The Curvo created Baskets represent spend for implant and PPI categories.
The Curvo created Baskets represent spend for implant and PPI categories. They are grouped into baskets the way we've seen customers go to market and source. Baskets are flexible and can be changed by you.
The following Curvo standard categories make up a significant portion of healthcare spend and require a high level of cross functional participation from clinicians to effectively execute sourcing projects.
Basket classification is based on a combination of how products are seen classified in:
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- Manufacturer catalogs
- Clinical applications
- Go to market sourcing projects
Depending on the size of your organization, you have 45-50 Curvo category baskets, which include the following categories:
| Basket Name | Items Included |
| Advanced Surgical Energy | Advanced energy such as: harmonic, ligasure, thunderbeat, voyant, enseal, sonicision, pks systems, Olympus plasma products |
| Advanced Wound Care | mepilex, amniotic grafts, exudry, skin substitutes (ie Epifix), Alginate, silver, duoderm, Hydrogels, hydrocolloids, alginates, film dressings, foam dressings, eye tissue dressings, partial- and full-thickness burn dressings (not kerlix, coban, regular gauze dressings, medical tapes) |
| Arthroplasty | Knee, Hip, Shoulder, Ankle components and case costs. Cutting guides, wires, Toe or finger implants and one time use implantation reamers |
| Biologic Mesh | Biologic or resorbable mesh made from organic biomaterial such as porcine dermis, porcine small intestine, bovine dermis or pericardium. Including but not limited to: alloderm, strattice, allomax, xenmatrix, phasix, surgimend, permacol, bioA. (Human fascia lata or dermis should be in Ortho Biologics.) |
| Bone Cement | Standard and antibiotic bone cement for orthopedics |
| Breast Reconstruction | Gel and silicone implants, sizers, breast tissue expanders (Do no include tissue expanders for access ports) |
| Cardiac Assistive Devices | Impella, IAB, Heartware, HeartMate, LVAD, HVAD |
| Cardiac Rhythm Management | Pacemakers single chamber, dual chamber, biventricular and transcatheter pacing. Implanted cardioverter defibrillators, and leads |
| CMF | CMF implants, drill bits, wire, Medpor, Hydroset and Norian specific to CMF |
| Cochlear Implants & Instruments | Cochlear Implants, processors and instruments for implantation |
| Coronary Atherectomy Devices | Coronary atherectomy devices -Rotational, Laser, Orbital |
| EndoMechanicals, Sutures and Trocars | Linear staplers, clip appliers, reloads, trocars, sutures. (Endomechanical devices are used in minimally invasive surgical procedures that require little to no cutting) |
| ENT | Ear tubes, dressings, ablation wands (Smith & Nephew Coblation), packings, shaver blades. NO instruments |
| EP Cath Lab Cardiac Ablation and Mapping | Mapping & ablation catheters, other EP cath lab supplies (ViewFlex ICE et al), transseptal needles |
| GI/Endoscopy | Hemostatic clips, snares, hot & cold forceps, dreamtomes, sphincertomes, (pancreatic, esophageal, biliary stents with insertion via endoscope) Hobbs Medical, Ablation rings, buffers. NO feeding tubes or laryngoscopes |
| Heart Valve Repair | Mitral valves, aortic valves, transcatheters, annuloplasty rings, MitraClip |
| Hemostasis/Sealant | Spine hemostasis agents or fluid sealants Hemostatic dressings Surgicel, Durgiflo, Evicel, Fibrin, Surgifoam,Fibrillar, quickclot, floseal, tisseel |
| Interventional Cardiology Diagnostic | Coronary diagnostic catheters, PTV, BAV, septal occluders, wires and introducers particular to use |
| Interventional Spine | Kyphoplasty or vertebroplasty products, introducer needles, cement specific to spine |
| Interventional Urology | Stents, balloons, guidewires, followers, caths, baskets, dilators. NOT dialysis or foley |
| Left Atrial Appendage Closure | Watchman, Amulet, AtriClip |
| Negative Pressure Wound Care | PICO, Prevena, Abthera, Active.A.C., Dermatac, SNAP, RENASYS, V.A.C. Dressings from KCI/Acelity including GranuFoam, Simplace, Veraflo and WhiteFoam. |
| Neurology | Neurosurgical implants and devices not included in other categories (Duramatrix, Dura Mater Substitute) |
| Neurostimulators | IPG, programmers, anchors, leads, accessories, generators, wires, chargers, antennas (Penta, NOT Inspire) |
| Neurovascular | Stents, wires, caths, intended for neurovascular usage, neurovascular coils |
| Ophthalmology | Cataract implants, knifes, packs, medications, be sure to include ALL lenses |
| Ortho Biologics | BMP, dbm, dbx, sports allografts, chips, putty, bone void fillers, biologic human-derived dura mater substitute, cancellous cubes. Nothing synthetic, animal or plant derived |
| Pain Pumps | Implanted intrathecal drug delivery systems such as: Flowonix, ONQ, Syncromed |
| Peripheral Vascular | Peripheral angioplasty products such as: stents, balloons, catheters, peripheral embolic devices, peripheral thrombectory devices, peripheral atherectomy devices, carotid stents, ie all items listed in a vendor's peripheral catalog |
| PTCA, Drug-Eluting & Bare Metal Stents | Coronary PTCA catheters, DES and BMS stents, introducers, sheaths, wires particular to use |
| Spinal Fusion | Cages, Spacers, Plates, Screws, Rods, Hooks, Crosslinks, wire |
| Spine Nerve Ablation Products | Spinal RF ablation products - Osteocool, Neurotherm, Venom |
| Sports Medicine | Soft-tissue/Suture Anchors, interference screws, suture passers, acl knives, suture, Meniscal Darts (Items which stay in the body). Shaver blades, ablation wands, pump tubing, cannulas. (Items which do not stay in the body but are one time use) |
| Surgical Urology | Pelvic floor products, penile products, implantable incontinence devices and stimulators (Interstim), Coloplast products, slings, meshes, pumps |
| Synthetic Hernia Mesh | Synthetic mesh and fasteners or tackers (i.e. ventralight, ventralex, perfix, capsure, sorbafix, parietex, progrip, symbotex) |
| Trauma | Fixation products, plates, screws, nails, drill bits, wire, CMF NOT included |
| Vagus Nerve Stimulation | Implantable vagus nerve stimulation products such as: Sentiva, Aspire HC, VNS Pulse, VNS Demipulse, Perenniaflex |
| Vascular Access | Piccs, ports, dialysis and trialysis catheters, centtral venous, midline and umbilical catheters, AV grafts and fistulas, and related non-pharmacy items for dialysis NOT biopsy |
| Vascular Closure Devices | Closure devices such as: angioseal, perclose, starclose, mynx, exoseal, femostop, cardiva (If particular to peripheral vascular, do not include here) |
| Vascular Grafts | Aortic grafts, endovascular grafts (not for AV access), AAA and TAA grafts, illiac grafts, cardiac patches and pledgets |