Partnership To Provide Hybrid Systems for Surgical, Imaging, and Interventional Needs

To offer hospitals more versatility and a better transition from endovascular imaging to surgical intervention on a single system, Toshiba Medical Systems, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan) is partnering with the surgical table manufacturer, Maquet, Inc. (Rastatt, Germany), to provide new solutions for Toshiba's Infinix-i product line. The partnership combines the Infinix-i systems' image quality and versatility with a complete range of Maquet tabletop options, which range from general surgery to radiology-specific.

The Toshiba/Maquet hybrid operating room (OR) system offers interchangeable table tops, optimizing asset utilization of these specialized OR suites. Because ceiling-mounted systems are typically best suited for a hybrid operating room setting, these table tops match completely with Toshiba's Infinix CC-i and Infinix VC-i systems.

"The Toshiba and Maquet partnership provides physicians with a single system for imaging and surgical procedures, without compromising image quality or safety,” explained Robert Micer, director, X-ray Vascular Business Unit, Toshiba. "Not only does this partnership help improve patient care and access, it offers better asset utilization for hospitals. By having a system in an operating room that can perform multiple procedures, hospitals can ensure that hybrid suite settings are utilized for more than just surgery. They can also be used for diagnostic and interventional imaging procedures, as well as hybrid procedures that involve surgeons and interventionalists working together.”

"Unlike catheterization suites, this hybrid operating suite by Toshiba and Maquet is designed specifically around the cardiac surgeon, cardiac interventionalist, and cardiac surgical patient, offering new advanced access and imaging in the operating room, without having to move patients,” explained Dr. Mark E. Galantowicz, chief of cardiothoracic surgery, and co-director of The Heart Center at Nationwide Children's Hospital (Columbus, OH, USA).

In addition to the versatility offered by the Maquet tabletop options, physicians will continue to benefit from the Infinix VC-i and CC-i's ceiling-mounted C-arm ensuring head-to-toe and fingertip-to-fingertip coverage, dose reduction technologies, dynamic flat panel detector (FPD) capability, and excellent image quality.

"The Toshiba/Maquet hybrid solution will provide the added flexibility that hospitals are asking for today,” explained Kevin Gilroy, director of business development, Maquet. "Our Alphamaquet systems table solution with multiple interchangeable tops provides greater utilization of these advanced technology rooms. Various tabletops can be readily exchanged to accommodate interventional and surgical procedures, making these rooms more cost-effective. The staff can attach the correct tabletop for the specific case they need to perform without compromising patient positioning for procedures.”

Maquet is a subsidiary of the publicly listed Swedish group of companies Getinge AB. The Maquet brand represents the Medical Systems business division.

Toshiba Medical Systems Corp., an independent group company of Toshiba Corp., is a global leading provider of diagnostic medical imaging systems and comprehensive medical imaging systems.

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