Achieve What’s Possible in Complex Surgeries
Empowering surgeons with easier access to specialized devices and expert support.
Since 1990, CooperSurgical has partnered with surgeons to provide reliable medical devices that deliver consistent results and improve efficiency in the
operating room. In our continued effort to empower healthcare providers with trusted specialty surgery solutions, we are expanding direct access to customer
support and training to our medical equipment and supplies.
With CooperSurgical, you’ll now enjoy:
- Direct Support: Connect with our team for fast assistance
- Tailored Education: Professional training to match your needs
- In-Service Training: Expert guidance delivered at your location
CooperSurgical fosters collaboration between our product experts and the professionals who use them, ensuring efficient and impactful care
The Power of Direct Relationships
We’re excited to share that INSORB® Absorbable Skin Stapler and Lone Star® Retractor System — two products you’ve trusted for years — are now available
directly from CooperSurgical. This means you’ll now receive them straight from the team that knows them inside and out.
CooperSurgical fosters collaboration between our product experts and the professionals who use them, ensuring efficient and impactful care
INSORB® Absorbable Skin Stapler
The Rapid, Cosmesis-Proven Skin Closure Solution1-3
This single use, cosmesis proven solution1,2 can lead to potentially less pain immediately post op
and reduce operating theatre time, which may lead to cost savings.1
- Rapid, simple closure2,3
- May reduce operative time vs. subcuticular sutures2,3
- Eliminates percutaneous insult5,6†
- Improved comfort & cosmesis4,5‡
- May result in less pain immediately post op4
- No percutaneous metal staple removal6
- No suture knots6§
- Evidence of reduced wound complications vs. metal staples7*
- Eliminates risk of needlestick injuries at the time of closure6
Lone Star® Retractor System and Elastic Stays
Self-Retaining Retractor System That Provides Exceptional Visibility and Access
The highly flexible Lone Star system offers simple, intuitive retraction at the surgical site to
optimize access to patient anatomy and improve visibility.9
- A variety of adjustable, self-retaining retractor rings and elastic stays offer access and visualization across a wide range of surgical applications
- Flexible, articulating retractor ring shapes that are appropriate to the surgical site
- Secure, customizable stays adapt the retractor ring to the site anatomy
- Single-use and disposable
Looking Ahead to a New Level of Collaboration
At CooperSurgical, we prioritize expertise, quality, and consistency in building lasting relationships with our customers. We provide dedicated and personal support, which includes training and access to resources. Discover how our commitment to excellence and partnership is enhancing operating theater efficiency at hospitals around the world.
Reach out to your representative today to learn more about the many ways we can help support your surgical team and patients.
Important Safety Information:
INSORB® Subcuticular Skin Stapler is intended for use in the subcuticular closure of skin where an absorbable tissue fastener is desired for temporary tissue approximation. Contraindicated for: thin or thick tissue, and scar tissue where effective tissue capture cannot be achieved; if the needle path is obstructed, and when radiopacity or prolonged tissue approximation is necessary or desired. For detailed instructions and risk information, please refer to the Instructions for Use www.insorb.com/instructions-for-use
The Lone Star® Retractor System is indicated for use to provide incision retraction and to aid in visualization during surgical procedures. WARNINGS: For Single Use Products Only. Reuse, reprocessing or resterilization may compromise the structural integrity of the device and /or create a risk of contamination. For Reusable Retractors, both aluminum and stainless steel, they should be thoroughly cleaned and sterilized to prepare them for use. For detailed instructions and risk information, please refer to Instructions for Use www.coopersurgical.com/lone-star-ifu
Footnotes:
* In C sections
† For proper technique, www.insorb.com/ifu
‡ Compared to metal staples
§ When used for subcuticular closure
References:
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- Patel, V., Green, J. L., Christopher, A. N., Morris, M. P., jeiss, E. S., Broach, R. B., & Butler, P. D. (2021). Use of Absorbable Dermal Stapler in Reduction Mammoplasty: Assessing Technical, Quality of Life, and Aesthetics Outcomes. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Global Open, 9(8), e3784–e3784..
- Madsen, A.M., Dow, M.L., Lohse, C.M., & Tessmer Tuck, J.A. (2019). Absorbable subcuticular staples versus suture for caesarean section closure: a randomised clinical trial. BJOG : an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 126(4), 502 510..
- Nitsche, J., Howell, C., & Howell, T. (2011). Skin closure with subcuticular absorbable staples after cesarean section is associated with decreased analgesic use. Archives of gynecology and obstetrics, 285(4), 979–983.
- Dresner, H. S., & Hilger, P. A. (2009). Comparison of incision closures with subcuticular and percutaneous staples. Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery, 11(5), 320–326…..
- INSORB Surgical Stapler [Instructions For Use]. Trumbull, CT. CooperSurgical, Inc.; 2019
- Schrufer Poland, T. L., Ruiz, M. P., Kassar, S., Tomassian, C., Algren, S. D., & Yeast, J. D. (2016). Incidence of wound complications in cesarean deliveries following closure with absorbable subcuticular staples versus conventional skin closure techniques. European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 206, 53–56
- The International Healthcare Worker Safety Center (University of Virginia Health System)
- Lone Star Retractor System Instructions for Use. Trumbull, CT: CooperSurgical, Inc.; 2021
