Especially for use in preclinical emergency care was developed in cooperation with company Metrax from Rottweil and with the Department of Trauma, Hand Surgery and recovery
of the Frankfurt University Hospital and the Institute for rescue and emergency medical supplies to the professional firefighters Frankfurt one ultrasound device developed.
After a thorough analysis of the needs of the non-clinical use was a catalog created and the device designed.
Features:
The portable, about 2kg light unit PRIMEDIC^TM HandyScan will be used either with a belt around the neck or carried in the left hand.
The buttons for the most important functions during the ultrasound examination can be operated with the left hand thumb.
The storage capacity is 150 pictures.
The high battery performance allows continuous operation of at least 5 hours.
The image quality of the equipment was included in the studies despite different partially very critical examination conditions as good to very good.
For the use of the sonography,in difficult and extreme condition the optimization of the device properties is ongoing.