Disinfection).”

“There has been a lot of increased interest placed on drying and storage of endoscopes over the past year, even though it has been recommended by every society and in all endoscope IFU’s for a long time. The need for extended time to the reprocessing cycle and space have made adoption difficult. Said George Cronin, National Sales Manager. “The Dri-Scope Aid® Cabinet removes the concern over space and helps to maintain a quick turn-around time.”

The Dri-Scope Aid® Cabinet also includes an easily identifiable visual display indicating the current status of the endoscope. The Dri-Scope Aid® Cabinet comes in a few different sizes allowing for up to 16 scopes depending on your current scope cabinets. Using the individual scope connectors, it will hook up to all major brands of endoscopes. The scope connectors help to alleviate concerns over cross contamination.

TRICOR-Systems Inc. is excited to announce the new Dri-Scope Aid® Cabinet. For more information on Dri-Scope Aid®, call 508-423-3223, e-mail
sales@driscope.com or visit www.driscope.com.

TRICOR is a small, progressive business actively involved for 40+ years in the design, development, and manufacture of military, aerospace and medical electronic equipment / instrumentation, as well as various other products including software. TRICOR’s ability for a quick turn-around from product inception to delivery is what sets us apart from our competitors. TRICOR customers include many Fortune 500 companies within the aerospace, defense and medical industries.

TRICOR Systems is an FDA registered facility and is certified to: ISO13485:2003, ISO9001:2008, and AS9100C.

For more information on TRICOR Systems Inc. and its capabilities, visit www.tricorsystems.com

Dri-Scope Aid®2 Assists in the Drying of the Internal Channels of an Endoscope.

 Elgin, IL – SGNA Standards of Infection Control in Reprocessing of Flexible Gastrointestinal Endoscopes states: “Drying the endoscope after every reprocessing cycle, both between patient procedures and before storage, is a requisite practice crucial to the prevention of bacterial transmission and nosocomial infections.” “Drying is as important to the prevention of disease transmission and nosocomial infection as cleaning and HLD.”

A heightened awareness has been focused around the drying and storage of endoscopes in recent articles and societal meetings.  “Currently the options are extremely limited to aid in the drying of internal channels.  Budget constraints and space limitations has slowed the adoption of drying these internal channels.  The Dri-Scope Aid®2 is the answer to alleviating both of these restrictions,” said George Cronin, National Sales Manager.  “The Dri-Scope Aid®2 is the solution scope users have been searching for to easily push HEPA-filtered air through all internal channels of the scope.”

TRICOR-Systems Inc. is excited to announce the new Dri-Scope Aid®2 with dual timer. The dual timer will allow the operator to hook up two endoscopes (Olympus, Pentax, and Fuji) with independent start and stop times.  The individual timers will help with the flow and turnaround time in the reprocessing room.

The Dri-Scope Aid®2 unit features a daily disposable tubing assembly, individual scope connectors and is capable of processing two endoscopes at once. The scopes are simply attached to the daily tubing assembly via the connectors, the required time is set, and the start button pressed to initiate a continuous flow of HEPA-filtered air through the scope(s), freeing the technician for other duties.

Timing can be set between 1 and 99 minutes using the unit’s digital display and touch pad controls. The Dri-Scope Aid® unit is compact (8.2 inches tall by 6.1 inches wide and 6.5 inches deep), and weighs only 4.5 pounds. It is designed for countertop, wall mount or pole mount use.

For more information on Dri-Scope Aid®2, call 508-423-3223, e-mail sales@driscope.com and visit www.driscope.com.

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TRICOR is a small, progressive business actively involved for 40 years in the design, development, and manufacture of military, aerospace and medical electronic equipment / instrumentation, as well as various other products including software. TRICOR’s ability for a quick turn-around from product inception to delivery is what sets us apart from our competitors. TRICOR customers include many Fortune 500 companies within the aerospace, defense and medical industries.

TRICOR’s current quality registrations include: ISO13485:2003, ISO9001:2008, and AS9100C.

For more information on TRICOR Systems Inc. and its capabilities, visit  www.tricor-systems.com

Elgin, IL – SGNA Standards of Infection Control in Reprocessing of Flexible Gastrointestinal Endoscopes states: “Drying the endoscope after every reprocessing cycle, both between patient procedures and before storage, is a requisite practice crucial to the prevention of bacterial transmission and nosocomial infections.” “Drying is as important to the prevention of disease transmission and nosocomial infection as cleaning and HLD.” The new Dri-Scope Aid® automates the procedure, freeing technicians for other duties, by delivering a constant flow of HEPA-filtered air through every internal channel of an endoscope. The filter has a 99.97% retention rate of particles that have a size of 0.3 μm or greater.

“We are excited to announce that after a successful soft introduction of The Dri-Scope Aid® the National rollout has started,” said George Cronin, National Sales Manager. “The heightened awareness around the potential hazards of bacterial growth driven by multiple societies has increased the responsiveness of many facilities across the country.”

The Dri-Scope Aid® unit features a daily disposable tubing assembly, individual scope connectors and is capable of processing two endoscopes at once. The scopes are simply attached to the tubing assembly via the connectors, the required time is set, and the start button pressed to initiate a continuous flow of HEPA-filtered air through the scope(s) internal channels.

Timing can be set between 1 and 99 minutes using the unit’s digital display and touch pad controls. Audible and visible alerts signal when the process is complete. Other alerts warn of low air flow during the procedure and when the HEPA filter needs changing. If a high-pressure event occurs during drying, the unit automatically shuts off.

The Dri-Scope Aid® unit is compact (8.2 inches tall by 6.1 inches wide and 6.5 inches deep), weighs only 4.5 pounds and is powered by a universal medical-grade power supply (100-240 V, 50-60 Hz). It is designed for countertop, wall mount or pole mount use. The Dri-Scope system components include the Dri-Scope Aid® unit, one filter assembly, a wall-mount bracket, a universal power supply and an optional pole-mount clamp.

For more information on Dri-Scope Aid®, call 508-423-3223, e-mail sales@driscope.com and visit www.driscope.com.

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TRICOR is a small, progressive business actively involved for 40 years in the design, development, and manufacture of military, aerospace and medical electronic equipment / instrumentation, as well as various other products including software. TRICOR’s ability for a quick turn-around from product inception to delivery is what sets us apart from our competitors. TRICOR customers include many Fortune 500 companies within the aerospace, defense and medical industries.

TRICOR’s current quality registrations include: ISO13485:2003, ISO9001:2008, and AS9100.

For more information on TRICOR Systems Inc. and its capabilities, contact Tom Allen 847-742-5542, tomallen@tricor-systems.com and visit www.tricor-systems.com