Vscan Extend™ is a handheld, pocket-sized ultrasound system that empowers healthcare professionals to make focused assessments and accelerate treatment decisions at the point of care. It fits in the palm of your hand and is easy to use like a smartphone, helping you take decisive action, refer patients quickly, optimize the course of treatment and reduce the overall cost of care. Growing in popularity across many segments, handheld ultrasound is a great solution for practitioners in Primary Care, OB/GYN, Emergency Medicine, Cardiology and more. Features & Benefits:
A general-purpose diagnostic ultrasound imaging system that can enable qualified and trained health care professionals to visualize and measure anatomical structures and fluid. Its pocket-sized portability and simplified user interface enable integration into examination and training sessions. Information can be used for basic or focused assessments, procedural guidance, and in conjunction with other medical data for clinical diagnostic purposes during routine periodic monitoring and triage assessments for adult and pediatric patients. Unit supports applications for cardiac, abdominal, renal, obstetrics and gynecology, urology, fetal, adult cephalic, peripheral vascular imaging (arteries, veins, lower extremity, and carotid), small organs including thyroid and musculoskeletal (long bone, hip, shoulder, elbow, and knee joints), evaluation of presence of fluid, thoracic/lung (pleural motion/sliding and line artifacts), pediatrics, imaging guidance for needle/catheter placement (paracentesis, pericardiocentesis, thoracentesis, and amniocentesis), and procedure guidance for arterial or venous vessels (central lines and upper extremity). DICOM** configuration provides the ability to export images wirelessly to DICOM servers or to shared Windows*** network folders, along with wireless access to the GE Marketplace for download and installation of Vscan Extend apps. It also allows the transfer of images or videos via USB cable connection to a PC. The product is complemented with a Vscan* web portal, including online access to product and clinical information. In some countries, 1–60-gm bottle of gel may also be included in the standard configuration.