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The Stryker Discmonitor® is a diagnostic tool used to deliver complete diagnostic information to help identify discogenic pain. It furnishes accurate, detailed, and printable diagnostic information for assessing the extent of intervertebral disc damage. The Discmonitor is the first and only device that measures time, pressure, and volume during discography procedures—helping to ensure the most appropriate treatment planning and the efficient use of healthcare dollars.
Features:
- Measures pressure and volume differentials Unique to Stryker*
- Can manually save key data points for up to six discs with the push of a button Unique to Stryker*
- Improves procedural standardization
- Automatically saves max values (pressure and volume)
- Provides real-time feedback via digital display
- Wireless printing of graphic and tabular data
- Reduces potential error—no hand-recording of data
- Can save opening pressure
- Has 20 ml reservoir
- Allows choice of injection options—plunger or syringe—for tactile feel or fine control
Digital Display
The Discmonitor's digital display provides real-time information for greater diagnostic accuracy.
Button Pad
The Discmonitor's button pad is used to save up to three key data points per disc, up to six disc levels.
Wireless Printer
The Discmonitor wirelessly prints out comprehensive reports in tabular followed by graphic formats.
To learn more or to place an order, contact your Stryker sales representative or Stryker Instruments customer service—800.253.3210.
* Current as of 3.12.09
407-290-000
Discmonitor Unit (10/pkg)
407-295-000
Printer
Downloads
Discmonitor Product Brochure (722 KB, PDF)
Discmonitor Operative Technique Guide (2 MB, PDF)
Discmonitor Patient Brochure (733 KB, PDF)
Indications For Use
Patient selection criteria should include:
- Suspected violation to the integrity of the annular wall of the disc.
- Paresthetic discomfort in an equivocal dermatomal distribution.
- Uncertain diagnosis of the extent of disc degeneration.
- Patient demonstrates possible neurological findings consistent with nerve root compression: wasting, weakness, sensory alteration, reflex alteration.
- A positive CT or MRI showing single or multiple herniations at a location inconsistent with clinical findings.
Contraindications
The Discmonitor is not intended for patients who present the following clinical and radiological findings:
- Radiological evidence of severe lateral recess stenosis, calcified disc herniations, severe degenerative facet disease, and ligamentum flavum hypertrophy.
- Radiological evidence of free or extruded disc fragments within the spinal canal.
- Clinical evidence of significant progressive neurological deficits and/or cauda equina syndrome.
- The existence of other pathologies, such as fracture, tumor, pregnancy, sensitivity to contrast agent or other conditions that could place the patient at risk.
- General anesthesia is contraindicated.
The Discmonitor is not intended for procedures that require pressures greater than 120 psi [827 kPa].
