Dolphin FIS is a unique, patented technology that re-distributes pressure to prevent tissue damage by emulating the effects of a body ‘floating’ in a fluid medium. All Dolphin FIS surfaces provide an environment that promotes tissue perfusion and prevents injury related to compromised blood flow. Dolphin FIS has been proven clinically effective at speeding the healing of advanced stage or multiple pressure ulcers, flaps, skin grafts, burns and other wound conditions and is available for beds and seat cushions, providing protection for high risk patients throughout their hospital stay or at home.
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Carestream will showcase its CARESTREAM Touch Prime and Touch Prime XE Ultrasound Systems at the 28th Euroson Congress of the EFSUMB taking place in Leipzig, Germany from 26 to 29 October. Both Touch Prime and Touch Prime XE systems provide exceptional image quality. They also streamline measurements to expedite clinician access to critical imaging information while boosting staff productivity. Advanced computing power and the company’s SynTek architecture deliver a simultaneous increase in frame rate, improved penetration and uniform focus throughout the field of view. Touch Prime and Touch Prime XE systems offer Smart Flow, Smart Flow Assist and Smart Select technology designed to further enhance workflow.
Smart Flow imaging technology eliminates the transducer angle limitations of ordinary Doppler ultrasound, and its proprietary Smart Flow method can visualize and measure velocity even when blood flow is perpendicular to the acoustic beam. The resulting measurements are angle independent-and therefore less prone to measurement error. The new ultrasound systems also visualize blood flow in all directions including axial and transverse, which provides more comprehensive information about hemodynamics to assist with diagnostic decisions. The benefits offered by this advanced ultrasound imaging technology can play a vital role in accurately assessing clinical applications such as evaluation of hemodialysis vascular access (AV fistulas and grafts) and quantification of complex flow patterns in the presence of stenosis. Colour coding and arrows automatically display information from Smart Flow technology on the Touch Prime Ultrasound platform. The length of the arrow, in addition to the colour, indicates magnitude. The orientation of the arrow indicates flow direction. Ordinary colour and spectral Doppler ultrasound only measure velocity of flow components toward or away from a transducer.
Smart Flow Assist automatically determines the highest area of flow, and places and adjusts sample size as well as angle corrections. This reduces the number of key strokes for velocity and volume measurements. Integrated one-touch transducer activation and a mode-programmable Smart Select button on the transducers allow a sonographer to reduce key strokes and improve productivity. A single touch of a button allows the user to activate the transducer as well as program two additional functions from a list of 16 commonly used functions.
Carestream’s advanced SynTek Architecture simultaneously provides enhanced spatial detail with increased frame rates for improved visualization of moving structures, while optimizing image formation to reduce noise and artifacts. Imaging and Doppler improvements allow for more consistent visualization of subtle tissue contrast differences and can increase the ability to see small structures. These systems also deliver uniform lateral resolution over the entire depth and deeper penetration for imaging of the abdomen and other areas.
Carestream offers specialized transducers for vascular imaging as well as radiology, OB/GYN and musculoskeletal imaging. A direct transducer interface to the ultrasound processing board delivers lower noise and higher image quality, and four transducers can be connected simultaneously to any of the system’s four ports.
The Touch Prime XE is capable of frame rates in excess of 100Hz while maintaining enhanced imaging detail, and includes optional features such as a DICOM package, barcode and RFID badge readers. Wireless connectivity provides rapid image transfers to PACS, RIS and other systems. An integrated gel warmer delivers added convenience and patient comfort.
The Touch Ultrasound platform’s design is based upon recommendations by sonographers and ultrasound professionals across the world. These systems have earned praise for a sealed, all-touch control panel that combines the speed and flexibility of a soft user interface with the tactile feedback of traditional keys. Etched marking for primary controls equips the user to easily locate frequently used functions without looking away from the image display monitor.
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Designed to enable the untethered clinical mobility of endoscopy displays, ZeroWire Mobile eliminates the display power cord, enabling a streamlined imaging solution that can be moved or repositioned quickly and easily within the operating room (OR) or endoscopy procedure environment, and smoothly relocated from room to room throughout the facility. By reducing the number of cables on the procedure room floor, ZeroWire Mobile can help reduce clutter and minimize tripping hazards, potentially improving safety for the staff in the OR. By eliminating the need to clean and maintain cables, room turnaround time may also be reduced. A patent-pending solution ideal for endoscopy applications where a secondary monitor is required, with the added benefit of easy maneuverability, ZeroWire Mobile is designed to support NDS displays of varying sizes up to 32". The small-footprint base allows flexibility of positioning within Endo/GI procedure rooms as well as laparoscopic ORs where space is at a premium. ZeroWire Mobile supports two cleanable battery power modules certified to power an NDS 32" monitor for up to five hours of continuous operation. Colored LED light bars constantly display battery strength and indicate when a battery power module requires re-charging. A simple "hot-swap" process allows the user to replace the battery power module immediately with a fresh battery from a wall-mounted charging system.
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CoaguChek Pro II combines two tests in a single device
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Philips’ next generation interventional oncology solution OncoSuite enables physicians to provide analysis and minimally invasive, targeted treatment of tumour lesions reducing the impact to healthy tissue. It offers clinicians a better view of the treatment targets for informed decision making, while performing the procedure. While OncoSuite can be used for a number of different cancers including bone, kidney and lung, the system and its specific tools have been optimized for the treatment of patients with liver cancer. Given the steady increase in the prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and liver cancer, the development and availability of new technology is much needed to provide interventional oncologists with a breakthrough that allows best possible treatment for these patients. What matters most in these cases, is the ability to visualize the liver tumours, even small ones, during the procedure and to approach them in a very targeted way to maximize the therapeutic outcome, while avoiding the destruction of healthy liver tissue. OncoSuite is designed to help physicians see, reach and treat liver cancer in a better way. OncoSuite enhances tumour embolization and ablation procedures with Philips’ interventional X-ray systems. It is the only platform in the industry that supports both procedures, enabling physicians to target multiple tumour lesions simultaneously. OncoSuite comprises the company’s innovative product offerings for enhanced imaging (XperCT Dual), live 3D image guidance for tumour embolization (EmboGuide) and live 3D image guidance for tumour ablation (XperGuide). Minimally invasive, image-guided interventional oncology procedures are a highly effective option for patients who cannot be treated through conventional techniques such as surgery, chemotherapy or radiation therapy. Interventional oncology procedures are rapidly increasing and OncoSuite provides the first complete interventional oncology portfolio for interventional radiologists, enabling physicians to see the entire tumour and its feeder vessels to directly target treatment avoiding healthy tissue. The innovative Open Trajectory function within XperCT Dual enables better centering of the liver with significantly improved visualization during the procedure of peripheral hepatic tumours in a single sweep. This feature provides a more targeted field of view making it possible to effectively scan larger patients. Previously, with the traditional geometric movement of the C-arm of the interventional X-ray system, part of the liver image was truncated and larger patients required multiple scans to visualize tumours in the periphery of the liver. Embolization procedures involve blocking the arteries feeding a tumour with beads to deprive it of nutrients and oxygen. They require the insertion of a catheter, which must be guided to the tumour site with the aid of live image-guidance. BTG (Biocompatibles UK Ltd) and Philips have been working in close collaboration on the visualization benefits of radio-opaque beads in combination with image-guided therapy. Together the companies have calibrated LC Bead LUMI and Philips Live Image Guidance Software to help interventional radiologists and multi-disciplinary teams to visualize better treatment options for patients with liver cancer. As a result, the next generation OncoSuite also features the world’s first optimized imaging for LC Bead LUMI that provides real-time visible confirmation of bead location during embolization procedures. In addition, the new Wiper Movement functionality improves workflow with automatic dual phase imaging, helping physicians to acquire two 3D cone beam CT datasets at different times of the procedure in a single step.
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