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Blackstone Irrigation Pump

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Blackstone Gastroenterology Equipment

Blackstone Irrigation Pump

Product Code: GE-ESE-3688

Separate Pressure and Flow Settings Spanning 10 to 400 mmHg and 0.1 to 1 Litre a Minute, an Actual Pressure Readout, a Noise Figure of 50 dB or Less, and a 100 VA Rating on 100 to 240 V Mains

The Blackstone irrigation pump is a surgical irrigation pump that lets the team set pressure and flow separately. Pressure ranges from 10 to 400 mmHg and flow from 0.1 to 1.0 L/min, and the photograph appears to show a readout of the pressure actually reached. Noise is quoted at 50 dB or less, and the unit draws 100 VA from mains between 100 and 240 V. Available through Medigear.uk.

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Endoscopy Towers & Processors

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Gastroenterology Equipment

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New

Origin

China

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Certified Professional Seller

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Supplier: Medigear

This surgical irrigation pump from Blackstone lets the user set two things: a pressure target between 10 and 400 mmHg, and a flow rate of up to 1 litre per minute. The photograph shows a white desktop unit with three readouts, labelled pressure, flow, and actual pressure, above a row of keys. On the right sits a black rotary head under a hinged cover. It has the look of a roller pump, which moves fluid by squeezing the tubing so that the fluid touches nothing else. The panel is also titled suction machine, although every figure on the sheet describes irrigation.

The pressure range is unusually broad. At 10 mmHg, the push matches a bag hung about 14 cm above the patient, while 400 mmHg equals a bag more than five metres up. Flow peaks at one litre a minute, so a three litre bag lasts about three minutes at the top setting. What the sheet does not explain is how the two settings interact, or where actual pressure is measured. A reading taken at the pump can sit well above the pressure inside a joint or cavity once the tubing and the scope are carrying flow.

The noise ceiling of 50 dB is quiet, though neither the weighting nor the measuring distance is given. Its rating is 100 VA on a 100 to 240 V supply.

No application is named, and nothing is said about alarms, pressure limits, tubing sets, weight, or size. Medigear.uk is putting each point to Blackstone before this surgical irrigation pump is listed.

Blackstone names no procedure, so the fit of this surgical irrigation pump depends on how it will be used. For laparoscopic irrigation, the upper end of the range gives a firm jet for washing the field and loosening clots, and a flow of up to a litre a minute keeps fluid moving during a washout. The sheet lists no suction function, so the pump would work alongside a separate suction source.

Distension work is more demanding. In operative hysteroscopy, the BSGE/ESGE guideline asks for intrauterine pressure to be kept as low as a clear view allows and below the patient's mean arterial pressure, with 70 to 100 mmHg typically needed for visualisation. It also sets maximum fluid deficits of 1,000 mL for hypotonic and 2,500 mL for isotonic media in healthy women, and expects the deficit to be tracked during surgery. This pump can reach four times the upper end of that pressure band and describes no deficit measurement. For hysteroscopy, it would therefore need a firm upper pressure limit and a separate fluid management system.

Two routine points apply to any use. NICE expects irrigation fluid to come from a warming cabinet at 38 to 40°C, and the sheet mentions no heater. The tubing also needs priming to purge air before distension, since air in the line can reach the circulation through vessels opened during resection.

Medigear.uk has asked Blackstone for the intended applications, the pressure limit and alarms, and the tubing set, and passes the replies to theatre teams and clinical engineers.

Pressure and Flow Set Separately

Separate keys for pressure and flow, as the photograph shows, let the team adjust each setting on its own.

A Readout of Actual Pressure

A third display appears to show the pressure being reached as well as the target, which helps staff notice a blocked line or a leak.

Wide Pressure Range

Ten to 400 mmHg covers gentle rinsing at the low end and a firm washing jet at the top.

Fine Flow Control

Flow from 100 to 1,000 mL per minute allows a slow trickle or a brisk washout from the same unit.

Fluid Kept Inside the Tubing

The head in the photograph looks like a roller design, which would keep fluid within the tubing set and away from the pump.

Quiet Running

At no more than 50 dB, the pump should sit quietly in the stack, pending confirmation of the weighting.

Universal Mains Input

Accepting any mains voltage from 100 V to 240 V, on 50 Hz or 60 Hz supplies, the unit needs no transformer wherever it is installed.

Twin Bag Spikes in the Kit

The tubing set pictured appears to carry two spikes, which would let a second bag be hung before the first runs dry.

Pressure Range

10 to 400 mmHg.

Flow Range

0.1 to 1.0 litres per minute.

Readouts

Pressure, flow, and actual pressure, per the photograph.

Pump Head

Rotary, under a hinged cover.

Noise

50 dB or less.

Rated Power

100 VA.

Mains Input

100 to 240 V, 50/60 Hz.

Panel Title

Suction machine, still to be explained.

In the figures given, this is a flexible pump. Pressure runs from a gentle 10 mmHg to a forceful 400 mmHg; flow reaches a litre a minute; a readout shows the pressure actually reached; and the noise figure is low. The open questions concern use rather than capability. No procedure is named, and the right limits for laparoscopic washing differ sharply from those for distending a uterus. The photograph adds a puzzle, since the panel is titled suction machine while every line describes irrigation. Medigear.uk has asked Blackstone to confirm the photograph, the intended applications, where pressure is sensed, and what stops it from overshooting, so this surgical irrigation pump can be matched to the right theatre work.

FAQ

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The sheet does not explain it. Every figure listed, from the pressure range to the flow range, describes irrigation, and the three readouts appear to be labelled for set pressure, flow, and the pressure reached, which is consistent. The title may belong to a shared front panel or be a labelling error, but it could also mean the photograph shows another model, so Blackstone is being asked to confirm.

The target can be set between 10 and 400 mmHg, while a separate readout appears to show the pressure actually achieved. Where that pressure is sensed has not been stated. Measured at the pump, it will read higher than the pressure in the joint or uterus whenever fluid is flowing, because tubing and endoscope both resist the flow, so the sensing point matters for any distension work.

The range is a tenth of a litre to a full litre each minute, or 100 to 1,000 mL. At full rate, a 3 litre bag runs dry in roughly three minutes, so bag changes come round quickly during a large washout. The sheet does not say whether flow is held at the set value or capped while the pump works towards a pressure target.

Not as described. UK and European guidance asks for distension pressure below mean arterial pressure and for fluid deficit to be monitored against set limits. Nothing on the sheet measures deficit, and the top of the pressure range sits far above what distension needs. It would need a hard ceiling on pressure and an independent system for measuring fluid balance before this surgical irrigation pump could be used that way.

On the right of the panel, the photograph shows a round black head with a hinged lid, which looks like a roller, or peristaltic, pump. A head of that kind squeezes the tubing, so the fluid never touches the mechanism and only the tubing set needs replacing between patients. Blackstone has not confirmed the design, the tubing it takes,s or whether that tubing is single-use.

Blackstone quotes 50 dB or less. That is quiet for theatre equipment, but the figure lacks two details needed to judge it properly: whether it is A-weighted, as sound levels normally are, and the distance at which it was measured. Both have been requested.

Neither appears on the sheet. Irrigation fluid should therefore be warmed beforehand in a cabinet, as NICE recommends, and suction would need its own source, whatever the panel title suggests. If this model does include suction, Blackstone will need to publish vacuum and flow figures for it.

The model number and intended procedures come first, then the maximum pressure setting, any alarms, and the tubing set. Clinical engineers will also want the electrical classification, the weight, unit and carton dimensions, UKCA or CE marking, the warranty and delivery times. The accessories in the photograph, a coiled tubing set with what look like two bag spikes, further tubing, and small bags of parts, are not listed either.