The introduction of integrated surgical suites in the early 1990s moved devices such as insufflators, light sources, monitors and electrosurgical generators off of heavy instrument carts and onto ceiling supported booms and columns.

Advances in technology are changing the way surgeons treat patients in the operating room, as well as altering the way the operating rooms themselves are designed.  Today, operating rooms include everything from insufflators to flat panel monitors, to navigation equipment and video hubs.