Siemens Healthcare is shining the spotlight on its new Cios family of mobile C-arms at this week's German Congress of Orthopedics and Traumatology in Berlin.
The family features a new version of its premium Cios Alpha system as well as three new Cios models. Available in January 2016, the expanded Cios Alpha system will include a revised version of the Cios software, according to the vendor.
Operating room staff can make use of a large preview image on the touchscreen to select the appropriate settings, Siemens said. In addition, a metal correction function compensates for metal components in the image with a single button push, while the software's live graphical overlay function can now be used to mark anatomical structures in all operating modes regardless of clinical application, according to the firm. The function was previously only available for vascular surgery users.
One of the three new members of the Cios family, Cios Fusion, offers a flat-panel digital detector and a field-of-view that's about 160% larger than the standard image intensifier, Siemens said. It's available in detector sizes of 30 x 30 cm or 20 x 20 cm and can be equipped to meet specific requirements, according to the vendor.
Surgeons can also control the C-arm within the sterile work area from an additional touchscreen that can be located at the operating table. Siemens said it has also included software packages migrated from the Cios Alpha.
Targeted at the medium market segment, Cios Connect features special vascular imaging software options that offer the ability to simultaneously display individual images in subtracted view and in x-ray view; optimize presentation of contrast and bone; and save images directly to the database for documentation purposes, according to the vendor. Cios Connect also provides pulsed x-rays using the subtraction process to improve anatomical penetration, Siemens said. Additionally, the system comes with a removable antiscatter grid to facilitate pediatric treatment with low radiation doses.
The last new Cios family member, Cios Select, is an entry-level model featuring sturdy construction and color-coding of C-arm movements to facilitate communication during operations, Siemens said. As is the case with all Cios systems, Cios Select employs the vendor's intelligent dose efficiency algorithm (IDEAL). It also includes a subtraction function to remove overlays such as bones in vascular images, according to the company.
