*Cycle time will vary depending on instrument load.

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†On the right side, allow 2” (50mm) of space for ventilation. Allow for at least 7” (180mm) above unit to enable access to reservoirs. If less than 7” (180mm), screw on hinges can be removed to allow reservoir lid to slide in and out of position.

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Edison Award winner: STATCLAVE G4 (SCICAN)

Inventors: The Business Development Team at SciCan Inc.

COMPLIANCE IS of the utmost importance in dentistry, and it just might be the buzzword of this year’s Edison nominees, too. Juggling the requirements of OSHA, the CDC and other governing bodies is no easy feat, and maintaining clean tools is a nonnegotiable first step.

“Generally, we found that offices are struggling to keep up with the throughput of instruments,” says Stacey Graf, product manager for SciCan, the Canonsburg, Pennsylvania–based infection-control company that debuted the Statim autoclave in the 1980s. “Nobody wants to stay late to sterilize instruments because they don’t have the right equipment for their workload.”

SciCan set out to produce a bigger, better, more modern version of the industry-altering Statim. The result is the StatClave G4, which received FDA approval this past autumn. “Industry leaders have been looking for a large sterilizer that was also fast and able to dry instruments effectively,” Graf says. “With the StatClave, we focused on having both: dryness and speed.”

The StatClave G4’s 11-inch chamber makes it one of the largest on the market. It can hold four 8-by-11-inch cassettes or about 20 pouches, and, using vacuum technology, takes just 38 minutes from start to finish—25 minutes less than similarly sized products. Plus, the pesky problem of still-moist tools after a sterilization cycle is eliminated. “We’re talking completely bone-dry,” Graf says.

The device is smart—that is, it can connect to the internet, too. Its G4 technology stores a memory of each sterilization cycle in the cloud that clinicians can log into the portal to see. (Another record-keeping win for compliance.) In the event of a system failure, SciCan will be sent a message and reach out to the office to help solve the problem. “The StatClave will help avoid bottlenecks in the sterilization process,” Graf says. “Patients aren’t waiting for clean tools, and staff can go home on time.” We’ll toast to that.

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JERILYN FORSYTHE is a writer in Florida whose work appears regularly in Incisal Edge