FDA approves wheeled CT scanner allowing bedside scanning in ICU
USA: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Siemens Healthineers' wheeled CT scanner. The Somatom scanner consists of motorized wheels and a forward-looking camera that allows a single person to navigate it through the hospital. This allows the convenience of bringing the scanner to the patient instead of the other way round, allowing the easier head exams of critically ill patients. This eliminates the risks and logistics of transporting the patient through the hospital to a radiology unit to use a larger machine.
The scanner includes the necessary computers and batteries, as well as keyboard and touchscreen for operation inside smaller rooms without requiring extra equipment. After the system is locked in place at the end of a patient's bed, the scanner moves on a telescopic gantry to acquire the image, with the person's head resting within a 35 cm bore.
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