西门子公司推出外科手术使用的移动C臂

 
一种移动C臂系统被设计用于外伤、脊柱手术。泌尿科、普通外科、整形外科、疼痛控制、胃肠病和血管外科的高级影像检查。

这种叫做Arcadis Avantic 的C臂是由西门子医疗公司研制开发的，最近获得了美国食品药品管理局的许可。

这种C臂的特征包括：20kW最大250mA的输出和13英寸图像增强器，可以生成更大的观察视野。新设计特征降低了重量，对覆盖区域（footprint）的需求降低，这两个特点对操作室都是至关重要的。一个紧凑的转动操作面板配有符合人体工程学的手柄和颜色标记区分的控制闸以及控制元件，确保系统能够很方便的移动和操作。

西门子手术和泌尿科学高级主任Roby Trierweiler说：“系统重量较轻覆盖区域较小，以及高能和大的观察视野，使得Arcadis Avantic成为一种能够高效率移动的C臂，具有更高的临床灵活性，十分有利于外科手术。除此之外，其广泛的应用范围能够满足多种需求目的，能够在医院不同科室不同学科使用。”

这种C臂提供了简单直观的特殊应用程序的选择，应用虚拟患者解剖（VPA）获得最佳图像质量，几乎无限制的进行图像记录和存档。这套系统配备了数字图像链能够生成和控制所有图像资料，获取的用于记录的图像清晰度为1024 x 1024象素。这种C臂有望在2005年9月投入使用。

Surgical Mobile C-Arm
 
A mobile C-arm system has been designed for advanced imaging applications in trauma and spine surgery, urology, general surgery, orthopedic surgery, pain management, gastroenterology, and vascular surgery.

The Arcadis Avantic C-arm, developed by Siemens Medical Solutions (Erlangen, Germany), has recently been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

This C-arm’s features include 20 kW with up to 250 mA output, and a 13-inch image intensifier, which results in a generous field of view. The new design features reduce weight and smaller footprint requirements, both of which are crucial in the operating room (OR). A compact, swiveling operating panel with ergonomically shaped handles as well as color-coded brake and control elements enable easy system movement and operation.

“The light-weight design and small footprint, combined with high power and large field of view, makes the Arcadis Avantic a highly efficient mobile C-arm, resulting in higher clinical flexibility and expedient surgical procedures,” said Roby Trierweiler, senior director, Surgery and Urology, Siemens Medical Solutions. “In addition, the wide range of applications enables a multipurpose and shared use of different departments and disciplines in the hospital.”

The C-arm provides an easy and intuitive selection of application-specific programs with Virtual Patient Anatomy (VPA) for optimal image quality and virtually boundless possibilities for documentation and archiving. The system is equipped with a digital imaging chain that generates and manages all image data at a resolution of 1024 x 1024 pixels from acquisition to documentation. The C-arm is expected to be ready for delivery in September 2005.