Slash in Double / 'S' Curved may be confusing

[mwmalinowski]

Should we be using a slash here?

Currently our Curvature section dictates that we should use Double / "S" Curved. Should it, though?

I'm concerned that the use of a slash here may be confusing due to the way we use slashes elsewhere.

This confusion ties into #70

[sklar-sherryp]

Could we eliminate the word "Double" and simply have "S-Curved" as a curvature option?

Are there instruments that would have a "Double" curvature and the curvature would be the same way on each end?

[sklar-sherryp]

In looking for other things, I came across this 60-1160, Mayo-Collins Double Ended Forceps and answered my own question about the curvature being the same on both ends of a DE instrument.

So that means we probably cannot eliminate the word "Double"

Could we make "S" Curved a separate type of Curvature and come up with something else for when the curvature at each end goes the same way?

[mwmalinowski]

Either "Double Curved" or "S-Curved" would be sufficient to describe the curvature. I included both because some competitors use Double Curved and others use S-Curved; I was trying to optimize search hits.

[sklar-sherryp]

80-1410, Bozeman Forceps is "S-Curved" on the website; 90-7710, Bozeman Forceps with one large ring is "Double Curved" on the website (but "S-Curved in the catalog) 95-374, Surgi-OR Bozeman Uterine Dressing Forceps is "S-Curved" on the website

In the expanded detail section on the website (those boxes that show material etc) all three show "Double / 'S' Curved"

Sooooo, my point in all of this is - since we ourselves appear to use both, is it best to keep the "Double / 'S' Curved" option...which brings us back to the beginning. Brings us back to Doe, oh, oh, oh. Done.

[mwmalinowski]

@sklar-sherryp said: In the expanded detail section on the website (those boxes that show material etc) all three show "Double / 'S' Curved"

It is very likely that everything in the expanded detail section came from the work that we (the web research team) have done... which is to say it follows design decisions I made for my Owens & Minor project prior to the start of the web data attributes project.

Let's speculate: if we decide to stick with Double / 'S' Curved then how would someone fill out the data attributes for a hypothetical double ended retractor with one double curved end and one straight end?

[sklar-sherryp]

"One Double Curved End and One Straight End" ?

[mwmalinowski]

What about 1 Double Curved End, 1 Straight End?

[sklar-sherryp]

@mwmalinowski

Meaning use of a comma rather than the word "and"? That seems logical to me.

[sklar-sherryp]

@mwmalinowski

I have been looking at the way some competitors refer to double ended and double curved instruments. Some of the descriptions actually differentiate curvature in the jaws from curvature in the shanks. Is that something we would consider doing?

Some of the sites and catalogs don't even mention curvature. Is there an "industry standard" thing going on there....that it's just known and accepted that some types of needle holders are curved in certain ways?

[mwmalinowski]

@sklar-sherryp said: Some of the descriptions actually differentiate curvature in the jaws from curvature in the shanks. Is that something we would consider doing?

I've been doing that when it seemed appropriate.

Some of the sites and catalogs don't even mention curvature. Is there an "industry standard" thing going on there....that it's just known and accepted that some types of needle holders are curved in certain ways?

Yes.