Covidien Launches First-In-Class, Questra-Based Valleylab(TM) Exchange Software Update System

Leader in Energy-based Surgical Systems Uses Intelligent Device Management to Streamline Software Delivery to Support New Instruments and Technologies

BOULDER, Colo. and REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Nov. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Covidien Ltd. , a world leader in advanced energy-based surgical systems, and Questra Corporation, the leader in Intelligent Device Management (IDM), today announced the global launch of the Valleylab(TM) Exchange Software Update System.
The first remote update system in the electrosurgical market today, the Valleylab(TM) Exchange Software Update System is a convenient, cost-effective method for hospitals to remotely update the software on the ForceTriad(TM) energy platform. Hospitals can extend the capabilities of the energy platform and add support for new surgical instruments with this system, which updates software through secure electronic communications via RS-232 ports. They may also conduct updates over the Internet at their facility -- without needing to send the surgical unit to a center or depot.

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