Excellence made easy

Introduction

As a surgeon, you need skill and dedication to perform an increasing number of challenging interventions. Crisp, clear images are also crucial, whether you are performing open surgery or advanced minimally invasive procedures. The Philips Veradius Neo mobile C-arm is designed to help you achieve excellence with confidence and control, offering excellent image quality, ease of use, and dose management features.

The Philips Veradius mobile C-arm with Flat Detector is referred to as Veradius Neo in this brochure.

True excellence at your fingertips

Veradius Neo offers true excellence with its optimized C-arc geometry, state-of-the-art Flat Detector technology, and advanced dose settings. This provides new flexibility and comfort in performing procedures such as minimally invasive surgery, lumbar spine decompressions and fusions, and abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. The Veradius Neo delivers high-performance imaging and better access without sacrificing clarity or clinical flexibility.

Designed with surgeons

The Veradius Neo is the result of a collaborative effort involving surgeons and technologists worldwide. Intensive hands-on testing of prototype designs and insights from a diverse group representing various surgical specialties were incorporated into its design. This has resulted in a versatile system with unique innovations.

Key advantages

• Orthopedic imaging: Less effort for positioning and an optimized C-arc design enable easy patient access, even for obese patients.
• Cardiovascular imaging: Brilliant visualization of small catheters or stents in endovascular procedures, thanks to cutting-edge Flat Detector technology.
• X-ray dose management: Freedom to achieve desired image quality using excellent radiation dose efficiency.

Excellence in orthopedic imaging

Orthopedic procedures can be demanding, often involving many different projections. The Veradius Neo is designed to work simply and smoothly, helping you achieve excellent results with less effort.

Better access: The C-arc's shape provides more room for easy access and imaging of normal-sized and obese patients, allowing surgeons more space to work. It also facilitates easier positioning, even for difficult projections, offering greater freedom to maneuver instruments.

Easy positioning: The C-arc is color-coded to provide clear visual aids about system movements, simplifying communication between team members. The smooth movement of the C-arc allows for quick positioning with less effort.

Distortion-free Flat Detector imaging: Visualize complex bone structures and place screws with high precision, guided by undistorted, high-contrast images from the advanced Flat Detector.

Seamless integration: Streamline workflow by integrating your C-arm system in the OR environment. Features like video in/out and wireless connection to your hospital network allow for easy data transfer. External video signals, such as from an endoscope, can be displayed on the Mobile View Station. Veradius Neo images can be digitally transferred to OR monitors without loss of quality. Wireless networking options further reduce cable clutter.

An extra pair of eyes: An additional monitor on the C-arc stand helps the operator maintain visual control without compromising the surgeon's view of the Mobile Viewing Station.

Image examples:

• A.P. Thoracic/Lumbar Spine fusion
• Right hip with Gamma Nail
• Fracture repair of calcaneus
• Lumbar Spine during pain procedure

Excellence in cardiovascular imaging

Minimally invasive procedures, such as endovascular repairs, are becoming increasingly complex with smaller and more sophisticated stents. The Veradius Neo is designed to meet these challenges, providing distortion-free, high-contrast imaging to support cardiovascular image-guided interventions. Intuitive vascular workflow further streamlines complex procedures.

See more with flat detector technology: The second-generation Flat Detector system provides high-quality fluoroscopy, DSA runs, and roadmap guidance for challenging cardiac and vascular procedures. From pacemaker lead insertions to abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, the Trixell Flat Detector delivers consistent, edge-to-edge image quality and superb contrast resolution.

Streamline workflow: Advanced vascular software guides you step-by-step through your vascular case, allowing easy control of imaging with the foot switch and handheld remote control.

Post-procedure checks: Use the SharpShot feature for a high-resolution digital exposure to check device placement after procedures.

Get high penetration power for large patients and steep projections: View dynamic transaortic aneurysm anatomy with sharp, high-quality images using the pulsed exposure mode, powered by a 15 kW monoblock generator and rotating anode tube.

Image examples:

• Aorta/Renal Subtraction Angio, during EVAR procedure
• Left Coronary arteries
• Digital AP image of a stent after EVAR procedure
• Left Poplitea subtraction Angio

Excellence in X-ray dose management

The Veradius Neo is equipped with a full range of dose management features that allow low X-ray dose when possible and superb image quality when needed.

High quality images:

• Boost fluoroscopy mode: Produces high-quality images of virtually every patient, regardless of anatomy or size.
• Unique BodySmart software: Allows free positioning of the anatomy, even at the edge of the image, by providing automatic image adjustment.
• Automatic shutter positioning: Sets shutters at the touch of a button for superb image quality.
• Automatic contrast and brightness control: Optimizes images in real time.

X-ray dose management:

• Independent shutters: Position shutters independently to better match anatomy in the field of view.
• Efficient beam filters: Beam filters increase the quality of the X-ray beam and provide superb radiation dose efficiency.
• Monoblock design: Delivers sharp pulses for excellent radiation dose management.
• Removable grid: Easily removed to visualize small anatomy and extremities with outstanding image quality and excellent radiation dose efficiency.
• Integrated laser: Accurately positions the C-arm without applying radiation.

Philips has over half a century of experience in developing mobile C-arm systems. With every new system, Philips aims to improve image quality while enabling users to enhance X-ray dose efficiency during procedures.

Increased dose awareness: Mobile C-arms provide radiation dose awareness features that aid in documentation, analysis, and awareness of radiation dose in the OR. These include DICOM Structured Dose Reporting, dose indication during the procedure, and a dose alert when the examination dose exceeds a preprogrammed level.

Philips also offers the DoseAware* dose monitoring system, which provides real-time feedback during a procedure, allowing staff to adjust working habits to decrease radiation exposure. DoseAware also provides a time-stamped record of where and when X-ray dose was acquired.

*DoseAware is not a replacement for the thermoluminescent dosimeter (TLD) as a legal dose meter.

Excellence in financial value

Investing in the Veradius Neo is investing in the future. Philips' ongoing commitment to developing future-safe technology ensures your Veradius Neo system can stay up-to-date throughout its life.

Full utilization of your system: Veradius Neo is designed to excel in both how much and how efficiently you can use it. It supports a wide range of procedures across various disciplines, including Orthopedics, Vascular, Cardiac, GI, Urology, and General Surgery.

The compact profile of the Veradius Neo flat detector frees up extra space for surgeons, while its edge-to-edge imaging provides comprehensive anatomical coverage. The Veradius Neo eliminates the need for separate systems for orthopedics, vascular, and cardiac procedures, offering a versatile solution.

Each procedure type is supported by a dedicated pre-programmed exam set with fitting imaging parameters to optimize performance and simplify use.

Your needs, your support: Philips offers a portfolio of RightFit Service Agreements designed to meet the diverse needs of healthcare providers. These agreements offer flexibility in support, helping to reduce operational risk, equipment downtime, and improve system utilization. Customers can choose the support that best fits their facility, with options ranging from premium service plans to à la carte solutions. Philips can also tailor service offers as needed, adapting to changing requirements.

Philips Remote Services: This advanced, virtual private network links Philips Healthcare equipment to global Remote Services Customer Care Centers. Services that previously required onsite visits are now available remotely, including system error identification, diagnosis, and troubleshooting, as well as immediate remote repair online. This approach leads to more reliable equipment, increased uptime, reduced interruptions to care, and peace of mind.

Contact Information

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4522 962 84271 * MAY 2012