Dräger Selected to Exhibit Polaris at Vizient Innovative Technology Exchange

TELFORD, Pa., Sept. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Dräger has been selected to exhibit its new Polaris surgical light at the Vizient^® Innovative Technology Exchange. Vizient, the nation's largest provider-driven healthcare performance improvement company, will hold the Exchange on September 17 in Las Vegas.

The annual Innovative Technology Exchange offers selected suppliers the unique opportunity to demonstrate their products or services to supply chain and clinical leaders from Vizient's hospital clients, as well as subject matter experts who serve on their supply councils. Each product or service will showcase how it may help enhance safety or drive incremental improvements to healthcare delivery or business models.

Dräger's next generation of Polaris OR lights offer an advanced LED optical system that helps create a homogeneous surgical field with smooth edges, a high-color-rendering index that contributes to faithful color rendering of tissues, and the ability for OR staff to precisely adjust the wide light field diameter and brightness range.

Polaris OR lights have a Light Guard feature, which Dräger developed to help reduce the risk of patient injury. When activated, this function limits the total light energy irradiance on both the skin and surgical field to a safe value of ≤ 700 W/m2 (IEC 60601-2-41 standard). It helps prevent the permissible limit level from being inadvertently exceeded when the light fields of two light heads are directed on the same point at a higher brightness setting, which could result in tissue damage, particularly with patients who are photosensitive from certain therapies.

Polaris Pro and Pro+ models provide Anti-Glare and Eye Relax functions that may help decrease unwanted contrasts and blue components in the light, which can strain a surgeon's eyes and create fatigue over time. To help keep staff engaged with operation status or to record the procedure, Polaris offers an optional 4K MedView camera to capture and share high-resolution video recordings.

"We are very excited to participate in the Vizient Innovative Technology Exchange to exhibit our new Polaris surgical light," said Merouane Djerbal, Marketing Director at Dräger, Inc.

The annual Innovative Technology Exchange is part of Vizient's Innovative Technology Program that includes product review of supplier-submitted technologies by provider-led councils. Since 2003, Vizient has reviewed over 1,700 product submissions as part of its Innovative Technology Program.

Dräger. Technology for Life.
Dräger is an international leader in the fields of medical and safety technology. Our products protect, support, and save lives. Founded in 1889, Dräger generated revenues of around € 3,4 billion in 2024. The Dräger Group is currently present in over 190 countries and has more than 16,000 employees worldwide. Please visit www.draeger.com for more information.

Contact
Communications: Melanie Kamann, Tel. +49 451 882-3202, [email protected]
Press Contact North America: Laura Edwards, Tel. +1 215 565-5868, [email protected]
Investor Relations: Thomas Fischler, Tel. +49 451 882-2685, [email protected] 

SOURCE Draeger