Sterilizing the new Ankylos Surgical Kit?

Talk to the sales rep, that is his job.

You can fully sterilize the 'new' Ankylos surgical kit. The plastic and rubber components are resistant to high temperatures.

Plastic and rubber will melt. We've known that since rubber and plastic was invented. Look at the Simpler instrument kits, all metal and completely sterilizable. Much better thought out system.

Dear Dr Harold Bergman, Absolutely EVERYTHING melts if you heat it high enough - even your metal kits. We’ve known that since metal was first worked! What actually matters is if the containers used for the kits, melt (or even start to degrade in any way), at the temperatures used in autoclaves. THEY DON'T! Use a normal vacuum cycle and you'll be fine. Kind Regards, Bill Schaeffer

The new Ankylos surgical is fabricated from heat and pressure resistant plastics and rubbers, much like any other kits made from these materials which have been used for years. And yes, the kit is well thought out with respect to arrangement. You can bag it and run it through your Statim or any other sterilizing system. Make sure the drills etc are clean of all residual blood and bone particles. There is a special instrument in your kit to clean these out of the hole at the tip of the drill and the channel in the shank used for internal irrigation (if you so choose).

Bill Schaeffer, Hilarious post but so true. Go ahead and autoclave and you will be fine.