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Press Release
February 2006

Crystal™ Disposable Blade Rated Brightest in Hospital Tests
During recent research, the Penlon Crystal™ Blade was rated as providing the brightest illumination when tested against blades from six other manufacturers.*

Clinicians in the Department of Anaesthetics at the Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, UK, found that the Penlon Crystal™ came top when compared with disposable laryngoscope blades from six of our competitors.

The light output with force applied to the blade (simulating the blade under tension during intubation) was 70% higher than the average output from the other blades.

*V. Varadarjan. Measurement of change in illumination provided by laryngoscope blades under tension. British Journal of Anaesthesia, Vol. 96 (1) 2006 pp282-3, Table 4.