Medical professionals require highly reliable computing equipment that meets strict international requirements on safety and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC). To meet these demands cost-effectively, Kontron provides a single source for designing and producing medical computing equipment like the mobile computer for adjusting pacemakers for the Sorin Group.

 

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Kontron’s products are utilized within the TECHNOLAS® Laser Suite, an innovative all laser cataract and refractive platform which combines the TECHNOLAS Femtosecond Workstation 520F and the TECHNOLAS Excimer Workstation 217P. This laser suite offers the widest range of advanced cataract and refractive procedures including a new femtosecond laser procedure for performing the key steps in cataract surgery. Known as CUSTOMLENS™, this software module has been developed to enable a change in paradigm in cataract surgery. With CUSTOMLENS™, cataract surgery can now be gently performed with computer precision, replacing the previous manual approach. Further procedures available on the TECHNOLAS 520F include LASIK flaps, therapeutic indications and a minimally invasive, intrastromal treatment for presbyopia, INTRACOR®.

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ERGOcom 4 is an innovative communication system for dental practices. This cockpit concept links the treatment unit and the practice's IT network, and delivers a variety of valuable information, such as X-ray images, from the network straight to a rotatable screen where the dentist is working. Here the dentist can also connect an interoral camera to view real-time images of parts of the mouth that are hard to access. Not forgetting the patient, who can call up a multimedia program for entertainment and distraction during lengthy treatment sessions.

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 NCR, a leading provider of self-service solutions, and Kontron are working together to offer the insurance market the CR Healthcare GKV (statutory health insurance) kiosk solution that provides a more convenient way for the insured to manage their personal data, while reducing administrative burden for insurance providers. Placed in the lobby of a health insurance provider’s branch, the insured use the kiosk to view their personal, stored data or other services offered by their health insurance provider, using their electronic health cards (eGK).

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In 2002, the medical technology manufacturer Schiller adopted the latest proprietary 5¼ inch quasi-form factor for the launch of its CardioLaptop AT-110. The new design is based on ETX® modules with a baseboard whose footprint was designed to fit the CardioLaptop’s casing and interfaces.

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For a leading supplier of diagnostic imaging devices Kontron provides controlling and visualization units. Thanks to this modern digital technique it’s possible to examine patients in a more gentle way to provide faster more confident diagnoses. With this highly advanced all digital X-ray system a wide range of applications is possible – from vascular diagnostic procedures, vascular and non-vascular interventional procedures to routine RF examinations. The imaging information is forwarded as digital image data to the PC and thus can be made available to all users of the internal network in the hospital. The main criteria for choosing a Kontron HMI solution was their knowledge of the medical market and the compliance with the norms and regulations of this market, which even had to be partially exceeded.

 

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Today more than 6,000 ultrasound systems with Kontron PCI-951 technology are in use, imaging more than 15 million women each year. Thousands of articles and studies attest to the clinical efficacy of the industry-leading imaging technologies. The world's first and only system capable of true volume ultrasound is based on the customized PCI-951 with the Intel Pentium 4 processor running under Linux. This powerful system enables real-time techniques for acquiring, navigating and analyzing volumetric images for clinical decisions with unprecedented confidence.

Kontron's Proton system is based on VME and VxWorks. This equipment is a part of the control system. The application is called proton therapy.
'Surgery with Electrons'

 

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When the world leading brand for dentist's offices and dental labs required the processor technology for its digital X-ray tool, Kontron designed a full custom PowerPC® module, which later became the beginning for the E²Brain family of products. The module from Kontron fits on the customer's carrier board which contains all interfaces to the application. As individual as patients and treatment plans, the program settings adapt to the patient based upon the built-in positioning and measurement features. Additionally, fine-tuning is intuitive, fast, and easy. The X-ray is instantly available on the screen for control and remains stored in the unit's internal memory until it is safely passed through the network and into the office imaging database.

 

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The Clinical Workstation is one of the most advanced medical PC systems on the market. Approved and certified to operate as a data-collector in the operating theatre this machine is connected to several technical devices and records all steps and events taking place during the surgery. The powerful Pentium-M ETX-PM Module from Kontron allows handling several real time data connections simultaneously together with a high solution graphical user interface. Anyway the complete system operates fan less in a fully closed chassis. The system is extremely flat (85mm) and waterproof according to IP65.

 

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This incredible system establishes a completely new level of cardiovascular performance that gives clinicians the freedom to get diagnostic results outside of the echo lab. The heart of this medical device is a ETX-PM Computer-on-Module from Kontron. Robust diagnostic exams can now be performed at the patient’s bedside, satellite clinics, mobile imaging sites and the Operating Room. It can go wherever it is needed to give clinicians access to complete real-time diagnostic information. The system makes it incredibly easy and cost-effective for the clinician to bring leadership technology to a wide range of applications, such as Cardiac, Vascular, Pediatrics and Transesophageal.
 

• Lightweight, 5kg package makes system transport fast and easy.
  
• Ultra-small footprint reduces operational costs by eliminating the need for special rooms, lifts or vans.
  
• Rechargeable battery provides up to 1.0 hour of full scan operation.

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In emergency medicine and the rescue services, every second counts, and getting the right information at the right time is vital. For the first time, UMTS technology offers digital data exchange options with performance high enough that the technology can be used by the emergency medical services. Penta’s Hercules Mobile Medical system platform implements a patient monitoring application from the medical technology provider SCHILLER using UMTS and based on ETX Computer-On-Modules from Kontron Embedded Modules.

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ERGOcom 4 is an innovative communication system for dental practices, delivering a variety of information to both dentists and their patients. When developing the system, KaVo engineers wanted a solution that offered flexibility and sustainability, which they found in Kontron’s COM Express™ technology. Here is a summary of the upcoming, full-length reference report on the application of modern embedded technology in medicine.


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The arm-held diagnostic ultrasound system MyLab™One embeds an entire high performance ultrasound scanner in a 12-inch touch-screen tablet PC. The arm-held system allows the user to have the typical interaction you would have with any latest generation PC, simply by touching the screen, without using a keyboard or an external pointing device. Due to its very small size, lightness and portability, the battery powered system can be used without a worktop. This complete autonomy makes it possible to use the ultrasound scanner anywhere – even in more critical environments such as outdoor emergency situations at which time the reliability of the diagnosis are of paramount importance.

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