Healthcare Industry News: portable CT Scanner
News Release - February 23, 2007
Swedish Medical Center Enhances Neuroscience Institute With Portable CT Scanner from NeuroLogica
'CereTom' to Drastically Reduce Door-to-Scan Time for Patients in the ER, OR, ICU in One of the Nation's Top Medical CentersDANVERS, Mass.--(HSMN NewsFeed)--NeuroLogica Corporation, a neuroscience-based medical imaging company, today announced that its CereTom(TM) has been installed at the Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. The CereTom is the world's first portable and cordless head and neck mobile CT scanner, and is one of the true innovations impacting healthcare on an unprecedented, global level.
The CereTom will be used in the recently opened Swedish Neuroscience Institute, a $30 million clinical complex. This new facility features four state-of-the-art operating rooms integrating the most advanced, minimally invasive, computer-assisted neurosurgical and brain-imaging technologies. The addition of the CereTom provides access to scanning that enables doctors to perform the most advanced procedures on patients without having to transport them, and even allows for a re-scan during surgery if necessary, ultimately providing patients with the highest standard of care possible.
"We are excited to have the CereTom at Swedish Medical Center," said Eric M. Bailey, CEO and Co-founder of NeuroLogica Corporation. "The doctors there are determined to provide the best quality of care to their patients, and they have recognized the CereTom as an innovative and important product that will lead to a quicker diagnosis and accurate treatment."
"The CereTom allows us to perform brain scans on critically ill or injured patients in ORs, emergency departments or intensive-care units without moving them," said Marc R. Mayberg, M.D., co-executive director of the Swedish Neuroscience Institute. "This is particularly valuable in cases of severe head trauma or stroke, where the 'time to treatment' is critical in saving a patient's life, or in situations where moving a patient to an imaging suite before or after surgery could prove fatal."
The CereTom(TM) is a portable eight slice CT scanner that acquires 1.25MM slices per rotation. It is capable of performing NeCT, CT Perfusion, Xenon Perfusion and CT Angiography. It is also optimal for use in the ICU because it is lightweight, wireless and can be used while the patient is still in their ICU Bed - allowing the physician to monitor Cerebral Blood Flow without disturbing the patient.
The CereTom(TM) is 29 inches long, about five feet tall and four feet wide and weighs approximately 750 pounds, and is designed for use in the ER, OR, ICU, MICU, SICU, NICU, interventional suite or any medical clinic. The system's battery can be recharged in any standard wall outlet and holds enough power to image four to eight patients.
The CereTom(TM) is now installed at 27 hospitals and medical centers across the US and Europe including The Massachusetts General Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, and UCLA Medical Center.
About NeuroLogica
Based in Danvers, Mass., NeuroLogica Corporation, a neuro-science based imaging company, develops, manufactures and markets advanced medical imaging equipment. The company's mission is to bring access to high quality medical imaging to all people regardless of where they live. Combining this imaging quality and access enables physicians to make more informed treatment decisions, especially in stroke emergencies, saving and improving patient lives.
For more information please visit: www.neurologica.com.
Source: NeuroLogica Corp
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