Because it easily moves from treatment room to treatment room, one NOMAD can take the place of several conventional wall-mounted x-ray units in a typical dental office environment, saving dentists money when purchasing capital equipment.
These innovations also allow x-rays to be taken without moving the patient, so that patients in wheelchairs, for example, do not have to be moved to the dental chair. Bed-ridden patients with dental issues can now have care on a level that was previously not possible. Sedated patients in oral surgery now can be x-rayed without being repositioned. Most operating rooms do not have wall-mounted x-rays, but now x-rays can be taken during procedures without moving the patient.
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Previously, taking an intraoral x-ray of a child has also been a hit-or-miss affair, since the children often will not sit still and will move their head while the x-ray is being taken. This results in a retake and additional radiation exposure to the patient. Now the operator can stay with the child, comfort anxious patients, and take the x-ray when the child is ready. This has also been of great value with special needs patients, such as those with Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease, and physically or mentally limited individuals.
The NOMAD has also been used in veterinary dental diagnostic applications and in forensic victim identification, most notably during the Asian Tsunami in 2004 and the recent earthquake in Haiti. The device has been used extensively in humanitarian missions around the world, going where traditional x-rays could never previously go. Hundreds of thousands of individuals who have never been treated before have received quality dental care.
Today NOMAD devices are used in the finest professional offices as well as providing access to care in the most remote humanitarian clinics. In addition to recognition in the dental arena, NOMAD products have received numerous accolades in the forensic and veterinary fields.
For more about NOMAD Handheld X-rays, go to www.aribex.com. A list of all Technology Innovation Awards winners can be seen at http://www.WSJ.com/Reports.
About Aribex
Aribex, Inc. has quickly become recognized as the worldwide leader in innovative handheld x-ray products. Aribex is a privately owned, Orem, Utah-based company founded in 2003 with the mission to develop, manufacture, and market new technologies in the x-ray radiography field. Aribex flagship products are the NOMAD and the NOMAD Pro Handheld X-ray Systems. The NOMAD battery-powered handheld platform provides for expansion from dentistry into other x-ray imaging solutions such as veterinary, medical, industrial, and security applications. For more information, visit www.aribex.com.
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