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A truly innovative applicator,
providing even greater convenience...

Since its launch in 1982, the Filshie Clip System has become accepted as the “Gold Standard” for female surgical contraception by leading surgeons around the globe. Over 8 million Filshie Clips have been successfully applied worldwide.

Gynaecologists have come to rely on the Filshie Clip System for two simple reasons:

1) Excellent Clinical Results The Filshie Clip System has demonstrated a success rate of 99.76%(4) making it an extremely effective method for female surgical contraception. Studies from around the world have consistently shown low failure rates of the Filshie Clip.
The table below highlights some of these results:

Although not available in the USA when the CREST study was conducted, additional long-term follow-up studies of the Filshie Clip confirm its enviably low failure rate.
The Crest 10-year follow-up study (1) indicates the following failure rates for comparative methods:

2) Reduced Risk of Ectopic Pregnancy

The ectopic pregnancy rate in the rare event of a Filshie Clip failure is just 4%(9). This compares most
favourably with modern contraceptive methods such as the IUS, where ectopic rates can be 1 in 20(8).

The simplicity and reliability of the system have made the Filshie Clip a truly world class product. The Royal
College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Evidence-based Clinical Guideline Number 4, Male and Female
Sterilisation(5), recommends “Mechanical occlusion of the tubes by Filshie Clips or Rings as the method of choice for
laparoscopic tubal occlusion”.

Totally simple
but now totally disposable...

The “Gold Standard” of surgical contraception has now been improved with the launch of the Single Use Filshie Kit, offering even greater convenience for the surgeon and patient:

Fully compatible. . .

The Single Use Filshie Kit is fully compatible with the existing Filshie Clip.

It uses the same reliable Clip closure mechanism and no major change in technique is required.

Fully disposable. . .

Designed for single patient use, the Single Use Filshie Kit ensures that every clip is closed by a precisely calibrated applicator.

Greater convenience. . .

The Single Use Filshie Kit is always available “off-the-shelf” whenever you have a case and eliminates the need for post-surgical cleaning and reprocessing.

Cost efficient. . .

The Single Use Filshie Kit delivers significant cost savings – an end to
cleaning, sterilising, servicing and re-calibration charges and reduced capital
inventory costs.

Femcare-Nikomed offers the Single Use Filshie Kit in the following formats:

1) The ‘Standard’ Kit:

A convenient and simple entry-level kit comprising:

• One Single Use Filshie Clip Applicator

• One pair of Filshie Clips

2) The ‘Premium’ Kit:

A procedural kit comprising:

• One Single Use Filshie Clip Applicator

• One pair of Filshie Clips

• One Femcare-Nikomed Disposable Un-shielded Trocar and Cannula,
specifically designed for use with the Single Use Filshie Clip Applicator

3) The ‘Elite’ Kit:

A procedural kit comprising:

• One Single Use Filshie Clip Applicator

• One pair of Filshie Clips

• One Femcare-Nikomed Disposable Shielded Trocar and Cannula

4) The “Plus 2” Series:

The “Plus 2” Series offers the user the option of buying either a Standard,

Premium or Elite Single Use Filshie Kit with two sterile pairs of Filshie Clips.