MENTOR, OHIO - STERIS Corporation will introduce three new general surgical tables that balance extraordinary technological capabilities with cost-saving versatility and value at this year's AORN Congress. The industry-leading STERIS surgical table family now includes the new STERIS 4085 and 5085 Surgical Tables, and will also include the revolutionary STERIS 5085 SRT Surgical Table,* the world's first sliding, rotating and transporting table for surgical suites. Each new platform provides a vast range of imaging and procedural capabilities along with opportunities for heightened efficiency, safety, and annual cost savings.

"It's no longer enough to design a flexible surgical table," states Bill O'Riordan, vice president and general manager of STERIS's Surgical business unit. "In fact, healthcare providers expect more today than ever before. Not only must companies produce highly versatile positioning platforms with uncompromising value, but as innovators we must also be able to keep pace with the latest imaging and minimally invasive surgical techniques. Even more, we must offer meaningful, practical innovations that help our Customers improve productivity, enhance patient and staff safety and manage down their costs. By adding these new tables to our line, we meet or exceed all of these important requirements."

The new STERIS tables provide what surgeons need to accommodate advanced surgical techniques and what OR managers want to improve their department's surgical productivity and safety. At the top of the line is the STERIS 5085 SRT table, a general surgical table that slides, rotates and transports patients, with a single caregiver, throughout the perioperative area. In the OR, the table's imaging capabilities virtually eliminate the need for dedicated specialty tables. Its generous weight, height and imaging ranges accommodate most every surgical service. And the innovative and intuitive data-rich hand control, weight-bearing drive wheel and 360° pivot mode help to make maneuvering, positioning and transporting patients a smooth, safe and ergonomic process. The STERIS 5085 SRT Surgical Table performs multiple duties in the surgical department and reduces the risk and time related to patient transfers. The STERIS 5085 SRT Surgical Table can drive significant gains in workflow efficiency, surgical productivity, and patient and staff safety, and promises to become the benchmark by which all other surgical tables are measured.

Also new from STERIS is the STERIS 5085 General Surgical Table, which combines the optimal mix of an excellent imaging area with a highly functional general surgical table. Its greater height range and low height capability provides easy access to the patient and greater adjustment for the surgical team's ergonomic comfort. The STERIS 5085 table also has generous weight and slide capabilities, and an intuitive data-rich hand control for easy operation. The table is future-ready and can be upgraded to the full transport and table rotation capabilities of the STERIS 5085 SRT when needed. The STERIS 5085 General Surgical Table can help surgical staff improve imaging versatility, ergonomics and safety in the OR, and is a cost-efficient investment with the capacity for future enhancement if and when needs change.

The versatile new STERIS 4085 Surgical Table is an excellent value and offers strong versatility and generous sliding and weight-bearing capability with the added benefit of a simplified, easy-to-use hand control for effortless and ergonomic positioning.

These three innovative products constitute the new STERIS family of general surgical table solutions for any surgical department. They can facilitate everything from standard open general surgeries to vascular, robotic and many other minimally invasive and imaging-intensive therapies. In addition, even hospitals with frozen budgets can plan for the future by selecting an updatable platform that prepares them for surgical growth and new surgical techniques.

"We invite AORN members to visit us and get hands-on experience with our new family of STERIS tables," says Eric Wittine, senior product manager, Surgical Technologies. "They will learn first-hand how easy it will be to provide the flexibility needed for any type of procedure. And to top it off, they will learn how they can save time and make room for additional procedures in the schedule."

About STERIS Corporation

STERIS Corporation is a leading provider of infection prevention and surgical products and services, focused primarily on critical healthcare, pharmaceutical and research markets. The Company's more than 5,000 dedicated employees around the world work together to supply a broad array of solutions by offering a combination of equipment, consumables and services that enhance Customer productivity and quality, and help make the world a safer place. The Company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol STE. For more information, visit www.steris.com.

*The STERIS 5085 SRT Surgical Table is awaiting FDA clearance and is not yet available for sale in the United States.