Harefield Hospital, part of Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, recently purchased a Canon Infinix-i Cath Lab, comprising a single plane, floor mounted system with 20 x 20 cm flat panel detector and Canon’s latest innovations ‘Spot Fluoro’ and DTS (patient dose tracking system).
Canon’s ‘SpotFluoro’ enables interventional efficiency while enhancing dose reduction capabilities. Physicians can observe a region of anatomy using live fluoroscopy while viewing the Last Image Hold (LIH) surrounding area. DTS, Dose Tracking System is a dose awareness tool that provides estimated dose information for the patient’s body surface in real time. Harefield is one of the first sites in Europe to use these new technologies.
Commenting on the new system and installation process, Mark Bowers, Cath Lab Manager says, “Canon managed the design, build and installation as a turnkey project of Lab 4 at Harefield. This is our primary lab, so it was imperative that the system was installed according to the programme with minimal disruption to the department. There was great communication with the Canon project team throughout the programme, which contributed to the smoothest replacement project that we have ever experienced at the hospital.”
Chris Prytherch, Cath Lab Superintendent Radiographer adds, “After a careful equipment evaluation process we selected Canon to supply our primary Cath Lab at Harefield Hospital. The installation was a very smooth process and we are delighted with the Infinix-i system. In addition to the excellent image quality, Canon has a number of unique features that dramatically reduce patient dose and improve the workflow of the department. We would certainly recommend Canon and all of my team are very happy to work in the Infinix-i Lab.”
The Canon Infinix-i system comes complete with a C-arm allowing full lateral movement with fingertip-to-fingertip movement without the need to move the patient, and direct right-left coverage enables a convenient radial approach and easy imaging of off-centre anatomy.
It also comes equipped with Sequential Navigation so that when a clinician needs to “navigate” quickly through an exam, the system can duplicate preferred angles, projections and acquisition parameters by the touch of a button. Parameters can be changed as needed throughout the procedure without disrupting Sequential Navigation.
In addition, the new system features a comprehensive dose reduction package. Canon’s beam filtration can dramatically reduce absorbed patient dose and radiation scatter. At the tableside, clinicians can select the mode of choice to limit dose and optimise image quality.
(Shown here left to right) Daniel Parr, Applications Specialist, Canon Medical Systems; Mark Williams, Estates Manager; Emma Bell, Senior Radiographer; Stephen Whale, Account Executive, Canon Medical Systems; Maria Swan, Business Relationship Manager IT; Mark Bowers, Cardiology/Project Manager; Pauline Nokes, Project Secretary; Vincent Berry, Construction Project Manager; Karen O’Brien, Senior Cardiac Physiologist and Chris Prytherch, Cath Lab Service Manager
Canon Medical Systems has a carbon-zero project in place. We have calculated the carbon footprint for each of our products to include manufacturing, shipping, delivery and average hospital energy useful for the standard lifetime of the equipment as follows: X-ray equates to 13 stoves and 50,781 litres of water