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The covers are stored in a Clean Cassette™ (approximately the size of a VHS tape) with a storage capacity of 400 disk covers. From their cleanroom production, the disk covers are housed in a controlled environment within the AseptiScope Clean Cassette, which is then placed in dispensers for application. Only after the cassettes are transported from the cleanroom to the dispenser are the covers available for use. A significant advantage that the DiskCover system offers is its user-friendliness and ease of operation. "With over 5.5 billion auscultations a year in the U.S alone, training every clinician to use the DiskCover system would be an untenable task,” adds Mader. AseptiScope tackles this issue by providing its brief, easy-to-follow instructions in a three-step procedure characterized as a “W.A.R.”on infection (an acronym for Wave, Apply, and Remove). The steps involve waving to activate the dispenser, evenly pressing the stethoscope diaphragm against the DiskCover, and finally, removing the instrument from the application window.![]()
The user presses the stethoscope into the application window, and takes it back with a fresh disk cover; ready for a new, clean auscultation
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Company
AseptiScope
Headquarters
San Diego, CA
Management
Scott Mader, President and CEO
Description
AseptiScope® is a privately funded San Diego, California based, clinical innovation company, formed in early 2016. The organization is founded and led by clinical innovation experts, leading medical researchers, and practicing physicians. Aseptiscope® is introducing a line of aseptic solutions aimed at improving clinician-to-patient infection control. Its flagship brand, the AseptiScope DiskCoverTM System, will provide an evidence-based solution for the longstanding and increasingly prominent dilemma of stethoscope contamination. The AseptiScope mission is to design, develop, manufacture and commercialize novel solutions that ensure “Infection Protection for Clinician & Patient
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