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Stryker Endoscopy Systems Built with INTEGRITY
State-of-the-Art Systems Depend on Green Hills Software
 Santa Barbara, CA —December 14, 2009—Green
Hills Software, Inc., the largest independent vendor of embedded software
solutions, today announced that Stryker, a world leader in medical technology
solutions, is using Green Hills
Software's Platform for Medical Devices, including the safety-certified INTEGRITY® real-time
operating system and MULTI® integrated
development environment, 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," commented 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."
About the Green Hills Platform for Medical Devices
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.
About Green Hills Software
Founded in 1982, Green Hills Software, Inc. is the largest independent
vendor of embedded development solutions. In 2008, the Green Hills
INTEGRITY-178B RTOS was the first and only operating system to be certified
by the NSA to EAL6+ High Robustness, the highest level of security
ever achieved for any software product. Our open architecture integrated
development solutions address deeply embedded, absolute security and
high-reliability applications for the military/avionics, medical, industrial,
automotive, networking, consumer and other markets that demand industry-certified
solutions. Green Hills Software is headquartered in Santa Barbara,
CA, with European headquarters in the United Kingdom. Visit Green Hills
Software at www.ghs.com.
About Stryker
Stryker Corporation is one of the world's leading medical technology
companies with the most broadly based range of products in orthopedics
and a significant presence in other medical specialties. Stryker works
with respected medical professionals to help people lead more active
and more satisfying lives and to reduce healthcare costs. The Company's
products include implants used in joint replacement, trauma, craniomaxillofacial
and spinal surgeries; biologics; surgical, neurologic, ear, nose & throat
and interventional pain equipment; endoscopic, surgical navigation, communications
and digital imaging systems; as well as patient handling and emergency
medical equipment. The Company's website address is http://www.stryker.com
About Stryker Endoscopy
Stryker's innovative endoscopy equipment has set a new standard in the
operating room. Stryker is the first to combine voice activation, infrared
technology and high-definition video to give surgeons greater control
and patients better outcomes. Stryker's intuitive, ergonomic endoscopy
tools make surgery easier and more efficient than ever before.
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