In Brief: OEC Medical Systems
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
OEC Medical Systems: Begins shipments of a six-inch field-of-view version of its Mini 6600 Digital Mobile C-arm fluoroscopy imaging device for use on extremities. Priced at $63,300, the new model of the Mini 6600 is geared toward the low-cost C-arm market and provides "a larger view of the anatomy to be imaged than any competitor," OEC claims. The six-inch version, which is "just as compact" as OEC's four-inch FOV version released in November 1995, uses a source to image distance of 15.8 inches, allowing it to operate at "significantly lower x-ray factors" compared to full-sized C-arm systems...