Green Hills Software's Platform for Medical Devices, including the safety-certified INTEGRITY real-time operating system and MULTI integrated development environment, is being used in the Stryker Crossfire integrated arthroscopy system.
"We selected Green Hills Software's comprehensive operating system, development tools, and middleware solutions over competing offerings because of our requirement for uncompromising product reliability and availability," comments Steffan Benamou, associate staff engineer, Stryker. "The Green Hills Platform for Medical Devices delivers this level of quality while providing our developers with a cost-effective and productive development environment that has significantly reduced development time-to-market."
Stryker's decision in selecting Green Hills was driven by their need for a reliable and safe RTOS for use in the company's important next-generation medical product design. The INTEGRITY RTOS provided the benefits of proven safety and reliability. The foundation of the Platform for Medical Devices, the INTEGRITY RTOS, has a proven pedigree in safety-critical systems, including deployment in a wide range of devices that meet FDA requirements.
Stryker Endoscopy offers the first and only integrated arthroscopic resection system, Crossfire. This hybrid platform has the ability to operate both RF and powered instrumentation from one console. Stryker's Crossfire offers the following benefits:
- Optimal RF performance for enhanced ablation and suction
- Increased cutting efficiency on all current Formula disposables
- A two-in-one console and footswitch to save space in the OR
- iSWITCH compatibility
- Large, bright and easy-to-use LCD screen
- A completely customizable interface
The Stryker Crossfire is available now: www.stryker.com/crossfire
"The Stryker Crossfire demonstrates how innovative companies can create reliable and richly functional electronic products while meeting the medical industry's rapid development and stringent cost requirements," commented David Kleidermacher, chief technology officer, Green Hills Software. "We are pleased that Stryker put its trust in Green Hills Software to help bring these industry-leading integrated arthroscopic systems to market."
The Green Hills INTEGRITY RTOS, the core of the Platform, is a true real-time operating system that carries credentials for reliability, availability, and serviceability, including use in many FDA/CDRH Class II and III approved life-critical medical devices. The Platform provides a complete software development solution that helps device makers increase productivity and drastically reduce development cost, per unit cost program risk, and product time-to-market. The INTEGRITY RTOS is fully integrated with a complete range of feature-rich middleware components for interaction with other applications and systems in the medical device environment. With the Platform for Medical Devices, Green Hills offers complete medical device consulting, regulatory assistance, development, audit, and approval services.