Medica International Trade Fair and Congress - Welch Allyn, a leading medical diagnostic device company that specializes in helping clinicians improve patient outcomes, is showcasing a new connected electrocardiograph (ECG), integrated light-emitting diode (LED) lamp technology and a disposable single-patient-use blood pressure cuff this week at Medica 2013. The Welch Allyn CP 150™ ECG, on display at the company’s interactive booth, offers flexible report formatting, intuitive design and functionality in addition to administering patient tests and managing information via a touch-screen, color display. The company is also featuring its most popular otoscope and ophthalmoscope instruments, diagnostic sets and wall systems with integrated Welch Allyn SureColor™ LED lamps. Additionally, Welch Allyn is highlighting its FlexiPort® EcoCuffTM – a single-patient-use blood pressure cuff that helps hospitals control cross-contamination, costs and environmental impact.
According to Hisham Hout, senior vice president, Europe, Middle East, North Africa and the Indian Sub-continent at Welch Allyn, the solutions Welch Allyn is featuring this week at Medica are a direct result of the growing demand for connected and configurable solutions that anticipate and respond to unique healthcare provider needs around the world. The products offer easy-to-use features and options that provide clinicians with access to information and the technology they need to help them provide the best possible patient care.
“The solutions we are featuring at Medica this week allow providers to quickly and efficiently conduct physical assessments as well as collect and record patients’ vital signs, which is important in fast-paced clinical settings,” said Hout. “Our vision is to help transform care, where ever patients and healthcare professionals connect, with measurable improvement in value so that all can thrive. The technology we are showcasing this week will help reduce risk, improve patient outcomes and improve staff productivity, giving clinicians more time to focus on their most important task—providing better care for their patients so they can thrive.”
Welch Allyn CP 150™
The user-friendly Welch Allyn CP 150 was designed to help improve practice workflow. The seven-inch, color touch-screen display with an integrated user interface eliminates the need to track between the display and keyboard and allows for fast and easy entry of patient data helping to save time and reduce errors. A lead quality display is also incorporated into the touch screen, which helps easily and efficiently identify lead connection problems. An instant-on feature powers up the device quickly to take an ECG at a moment’s notice and the advanced filters provide optimal ECG trace quality to ensure accurate readings. The CP 150 can be transported easily with the battery-powered operation and up to 100 test results can be stored on the device. ECG results can also be transferred directly to a USB memory stick for additional storage or uploaded to the practice’s data management system through the Welch Allyn CardioPerfect® Workstation.
SureColor™ LED lamps
Now available to customers outside the United States and Canada, the optional LED lamps will be offered in the company’s four most popular core diagnostic device platforms—traditional otoscopes, MacroView™ otoscopes, traditional ophthalmoscopes, and PanOptic™ ophthalmoscopes. The efficiency of LED lamps also results in lower temperature output which may increase comfort for both the patient and the caregiver. Welch Allyn LED lamps feature patented SureColor™ technology, which provides consistent color output while light intensity is lowered to improve the view or increase patient comfort. It allows the color of the light to remain the same even as the light intensity is dimmed.
Welch Allyn EcoCuffTM
The EcoCuffis designed to remain with one patient for the duration of the hospital stay and then be disposed of upon release. As part of the FlexiPort line of disposable blood pressure cuffs, EcoCuff utilizes the FlexiPort single-point connection standardization system, allowing the EcoCuff to follow the patient into virtually every room and connect to nearly every device in the hospital. The lightweight EcoCuff is made of 100 percent polypropylene and does not contain BPA, DEHP, Latex, PVC or other materials that can leach into the environment in a landfill or release harmful chemicals when incinerated. EcoCuff is capable of being recycled in areas where polypropylene recycling is available. Although the practice is not yet widespread, a number of hospitals have implemented the practice of recycling medical-use polypropylene plastics. It is available in four sizes and features a unique slot-fitting system that makes sure each patient receives the properly sized cuff.
Trained personnel at the Welch Allyn booth in Hall 09 / E15 are on hand to demonstrate the devices for attendees who visit its booth during show hours.
About Welch Allyn
Welch Allyn helps reduce risk and improve patient safety, satisfaction and outcomes in a variety of clinical settings through a complete range of EMR-interfaced vital signs and cardiac monitoring diagnostic solutions, physical diagnosis instruments, and infection control products. The company specializes in helping doctors, nurses and other frontline providers across the globe streamline workflow by developing innovative solutions that enable immediate access to accurate patient data. A leading global healthcare company founded in 1915 and headquartered in Skaneateles Falls, N.Y. (USA), Welch Allyn is a family-owned business that employs nearly 2,600 employees in 26 different countries. More information about Welch Allyn and its complete line of connected products and solutions may be found at www.welchallyn.com. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
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