Radiation therapy accessories provider Bionix Radiation Therapy has added Breath Hold, an interactive breath-hold control monitoring system from Medspira, as an accessory to its Omni V patient positioning system.
Breath Hold is designed to help patients reproduce a breath-hold reference point consistent with their breathing patterns. The consistency aids in stereotactic radiation therapy procedures involving the lungs and upper abdomen, according to Bionix.
A pressure-sensitive transducer tube is wrapped around a patient's chest or stomach. During the treatment, patients watch a monitor, which displays their breathing pattern through a series of lights. A reference point, such as an inhale or exhale, is selected. After that point is chosen, the center light communicates to the patient his or her target reference point.
