From the April 2013 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine
The hybridization of treatments helps drive the market as well.
“The tendency to combine multiple modalities in treatments is increasing within the clinical enterprise,” says Daher. “Such is the case of oncology treatments, which are increasingly involving a combination of interventional, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and surgery — many of which call for the use of interventional X-ray equipment.”
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As the way operating rooms look and how surgeons perform continues to change, those who can “C” into the future of C-arms say integration will likely keep transforming what companies offer in terms of both mobile and fixed C-arms. Fixed C-arms will continue evolving to be part of hybrid ORs and “combo” cath labs, Daher says, while the shift to FPD C-arms and the increased number of procedures those provide should be on its way, experts say, as long as there’s a need.
“The driver is the clinical applications,” says Herbert Westin, senior director of product marketing surgery and women’s health for Siemens Healthcare. “Wherever there are new procedures, the C-arm will help in achieving those goals.”
DOTmed Registered DMBN April 2013 - C-arm Companies
Names in boldface are Premium Listings.
Domestic
Elie Semaan, Rayon-x Engineering, LLC, CA
Alda Clemmey, Saffire Medical, MA
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Wayne Horsman, Columbia Imaging Inc, MD
Chris Sharrock, Block Imaging International, Inc., MI
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Matthew Blaustein, Bluestone Diagnostics, Inc., NY
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Leon Gugel, Metropolis International, NY
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International
Martin Herzmann, Ziehm Imaging, Germany
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