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AORN Video Profile: Allen Medical Systems

Dustin Libby, a product development engineer with Allen Medical Systems, introduces the company's two new products at the recent AORN conference in Denver. Libby designed Allen's new head and arm positioner.

The arm positioner allows surgeons to easily conduct different types of shoulder surgery, while the head positioner fits with Allen's beach chair, providing patients with a soft, flexible, disposable device.

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In addition to developing new products, Libby tells DOTmed about his idea for Allen to sell Pinkfin stirrups - a pink version of the popular Yellofin stirrups - as part of a partnership with the Susan G. Komen Foundation. The company's goal is to raise $63,000 from selling the Pinkfin stirrups.

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