Therapeutic hypothermia is gaining increasing acceptance following cardiac arrest in both the pre-hospital and hospital environments. Landmark clinical studies demonstrating that mild hypothermia lowers mortality and improves neurological outcome after successful resuscitation from cardiac arrest were published in 2002. The European Hypothermia After Cardiac Arrest (HACA) trial group demonstrated an improvement in survival to hospital discharge with favourable neurological status in cooled patients compared with normothermic patients surviving cardiac arrest (53 percent versus 36 percent respectively), with no significant adverse events from cooling. The RhinoChill intranasal cooling system is a non-invasive, portable system for transnasally cooling the head and lowering the body’s core temperature immediately following cardiac arrest, stroke or traumatic brain injury. Quick to set up and extremely easy to use, the system uses a non-invasive nasal catheter that sprays a rapidly evaporating, inert coolant liquid into the nasal cavity, a large area situated beneath the brain that acts as a heat exchanger. As the liquid evaporates, heat is directly removed from the base of the skull and surrounding tissues via conduction and indirectly through the blood via convection. The system is battery-powered, compact and does not require refrigeration, making it ideal for use in pre-hospital settings. Each coolant bottle holds enough liquid to cool a patient for 30 minutes at nominal flow, and bottles can be easily exchanged to maintain the cooling process.
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A groundbreaking ultrasound system, Accuvix A30 supports more accurate, easier and effortless diagnosis. The world-first 21.5-inch full HD LED monitor with touch controls offers state of the art imaging. The powerful hybrid beam-forming component helps enhance 2D ultrasound imaging while greater power further improves colour performance. Uncompromising image quality saves time and effort for users. A new function for dramatically improve operational consistency and convenience is also provided. EZ Exam stores workflow protocols, which can be operated by the single touch of a button. ADVR enables real-time DVD and USB recording, providing choice for users. The ergonomic design of the ultrasound system enables higher-level care to be provided.
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A new generation of ultrasound imaging systems, notebook-based scanners, are available. The range includes Echo Blaster black-and-white scanners, and LogicScan and ClarUs colour doppler scanners. The flexibility of these PC-based scanners allows easy integration of advanced technologies such as 3D imaging, wide field-of-view (Panoramic) imaging and real-time speckle reduction. Key features of the LogicScan and ClarUs include digital doppler multi-beam processing, which considerably increases frame rate during colour and power doppler imaging, and a novel hybrid signal processing module that provides noticeably improved sensitivity. Scanners are equipped with a wide variety of probes to cover a broad range of applications. The scanners can be used as entry-mid-level colour systems for applications including obstetrics and gynaecology, general and musculoskeletal imaging and vascular access. All systems are also available as OEM blocks.
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An automated, plasma-based bedside glucose monitoring system, the OptiScanner assists healthcare providers to manage the glucose level of critically ill patients within an optimum target range. The system draws a small amount of patient blood (only 0.12 mL per draw) every 15 minutes, extracts plasma in a micro-centrifuge and then transports the plasma to be read by a near-infrared spectrometer. A proprietary algorithm automatically adjusts for interferences and within a few minutes of the blood draw, a glucose reading is displayed on the front of the instrument. Because a reading is provided every 15 minutes, glycaemic trends can be displayed prominently, indicating whether a patient is euglycaemic, hyperglycaemic or hypoglycaemic. Healthcare providers can track a patient’s glucose and use trending data to aid in decision making, potentially helping patients to stay in a healthy glycaemic range.
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A state-of-the-art ultrasound system, the DC-8 performs well for a wide range of physical examinations, from deep abdominal sites to small superficial areas or from minute vessels to large muscular structures, thanks to new technologies and innovative image processing algorithms. The unique 3T transducer technology increases bandwidth and transmission efficiency, thus offering better SNR and improved resolution. It enables higher frequency scans even focusing on deep structures, easier and faster image aquisition and better image clarity even when scanning the most challenging patients. Another innovative technology, iFlow, allows better visualisation of tiny vessels and complex flow patterns. The exclusive processing algorithm allows the detection of very weak colour Doppler signals with an optimal S/N ratio and provides excellent spatial resolution without compromising penetration or sensitivity. The ultra wideband nonlinear processing technology enhances contrast capabilities. With ultra-wideband signal transmission, the system can manipulate both 2^nd harmonic and non-linear fundamental signals, and finally generate significantly enhanced images. Other technologies include high resolution iClear, now available for 3D/4D imaging, which is a speckle suppression technology for improving contrast resolution to better detect and visualise pathological structures, and iBeam spatial compounding, which uses multiple scan angles to form a single image with enhanced contrast resolution and improved visualisation. The new platform also enables optimum flexibility for post processing and analysis of the raw data image, allowing maximum productivity to be achieved.
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