04Feb

Tedisel Medical hybrid operating room: innovation, efficiency, and technology at the service of healing

February 4, 2026 tedisel

In an increasingly demanding healthcare sector, hospitals need state-of-the-art hybrid operating rooms that guarantee safety, efficiency, and clinical excellence. At Tedisel Medical, we design and equip advanced hybrid operating rooms, integrating cutting-edge technology into medical supply units, visualization systems, smart lighting, and control software to meet the current challenges of modern surgery and minimally invasive procedures.

Our approach is based on optimizing clinical workflow, multimodality, and patient well-being, creating surgical environments where surgeons, interventionalists, and healthcare personnel work in a coordinated, ergonomic, and safe manner. The result is an efficient, flexible, and future-proof hybrid operating room that improves the clinical experience and contributes to better healthcare outcomes.

What is a hybrid operating room and why is it key to modern medicine?

A hybrid operating room is a high-tech surgical space that integrates open surgery and minimally invasive procedures in the same environment, combining advanced medical imaging systems with high-precision surgical equipment. This integration allows cardiovascular, vascular, neurological, pulmonary, and spinal procedures to be performed without the need to transfer the patient, reducing risks, optimizing time, and significantly improving clinical outcomes.

Tedisel Medical’s operating room solutions offer design and modularity to adapt to the different ways of working of multidisciplinary clinical teams within the same hospital. Thanks to its flexibility, connectivity, and ergonomic design, the hybrid operating room becomes an efficient, safe environment that is ready for the challenges of modern medicine.

Workflow without compromise

The hybrid operating room is designed so that each team member can work in their preferred and most ergonomic position, both in open and minimally invasive procedures. The anesthetist can be comfortably positioned at the head of the bed, while the rest of the team has unrestricted access to the patient, even in cases of radial or multiple accesses, ensuring a continuous and uninterrupted workflow.

We make the hospital a place of healing

At Tedisel Medical, we understand that the environment also heals. That is why we transform operating rooms, ICUs, and critical areas into spaces that promote patient recovery and the well-being of healthcare personnel. A welcoming design, careful layout, and adequate lighting directly influence patient perception, comfort, and clinical efficiency.

Smart lighting for operating rooms: well-being and safety

Tedisel Medical offers advanced RGB lighting solutions designed to optimize surgery, recovery, and patient rest:

Ambient, indirect, and warm lighting that prevents glare
Circadian light, adapted to the patient’s biological rhythm to promote better recovery
Task lighting, specifically for critical tasks and documentation
Brake alarm light, which increases safety in motorized arms by indicating their movement

All these systems are managed from HERMES OR Control, allowing precise control of intensity, color, lighting scenes, switching on and off from a single interface.

HERMES OR Control: the digital core of the operating room

HERMES OR Control stands out for its interactive, modern, and intuitive interface, designed to facilitate the work of healthcare personnel. It incorporates:

Capacitive touch screen
Integrated speakers for notifications
Compliance with the highest hygiene standards
Compatibility with hospital management systems
Efficient communication via MODBUS-TCP/IP

This solution enables comprehensive control of the operating room, improving coordination, reducing operational errors, and optimizing clinical processes.

Ceiling supply units: maximum customization and ergonomics

Tedisel Medical’s ceiling supply units stand out for their modular and highly customizable design, adapting to the specific needs of each hospital project. They offer:

Integrated cable management
Optimized space for power supplies
Integration of electrical outlets, medical gases, and HERMES OR Control
Tidy, safe, and efficient environments

The system incorporates three-dimensional positioning, with arm lifting and rotation capabilities, easily adapting to constantly evolving workflows. Its modular arms, available in lengths from 650 to 1050 mm, allow for flexible configuration, with rotations of up to 350° and motorized vertical movement, ensuring total freedom of use and maximum ergonomics.

Tedisel Medical service headboard: robustness and versatility

The Tedisel Medical service headboard is a compact and versatile solution for operating rooms, ICUs, and critical care areas. Its robust design, with rounded finishes, allows for:

Add and remove accessories from all sides
Adapt to different clinical uses
Support loads of up to 250 kg

Designed with both healthcare professionals and patient well-being in mind, it incorporates coded joints with RGB and circadian lighting that improve visibility and contribute to a more comfortable recovery.

In addition, the integration of HERMES OR into the headboard makes this element the center of the operating room’s digital ecosystem, allowing control of the brake system, surgical lighting, temperature and humidity regulation, and integration with technical panels.

The result is a connected, intelligent, and highly efficient environment where each procedure is carried out in a more agile, safe, and optimized manner.

At Tedisel Medical, we continue to innovate to offer hybrid operating rooms, supply units, and smart solutions that transform modern surgery, optimize clinical workflows, and improve the patient experience. Our technology, from HERMES OR visualization and control systems to circadian lighting and service headboards, reflects our commitment to efficiency, safety, and well-being in hospital environments.

We will be present at Dubai WHX at booth N27.D13, where we will showcase all our state-of-the-art medical equipment and comprehensive solutions for operating rooms and critical areas. We invite healthcare professionals to visit us and discover how Tedisel Medical can bring innovation and clinical excellence to your hospital.

10Jun

The importance of hybrid operating room design: key to high-precision medical care

June 10, 2025 tedisel

In the last decade, hybrid operating rooms have established themselves as a key element in the evolution of the modern healthcare system. Thanks to the integration of advanced medical imaging technology with highly complex surgical environments, these spaces allow minimally invasive interventions and complex surgical procedures to be performed simultaneously, without the need to move the patient.

The efficient and functional design of a hybrid operating room not only improves patient safety and the efficiency of the medical team, but also optimizes workflows, reduces operating times and enhances the quality of care.

In this context, hybrid operating rooms represent the clearest symbol of technological and structural transformation in hospitals and highly specialized surgical centers.

Understanding the importance of good design in these spaces is essential to ensure their operational success and their adaptation to the current demands of precision medicine.

What are hybrid operating rooms or smart operating rooms?

Hybrid operating rooms, also known as smart operating rooms, are advanced surgical spaces that integrate state-of-the-art medical technology with high-precision diagnostic imaging equipment. Unlike traditional operating rooms, these rooms make it possible to combine surgical procedures with real-time imaging tests, such as MRI or intraoperative CT scans, without the need to transfer the patient to other areas of the hospital.

This fusion of surgery and diagnostics in a single environment allows for more precise, agile and safe interventions, significantly reducing margins of error and improving clinical decision making during the operation.

What are the benefits of hybrid ORs over conventional ORs?

The advantages of these intelligent surgical environments are manifold and decisive for modern medical care:

Immediate and accurate diagnosis: Thanks to high-resolution and 3D images, practitioners can obtain accurate information during the procedure.
Less invasive procedures: With advanced image-guided tools, unnecessary cuts and manipulations are minimized.
Increased patient safety: Surgical risk is reduced by avoiding transfers and having a clear view of the patient’s condition in real time.
Faster recovery: Precision in the procedure reduces complications and speeds up postoperative recovery times.

Essential and technological requirements

Hybrid operating rooms, due to their level of complexity and advanced equipment, require much more demanding spatial planning than conventional operating rooms. While the latter usually occupy between 40 and 60 square meters, hybrid operating rooms require areas of between 70 and 90 square meters, thus allowing the installation of high-precision imaging equipment and ensuring the smooth mobility of the surgical team.

There are two main configurations: one option in which the operating room directly integrates the diagnostic imaging equipment, and another in which there is an adjoining room dedicated exclusively to these devices, such as the fixed X-ray arch or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The latter modality allows the imaging systems to be operated independently, keeping the sterile environment intact and improving the circulation of auxiliary personnel.

In addition, it is imperative that these rooms comply with radiation protection requirements, including the use of special coatings such as lead in walls and doors. They must also be enabled to perform minimally invasive procedures, which implies a functional distribution of space and quick access to the necessary equipment.

The design must contemplate separate but connected spaces for the control room and the technical room, both with direct visibility to the operating room, for efficient supervision. On the other hand, the incorporation of real-time audiovisual communication systems is key, as they allow videoconferencing during surgery, which is of great value both for medical training and for collaboration between specialists from different centers.

Surgical professionals also require advanced visualization technologies. For this reason, it is essential to have high-definition monitors, recording systems, mobile surgical lights and devices such as image intensifiers, which allow every detail of the procedure to be visualized with maximum clarity.

Lighting, flexibility and environmental control in hybrid operating rooms

Adequate surgical lighting, complemented by controlled natural light, improves procedural accuracy and comfort during prolonged surgeries.
The design should ensure efficient staff circulation, separate flows according to functions and maintain equivalent aseptic conditions in all areas, including diagnostic rooms.

The use of modular structures facilitates space adaptation, optimizes installation and maintenance times, and improves the quality and safety of the surgical environment.
It is also essential to comply with ISO 14644 standards, which regulate air quality in operating rooms, guaranteeing a sterile and safe environment to prevent infections.

Advantages for the user: technology at the service of the patient and the medical team

The incorporation of advanced solutions such as those provided by Tedisel Medical, technical panels, ceiling supply units, software, among other systems, together with high-precision medical imaging technologies such as intraoperative 3D, computed tomography and real-time MRI, offers substantial benefits for both the medical team and patients. This technological integration improves clinical efficiency, optimizes workflows and contributes to safer, more accurate and personalized care.

These technologies allow simultaneous collaboration between different medical specialties, favoring a more efficient multidisciplinary approach. In addition, by avoiding the transfer of the patient between the operating room and other diagnostic areas, the risks of cross-contamination are reduced, the possibility of infection is minimized and the recovery process is accelerated.

The immediate diagnostic accuracy provided by these systems improves decision-making during surgery, increases surgical success rates and contributes to better long-term clinical outcomes, with more personalized and safer care.

Modular architecture: adaptability for the operating room of the future

Hybrid operating rooms are constantly evolving, adapting to new surgical requirements and technological advances. Therefore, it is essential to have flexible and modular spaces, capable of adjusting to changes in flooring, technical ceilings, air conditioning systems and integrated communication networks. The design of these environments is as complex as the interventions performed in them, which requires high-level architectural and technical solutions.

At Tedisel Medical, we are committed to a model of intelligent hospital architecture, developing state-of-the-art surgical equipment that meets the strictest international standards. Our modular approach not only allows rapid adaptation to new needs, but also improves space efficiency, enhances patient safety and optimizes the performance of healthcare personnel.

With more than 30 years of experience in the sector and presence in more than 80 countries, Tedisel Medical continues to drive innovation in solutions for operating rooms and critical areas, actively contributing to the development of the hospital of the future.

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