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traction. The system is prepped and draped in the sterile field, so the surgeon can manipulate it without help from the circulating nurse.
This is an interesting company that's emphasizing the importance of proper patient positioning — the essential first step of any successful surgery. Achieving good distraction of the shoulder in shoulder arthroscopy and the ankle in ankle arthroscopy is critical; if you don't have good visualization of the joint, you're cooked before the case even starts. These are both well-conceived, surgeon-driven designs.
IMPROVED VIEW OrthoScan's improved mini C-arm brings astreamlined approach to intraoperative imaging.
OrthoScan
OrthoScan HD with flat detector
OrthoScan made a few subtle changes to its mini HD Carm, including an over-rotation feature that lets
surgeons rotate the arm to 60°, allowing for the capture of true anteroposterior images of the foot. The company also added LED
lights to the working face and bilateral sterile field controls for capturing images, rotating views, locking images on the monitor, sending up to 90 minutes of video to a DVR, adjusting kilobytes and switching back to automatic mode.
The most innovative change is the addition of a flat detector to the unit's arm. On standard units, the unsterile, cylinder-like image intensifier is housed at the bottom of the C-arm and must be kept below the table. The flat detector on OrthoScan's new model, however, lets sur-
