InsuflowPort®, like other standard trocars, has multiple seals preventing abdominal gas from escaping the abdomen into the operating room. These seals also maintain pressure when instruments or scopes are used. Valveless trocars, without seals, can intermittently leak potentially unfiltered Carbon Dioxide, smoke, blood and infectious aerosols into the operating room. This puts the healthcare providers potentially at dangerous risk.

In addition to actively removing plume and combustion by-products, PneuView® is equipped with a patented safety relief valve which ensures patients never reach high vacuum levels within the abdominal cavity. To effectively and safely de-insufflate the abdomen, shut the insufflation gas off and leave the PneuView® running until abdomen has returned to normal state. Once again, the patented safety relief valve will ensure the patient does not reach a dangerous vacuum level during the de-insufflation process. Annals of Surgery on March 15th, also released new recommendations related to laparoscopic surgery, as follows: “Prevention and management of aerosol dispersal: During operations, whether laparoscopic or via laparotomy, instruments should be kept clean of blood and other body fluids. Special attention should be paid to the establishment of pneumoperitoneum, hemostasis and cleaning at trocar sites or incisions to prevent any gush of body fluid caused by air leakage or uncontained laparotomy incisions. Liberal use of suction devices to remove smoke and aerosol during operations, and especially, before converting from laparoscopy to open surgery or any extra-peritoneal maneuver. Avoid using two-way pneumoperitoneum insufflators to prevent pathogens colonization of circulating aerosol in pneumoperitoneum circuit or the insufflator.