The V680 ventilator for hospital respiratory care, offering both invasive and non-invasive ventilation, is designed for smoother transition from ventilation to natural breathing and helps enhance patient care and minimize ventilator-associated infection rates. It has been developed in partnership with physicians, leading to customized technology that can be simply and quickly adjusted to respond to patient needs. The goal is to speed the time to non-invasive ventilation, ultimately reducing hospital stays and the associated cost burden. Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) has become a standard of care for the management of acute respiratory failure, but there is a risk of leaks around the mask that may interfere with ventilator performance. As a result, patient-ventilator asynchrony, defined as a mismatch between the patient’s inspiratory time and the ventilator insufflation time, occurs in nearly 25 per cent of intubated patients. These high rates of asynchrony are associated with a higher incidence of weaning failure and tracheostomy, prolonged mechanical ventilation, fatigue, increased sedation needs and longer hospital stays.  A recent study to compare patient-ventilator synchrony during NIV between ICU, transport and dedicated NIV ventilators, found the use of a NIV ventilator on critically ill patients led to a significant decrease in the incidence of patient-ventilator asynchrony.  Moreover, dedicated NIV ventilators exhibited more standardized behaviour during the investigation, with an ability to avoid auto-triggering or delayed cycling while keeping a short triggering delay despite the presence of leaks.  The Philips V680 Ventilator is launched in several European markets. US launch is pending 510(k) clearance.
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Specifically designed for open surgical procedures that require delicate and fine tissue dissection, the new THUNDERBEAT Open Fine Jaw (OFJ) is now available, alongside the THUNDERBEAT Open Extended Jaw (OEJ) for open surgery launched last December. The new Thunderbeat OFJ fully integrates bipolar high-frequency and ultrasonic technologies. The device is specially designed to be utilized in open surgery particularly in superficial and confined areas, such as thyroid and ENT procedures or breast surgery. The by-now familiar benefits of fastest-inclass cutting and dissection with reliable sealing and cutting of vessels up to 7mm in diameter are supplemented with a fine curved tip design for precise dissection. The Thunderbeat OFJ has been developed as part of a complete energy platform offered by Olympus, supplementing the Olympus Surgical Tissue Management System and covering new applications in open surgery. The platform itself combines an ultrasound generator with a complete, integrated highfrequency (HF) generator compatible with all conventional HF instruments available in the market. Having a single generator platform across a multitude of surgical specialties and applications reduces complexity, helping hospitals to streamline both surgical workflows and OR staff training. The benefits are increased efficiency, patient safety and staff satisfaction, whilst also reducing inventory costs and management complexity. Special features of the Thunderbeat Open Fine Jaw include: scissors-type grip, specifically designed for precise and direct manoeuvring in open surgery and integrated in a light, ergonomic and perfectly- balanced handpiece that fits into the surgeon’s hand and provides precise and direct tactile feedback; curved fine tip, for enhanced target area visibility with easy entry and separation of the tissue plane in confined areas, optimized for the anatomy around the thyroid, the head and neck area and the breast; atraumatic jaw design ensuring secure, non-slip grasping, with even tissue compression thanks to the ‘wiper-jaw’ technology; tissue stopper to prevent tissue sticking inside the shaft.
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The latest version of the WS80A ultrasound system with Elite is designed to provide superior image and exceptional productivity in workflow through highly useful features for women’s health. Its key enhancements include the S-Vue Transducer which delivers broader bandwidth and higher sensitivity in order to obtain more in-depth, higher image quality. Even patients with technically challenging cases can easily get scans with superb resolution. The system provides enhanced colour sensitivity in 3D and Doppler images and thanks to a 23′ Wide LED Screen it offers better colour representation and enhanced vision of ultrasound images for users. Extended 5D features enable higher efficiency and diagnostic confidence. 5D Heart semi-automatically obtains nine essential cardiac diagnostic planes to enable more intuitive, in-depth and accurate fetal screening based on STIC (Spatio-Temporal Image Correlation) data. 5D CNS (Central Nervous System) simplifies workflow and reduces scan time by extracting six biometric measurements from three transverse planes of a fetal brain as key indicators for quick fetal brain diagnosis. The system allows shared service for cardiovascular medicine and radiology (including pediatric, vascular, etc.).

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Thanks to its internal power supply, the POC-WP242 24" Medical Touch PC eliminates the external adaptor and is ideal for critical environments and efficient equipment use. The internal power supply avoids stowing away the block, facilitates mounting and reduces dust risk thus improving hygiene. The system is fanless for quiet operation and energy efficiency. It delivers high-performance with a 4th generation, Intel Core i7 processor. With an IPS (In-Plane Switching) display, users will experience stunning, vivid images from any angle. Even with a 24" display, the entire unit weighs less than 8kg and has a narrow profile depth of only 7cm. The POC-W242 has an IP54-rated enclosure providing control against bacteria. The point-of-care terminal has a rich connectivity profile which supports four USB ports, one VGA and one HDMI connector. It
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London’s Chelsea and Westminster Hospital relies on point-of-care ultrasound to help assess and treat patients in its emergency department. The emergency department uses ultrasound on a daily basis for FAST (Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma) scanning, central line placement, echocardiograms and to check for free abdominal fluid in trauma patients, and occasionally for guiding therapy in critically ill patients, draining abscesses and locating foreign bodies. The FUJIFILM SonoSite X-Porte is very robust, which is important in a busy department where equipment is moved around a lot. It is also very user friendly, and its intuitive operation is particularly beneficial to people who are new to ultrasound scanning.
X-Porte was developed to incorporate a breakthrough, proprietary beam-forming technology: XDI (Extreme Definition Imaging). This signal analysis algorithm shapes X-Porte’s ultrasound beam to pinpoint precision. Artifact clutter is substantially reduced while contrast resolution is significantly enhanced. Other features include intuitive touchscreen interface; real-time, scan-along learning which instantly references onboard educational visual guides and step-by-step tutorials that allow the user to view videos while simultaneously performing live scans ; outstanding durability and reliability.
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