Arthroscopy

Question 1

Crossfire outputs how many watts of RF power?

Answer 1

400

Question 2

Crossfire is compatible with ALL of the following Stryker products EXCEpT?

Answer 2

TPS power drills and TPS foot pedal

Question 3

Crossfire is the only (blank) on market?

Answer 3

Console with a 2 in 1 platform that can control powered resection and RF

Question 4

Hemostasis

Answer 4

Process which causes bleeding to stop, meaning to keep blood within a damaged blood vessel. Involves coagulation, blood changing from a liquid to gel.

Question 5

Name the cross blades in total offering

Answer 5

Smooth Bite
Aggressive Max
Dual Edge 4 mm, 5.5 mm
Tomcat HC 4 mm, 5.0 mm

Question 6

T/F: Pressure in the joint will be nearly double the set pressure when there is little to no outflow in Dynamic Mode.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Crossflow features can be controlled by what devices outside of pump?

Answer 7

Shaver hand piece
iSwitch
SDC3 Voice Activation
Etc.

Question 8

If your surgeon uses a drain cannula for his inflow source in a knee, which dynamic mode should be selected?

Answer 8

Dynamic - High

Question 9

T/F: It is recommended to start Dynamic Mode set pressure lower than standard mode pressure settings because of added pressure buffer.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

How do you connect competitor resection consoles to crossflow?

Answer 10

Competitive Integration Cables

Question 11

MAP is a weighted average of:

Answer 11

Systolic pressure and diastolic pressure

Question 12

T/F: Crossflow connects with Stryker resection consoles via USB

Answer 12

False

Question 13

T/F: The outflow runway has two suction tubes, Shaver and RF

Answer 13

False

Question 14

T/F: bleeding in the joint could occur if patient blood pressure increases and pressure within the joint drops.

Answer 14

True

Question 15

T/F: Managed Outflow will reduce the risk of:

Answer 15

Extravasation

Question 16

Crossfire is compatible with all Stryker products in arthro cases expect?

Answer 16

TPS Footpedal, TPS Power drills

Question 17

T/F: the Crossfire console is fully programmable via the Customizer

Answer 17

True

Question 18

T/F: Crossfire 2 console provides improved, best-in-class COAG capabilities

Answer 18

True

Question 19

T/F: only select Serfas probes and Anvers can be used with Crossfire?

Answer 19

False

Question 20

Crossfire outputs how many watts of RF power?

Answer 20

400

Question 21

The crossfire console ships with how many default settings?

Answer 21

Three

Question 22

T/F: pressing the arrow keys on Crossfire console will increase and decrease the CUt level on Serfas energy probes

Answer 22

True

Question 23

Crossfire is the only (blank) on the market

Answer 23

Console with a 2 in 1 platform that can control powered resection and RF

Question 24

Mac flow rates on crossflow allowed through 5.8 cannula with the different dynamic settings are as follows:

Answer 24

Dynamic High: 1.6L/min
Medium: 1.2 L/min
Dynamic Low: 0.4 L/min

Question 25

What are the top three all purpose cutters?

Answer 25

Aggressive Plus, Resector, Tomcat

Question 26

What are sizes and use cases for Dual Edge Crossblade Cutter?

Answer 26

3.5, 4.0, 5.5mm All in one functionality for tissue resection and bone debridement Shoulder - rotator cuff and sub acromial decompression (4 and 5.5mm) , labral repair and glenoid boney work Knee- all stump and notchplasty (5.5)

Question 27

Tomcat - what are use cases and sizes

Answer 27

With serrated edges on the inner and putter cutting surfaces, tomcat is Stryker’s most aggressive soft tissue cutter Knee - ACL and ACL stump resection

Question 28

No suction. What should I do with crossflow pump?

Answer 28

Look for: - the pump connected to crossfire via FireWire cable - endure Neptune or similar device is not cranked too high - any of outflow cassette lines clogged - ensure resection device has correct dedicated suction - tubing clamped? Should be unclamped

Question 29

What are contributors to aggressiveness of a shaver?

Answer 29

Number of teeth Placement of the teeth (inner and outer) Size of cutter

Question 30

What contributes to aggressiveness of a bur?

Answer 30

Faster the RPM speeder Fewer number of flutes Larger the bur Forward motion vs reverse

Question 31

On crossfire 2, why would arc to scope damage decrease?

Answer 31

Scope is less resistant that tissue. It detects when the hand piece and disposable are getting close to scope.

Question 32

What is the default handpiece button mapping specifics?

Answer 32

I - trigger/ON II - osc vs fwd/rev III— fwd vs rev

Question 33

How much more resistant is SmoothBite cutter to arthrex’ Torpedo

Answer 33

100%

Question 34

How many window styles on Cutter does Stryker offer?

Answer 34

Four. Tomcat, aggressive max, dual edge, smooth bite

Question 35

Sizes of diamond bur: | Why doesn’t it skip on bone?

Answer 35

4.0 and 5.5 Diamond is closer together on the head of the bur. Creates less skipping. Crossblade xl has a 71% reduced skip distance compare to average fluted bur.