Siemens Medical Solutions and image-guided therapy developer BrainLab showed the companies' work-in-progress NaviVision system this week at RSNA 2005 in Chicago.
Siemens of Malvern, PA, combined its Arcadis line of mobile C-arms with Munich, Germany-based BrainLab's optical 2D/3D navigation unit to minimize the footprint of two medical systems for easier access at an operating table. NaviVision's navigation screen can be attached directly to the C-arm's workstation or directly to the OR table, according to Siemens. With a touch screen, a surgeon can operate the system's monitor and switch between axial or lateral views, the company added.
The companies expect NaviVision to be available in January 2006.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
December 1, 2005
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