Cornerstones Reflectors – A Standard for Ultrasound Visibility
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What are Cornerstone Reflectors?
With the patented Cornerstone reflectors (three-dimensional pyramid-like embossing along the first 20mm of the needle), the needle shaft allows optimized and reliable needle echogenicity at higher angle.1 They are key to the echogenicity of many of our products.
How it all started
The idea was born by the Australian anesthetist Dr. Chris Mitchell, who was not satisfied with the limited visibility of conventional needles under ultrasound until he found the solution to the problem in many everyday things: reflectors. He had tools made on his own and, after a six-month test phase, went in search of a suitable industrial partner. When he got to know Pajunk, he was convinced especially by our passion and technical know-how:
“It was an amazing experience to join up with PAJUNK®,
to work so much as a team and nearly family,
to get this product onto the market as quickly as possible.
And literally from the time I met them in person to the time
the product was on the market was only 12 months.”
Dr. Chris Mitchell
We rely on the Cornerstone Technology in different fields of applications. They can be found in the Regional Anesthesia for Nerve Blocks and also for needles in the fields of Chronic Pain Therapy, Biopsy and Vascular Access.
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Studies:
1 Edgcombe H., Hocking G. (2010 March-April). Sonographic identification of needle tip by specialists and novices: a blinded comparison of 5 regional block needles in fresh human cadavers. Reg. Anesth. Pain Med., 35(2): 207-211.
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