The Tustin, Calif.-based company released Infinix Essential—a system that Toshiba officials say will help hospitals "do more with less." The system uses a slim, off-center C-arm design, allowing for steep angles for optimized vessel profiling during cardiac interventions. The system is designed to provide improved coverage during interventional cardiac procedures. As facilities grow, they can add advanced features to their system to perform procedures such as transcatheter aortic valve replacement or left-atrium appendage closures. Infinix Essential is available with dose management optimizing tools, including spot fluoroscopy, dose tracking system and advanced image processing.
“Reform requires hospitals to provide the same standard of care with fewer resources, and Toshiba is responding to these changes by introducing the Infinix Essential,” said David Sloop, director, X-ray Vascular Business Unit, Toshiba. “Toshiba’s entire Infinix product line is designed to provide our customers with the right technology for better patient care and the new business environment.”
In addition to the launch of Infinix Essential, Toshiba is repositioning its line of existing cardiovascular X-ray systems to meet the needs of providers during healthcare reform. Toshiba’s Infinix Select is a shared lab solution with two differently sized, independent flat panel detectors that can perform a range of both simple and sophisticated cardiac and vascular procedures. For customers in need of a full cardiovascular lab to conduct the most advanced procedures, the Infinix Elite is available in multiple configurations and with Toshiba’s five-axis C-arm, which provides head-to-toe and fingertip-to-fingertip coverage. The systems are available with Toshiba’s numerous dose reduction technologies and recently U.S. Food and Drug Administration-cleared software upgrade, for improved and expanded imaging applications.
Toshiba America Medical Systems is focused on radiology and cardiovascular systems, including computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound, X-ray and cardiovascular equipment, and coordinates clinical diagnostic imaging research for all modalities in the United States. The company is a subsidiary of Japan-based Toshiba Medical Systems Corp.