Why is it important to tell the patient an item being used on them is reprocessed? The FDA says it isn't when they require a 510K clearance from the reprocessing company just like they do the OEM. Your: "Even in their own literature they no longer say they are 100% clean. Unfortunately, your reprocessing rep doesn't want to talk about that. " You just showed your true colors by posting that idiotic comment because they do not produce any literature that says that. Quite the contrary. The FDA also makes them prove their items are "substantially equivalent" (FDA defines as "The same or better") just like Ethicon had to prove when they bought the original harmonic from Ultracision.
FDA 100% backs reprocessing. Reprocessing is here to stay. I can't wait to see the high turnover rate of Ethicon Endo reps.
How do I know all this: my own company has reusable products (that have to be cleaned at Tir 30). If the FDA allows that, they will allow the reprocessing company to reverse engineer the stupid harmonic.
