Transducer-plus-tablet
display delivers excellent image quality, making ultrasound available anytime,
anywhere for expectant mothers
Royal Philips (NYSE:
PHG AEX: PHIA) today introduced VISIQ into the India market during the Philips
Innovation Summit in Bangalore. VISIQ is the first Philips ultrasound system
which combines various features such as high performance and simplicity into a
compact single miniaturized solution. It allows clinicians to increase access
to quality diagnostic scans for Ob/Gyn patients, especially in labor rooms and
remote areas.
This compact
ultrasound device can be easily taken wherever care is needed. It wakes from
sleep mode to scan-ready in seconds, and can scan continuously for 2.5 hours on
a single battery charge. VISIQ delivers the same image quality of premium
ultrasound system, allowing expectant parents to clearly see their unborn
child’s fingers and toes on the tablet’s screen.
VISIQ’s touch screen
gesture controls are familiar to anyone who has used a Smartphone or tablet,
and allow users to capture images, take measurements and share data easily. In
addition, VISIQ offers many of the same automatic image optimization features
found on Philips’ premium EPIQ systems, as well as built-in Wi-Fi for DICOM
data transfer to hospital or cloud-based PACS.
“VISIQ marks a new
vision for Philips, allowing clinicians to take ultrasound where it has never
been possible before,” said A. Krishna Kumar, Vice Chairman & MD, Philips
India. “From small clinics to community medicine
programs, care workers now have access to ultrasound in the field to provide
pre-natal scans to expectant mothers in remote areas who wouldn’t otherwise
have access to this type of innovative technology – helping reduce maternal
mortality.”
“Having used many
other ultrasound systems, I find VISIQ so handy. I could carry it anywhere I
need it: to the bedside, the labor room or even the operating theater. The way
it works is also quite simple, and we could easily train people to use it. The
other big advantage is the use of Doppler. We don’t have to send patients to
the scan room and try to extract information afterwards; we can just use this
simple machine and take immediate decisions. So the patient and the doctor will
be happy because everything is happening fast,” said Dr. Shashikala Bhat,
Ob/Gyn at the TMA Pai Hospital in Udupi, India.
At the heart of the
VISIQ system is a smart transducer that fits comfortably into the user’s hand.
It comes with single probe solution, high quality 2D B&W pulse Doppler and
color Doppler. Drawing on over 30 years’
experience in ultrasound, Philips has taken advantage of advances in
miniaturization to integrate a sophisticated broadband digital beam former and
powerful image acquisition module into the transducer. VISIQ targets OB/GYN and
abdominal applications. In addition to its utility in labor and delivery room
it has potential application in other areas like point-of-care and critical
situations like calamities and accidents. It lays the foundation for a future
range of portable ultrasound products to meet the evolving needs of clinicians
and patients.
* VISIQ is not
available for sale in the USA.
For further information, please contact:
Sabine van Deursen
Philips Healthcare
Communications, international
Tel: +31 (0)6150
43894
Email:
sabine.van.deursen@philips.com
Sumathi Rao
Sr.
Manager-Communications
Philips India Ltd
Tel: +91 9845210362
Email:Sumathi.rao@philips.com
About Royal Philips:
Royal Philips (NYSE:
PHG, AEX: PHIA) is a diversified health and well-being company, focused on
improving people’s lives through meaningful innovation in the areas of
Healthcare, Consumer Lifestyle and Lighting. Headquartered in the Netherlands,
Philips posted 2013 sales of EUR 23.3 billion and employs approximately 115,000
employees with sales and services in more than 100 countries. The company is a
leader in cardiac care, acute care and home healthcare, energy efficient
lighting solutions and new lighting applications, as well as male shaving and
grooming and oral healthcare. News from Philips is located at
www.philips.com/newscenter.
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