January's new product showcase
January 25, 2013
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FlightPlan for Liver
GE Healthcare recently received FDA clearance for
its advanced imaging tool, FlightPlan for Liver.
GE Healthcare’s FlightPlan for Liver helps interventionalists plan their liver embolization procedures. The physician simply selects the tip of the catheter and a hypervascular tumor on a 3D image, and lets the software highlight the vessels traveling from the catheter to the lesion’s vicinity. The highlighted vessels can then be used as a 3D roadmap with the Innova Vision application, and superimposed on the live fluoroscopic image to help the doctor guide the catheter into the target artery.
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FireCR Dental Reader
3DISC Imaging has launched a compact, affordable computed radiography system for the dental market designed to provide rapid, high-quality reading of reusable dental imaging plates. With its small footprint, the FireCR Dental Reader fits seamlessly into even the most space-challenged dental offices and exam rooms, improving productivity and optimizing chairside time with patients.
The reader is DICOM 3.0 compatible with existing systems and uses reusable bite-wing and intraoral imaging plates that are easier and faster to position than intraoral digital sensors. Importantly, a true size 4c imaging plate is available, so technicians don’t have to use software stitching to combine images from two size 3 plates-a cumbersome and inefficient process.
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Dynamic DR, Fluoroscopy Multi-Use Solution
Viztek’s innovative and versatile new Dynamic System manages a variety of fluoroscopy sub-types, including gastrointestinal, pediatrics, injections, tomography, arthrography, interventional radiography, urogenital, and DSA. In static mode, the machine delivers ultra-fast throughput of high-quality DR images in five seconds. It offers the world’s most advanced DR technology and features a 17” x 17” panel that provides a large field of view and eliminates the need for panel rotation.
Supporting patients up to 584 pounds, the product can be lowered to an 18.9-inch horizontal tabletop height and offers 79 inches of patient coverage, minimizing patient repositioning while accommodating long-leg imaging through auto movement and positioning.
The table height can be adjusted to a compact 3.15 inch vertical height, giving centers a flexible solution for maximum patient convenience. The system features automatic-stitching and is ideal for many different types of exams.
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JAO ST-185B Smart Terminal
Barco announced the launch of the JAO ST-185B, the first of a new generation of patient bedside JAO smart terminals.
The terminal’s real-time pop-up notifications inform patients about their doctor’s schedule, and customizable message boxes offer a more personalized patient experience. Numerous entertainment options are also available, such as radio and TV, Internet access, games and video-on-demand.
It also provides hospital staff with direct access to a patient’s electronic medical records and the hospital information system while safeguarding patient privacy.
The 18.5” terminal is power-efficient, incorporating LED backlights. The unit can be tilted, rotated 170 degrees, and comes with a multi-touch integrated touch screen.
The terminal also comes with a barcode scanner which can be used for medicine dispensing or to identify patients and medical equipment.
Click here for the full product description.
Upgraded microwave ablation device
Microsulis Medical Ltd, the medical device company specializing in minimally invasive, microwave ablation technology for the coagulation of soft tissue, has received FDA clearance for its upgraded Accu2i pMTA applicator.
The Accu2i pMTA applicator’s handle has undergone an ergonomic redesign, with ridged contact points and a more tactile feel. The optical grade clear applicator casing has been refined to allow the user to see the coolant flowing through the applicator. The coolant spike tubes have also been color-coded to provide a visual aid for ease of manufacture.
The Accu2i pMTA cartridge, which connects the applicator to the Local Control Station (LCS), has also been given an ergonomic makeover. The casing is both more comfortable to handle and robust. Within the cartridge, parts have been revised to further improve the coolant flow through the system and simplify the build.
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CyberKnife M6 Series
Accuray announced FDA clearance for the the CyberKnife M6 Series and its new InCise Multileaf Collimator, available on the two higher-end models of the M6 Series.
The device is designed for stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic body radiation therapy.
The MLC is used to sculpt the X-ray beam to the size and shape of the tumor. It has a bigger opening than the CyberKnife’s previous collimator and allows, theoretically, faster treatment times for some tumors.
The new CyberKnife models are the FIM and FM, which feature the MLC, and the FI, which doesn’t. The FM and FI are upgradeable.
Click here for the full product description.
FlightPlan for Liver
GE Healthcare recently received FDA clearance for
its advanced imaging tool, FlightPlan for Liver.
GE Healthcare’s FlightPlan for Liver helps interventionalists plan their liver embolization procedures. The physician simply selects the tip of the catheter and a hypervascular tumor on a 3D image, and lets the software highlight the vessels traveling from the catheter to the lesion’s vicinity. The highlighted vessels can then be used as a 3D roadmap with the Innova Vision application, and superimposed on the live fluoroscopic image to help the doctor guide the catheter into the target artery.
Click here for the full product description.
FireCR Dental Reader
3DISC Imaging has launched a compact, affordable computed radiography system for the dental market designed to provide rapid, high-quality reading of reusable dental imaging plates. With its small footprint, the FireCR Dental Reader fits seamlessly into even the most space-challenged dental offices and exam rooms, improving productivity and optimizing chairside time with patients.
The reader is DICOM 3.0 compatible with existing systems and uses reusable bite-wing and intraoral imaging plates that are easier and faster to position than intraoral digital sensors. Importantly, a true size 4c imaging plate is available, so technicians don’t have to use software stitching to combine images from two size 3 plates-a cumbersome and inefficient process.
Click here for the full product description.
Dynamic DR, Fluoroscopy Multi-Use Solution
Viztek’s innovative and versatile new Dynamic System manages a variety of fluoroscopy sub-types, including gastrointestinal, pediatrics, injections, tomography, arthrography, interventional radiography, urogenital, and DSA. In static mode, the machine delivers ultra-fast throughput of high-quality DR images in five seconds. It offers the world’s most advanced DR technology and features a 17” x 17” panel that provides a large field of view and eliminates the need for panel rotation.
Supporting patients up to 584 pounds, the product can be lowered to an 18.9-inch horizontal tabletop height and offers 79 inches of patient coverage, minimizing patient repositioning while accommodating long-leg imaging through auto movement and positioning.
The table height can be adjusted to a compact 3.15 inch vertical height, giving centers a flexible solution for maximum patient convenience. The system features automatic-stitching and is ideal for many different types of exams.
Click here for the full product description.
JAO ST-185B Smart Terminal
Barco announced the launch of the JAO ST-185B, the first of a new generation of patient bedside JAO smart terminals.
The terminal’s real-time pop-up notifications inform patients about their doctor’s schedule, and customizable message boxes offer a more personalized patient experience. Numerous entertainment options are also available, such as radio and TV, Internet access, games and video-on-demand.
It also provides hospital staff with direct access to a patient’s electronic medical records and the hospital information system while safeguarding patient privacy.
The 18.5” terminal is power-efficient, incorporating LED backlights. The unit can be tilted, rotated 170 degrees, and comes with a multi-touch integrated touch screen.
The terminal also comes with a barcode scanner which can be used for medicine dispensing or to identify patients and medical equipment.
Click here for the full product description.
Upgraded microwave ablation device
Microsulis Medical Ltd, the medical device company specializing in minimally invasive, microwave ablation technology for the coagulation of soft tissue, has received FDA clearance for its upgraded Accu2i pMTA applicator.
The Accu2i pMTA applicator’s handle has undergone an ergonomic redesign, with ridged contact points and a more tactile feel. The optical grade clear applicator casing has been refined to allow the user to see the coolant flowing through the applicator. The coolant spike tubes have also been color-coded to provide a visual aid for ease of manufacture.
The Accu2i pMTA cartridge, which connects the applicator to the Local Control Station (LCS), has also been given an ergonomic makeover. The casing is both more comfortable to handle and robust. Within the cartridge, parts have been revised to further improve the coolant flow through the system and simplify the build.
Click here for the full product description.
CyberKnife M6 Series
Accuray announced FDA clearance for the the CyberKnife M6 Series and its new InCise Multileaf Collimator, available on the two higher-end models of the M6 Series.
The device is designed for stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic body radiation therapy.
The MLC is used to sculpt the X-ray beam to the size and shape of the tumor. It has a bigger opening than the CyberKnife’s previous collimator and allows, theoretically, faster treatment times for some tumors.
The new CyberKnife models are the FIM and FM, which feature the MLC, and the FI, which doesn’t. The FM and FI are upgradeable.
Click here for the full product description.