Scientific poster assessing the suitability of Fix4Life Cadavers for medical and surgical training in
comparison with fresh-frozen and formalin fixed preservation methods.

Presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the German Anatomical Society by Niklas Goernitz and Nadja Seidel of the Surgical-Anatomical Training Centre at the Berlin Simulation and Training Centre (Best-CAT) Charité.

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Extend the surgical reality of fresh-frozen bodies up to two weeks by using our unique F4L low-hazardous soft-fix embalming recipe.

This new low-hazardous embalming recipe is especially developed for medical skills centres that have chosen to store their bodies in freezers instead of immersion tanks. Whereas a fresh-frozen body after thawing can only be used 1 or 2 days due to ongoing putrefaction, a “F4L-embalmed-frozen body” can be used for several surgical training courses up to a total period of about 14 days while maintaining excellent lifelike morphology. It also contributes to a more efficient and safe use of donated bodies.

A table listing the F4L-recipes and all the benefits of F4L-embalmed bodies in comparison to single-use fresh-frozen bodies can be found here.

Please, contact us for more info and for joining our special pilot programme.

New article in Anesthesia & Analgesia journal:

Comparison of a Novel Cadaver Model (Fix for Life) with the Formalin-Fixed Cadaver and Manikin Model for Suitability and Realism in Airway Management Training

KEY POINTS
• Question: Is a novel cadaver model a suitable and realistic model for acquiring airway management techniques?
• Finding: The novel cadaver model was ranked best for mask ventilation and was considered the most realistic for laryngeal mask insertion.
• Meaning: The novel cadaver model could be a suited and more realistic alternative to manikins in training airway management techniques to novices.

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The Leiden University medical Centre (LUMC) has won the Dutch 3Rs prize 2017 by developing in collaboration with Fix for Life a new training method with F4L-embalmed surplus animals. The 3Rs prize is rewarded by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Environment to bio-technicians who contribute to the Replacement, Refinement, and Reduction of Animals in Research. Please, have a look at the poster of the 2017 3Rs prize winner.

Fix for Life congratulates the university medical centres AMC and VUmc for setting up of the largest surgical skills centre in Europe:

Fix for Life is honored to contribute to this course in vascular surgery with its embalming and preservation products:

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6260439998789664769/

The impact of manual threshold selection in medical additive manufacturing

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Fix for Life (F4L) signed collaboration agreements with the Academic Medical Center (AMC) in Amsterdam, University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU), University of Leuven Campus Kortrijk (KULAK), University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (HU) and the Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES) in order to start pilots with the Fix for Life embalming and preservation method. With the feedback and evaluation of these pilots we are able to customise the Fix for Life method to the specific needs of our customers. Also interested in a pilot? Go to our contact page and let us know. We will provide all the info you need to receive a F4L pilot package and get started.

Fix for Life has become member of the largest life sciences cluster in the Netherlands:

https://leidenbiosciencepark.nl/

Founder of Fix for Life interviewed for the online newsletter (in Dutch) of the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC):

https://www.lumc.nl/over-het-lumc/nieuws/2015/december/Spin-off-minder-schadelijk-fixeermiddel/

Last month (November 2015), Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) signed collaboration agreements with the University of Applied Sciences Utrecht and Texas A&M University in Dallas in order to start pilots with the Fix for Life embalming and preservation method. With the feedback and evaluation of these pilots we are able to customise the Fix for Life method to the specific needs of our customers. Also interested in a pilot? Go to our contact page and let us know. We will provide all the info you need to receive a F4L pilot package and get started.

Fix for Life presenting their pitch “Fix for Life – Forever Fresh, Never frozen!” at StartupDelta in Leiden with Neelie Kroes, ambassador of StartupDelta (November 26^th, 2015):

http://leidenbiosciencepark.nl/news-events/neelie-kroes-visits-leiden