High definition laparoscopes offer phenomenal images, but as recently as this week we bemoaned the lack of user-friendly high definition recording platforms in the operating room. Sony’s new ImageCore HD, being shown this weekend in the SAGES exhibit hall, changes everything. This thing is so user-friendly and feature-loaded that, frankly, we can’t believe we’ve lived so long without it.
Here are some of the juicy details:
- large, high-definition touch screen
- captures high-definition video at 18, 25, 35, and 50 (!) Mbps with MPEG-2 compression
- saves video to an 750GB internal hard drive = 100 hours of storage
- can transfer video files to a local network or to a Flash memory stick
- can burn videos to Blu-ray discs (!) or DVDs
- recording can be controlled using the buttons on the laparoscope handle
- captures and prints high definition still images
- patient metadata can be stored with video files, to help you stay organized
- DVI-D, HD-SDI, and composite inputs, so it’s compatible with everything
- costs $25,000, and will be available in July 2008
Evan Krachman of Sony showed us a prototype of this exciting new device, pointing out some of the main features and demonstrating the fluidity of the user interface:
3 responses so far ↓
1 Øystein // Apr 12, 2008 at 5:49 pm
Wow! This looks great!
2 Mike Cohen // Apr 13, 2008 at 10:09 am
I agree, this is the best solution yet.
3 Jaime Landman // Apr 14, 2008 at 7:28 am
Truly a breakthrough. It is amazing that I have been able to record the Sopranos, Entourage and other TV shows at home in high definition for several years and only now can we do this in the operating room.
Even stranger is that we were able to watch high definition TV in the living room so very long before operating with it. As a society (or perhaps it is industry) it is very interesting to see our priorities.
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