KARL STORZhas installed the UK’s first IP platform OR1 at Spire Parkway – the OR1 Fusion. Downtime in hospitals is expensive and, with the OR1 Fusion native IP platform, an integrated theatre, complete with dual stream capture and routing, can be installed over the weekend using existing or new industry standard structured cabling.
The OR1 Fusion is completely flexible and can be configured in two principal modes. The first method is to use the existing LAN and data switches to configure a VLAN with service level agreements: this is ideal in teaching environments where there is Video on Demand (VOD) and archiving requirements but it can place excessive traffic demands on the existing network. The second mode of installation, as used at Spire Parkway, is to create a private 10 Gigabit Ethernet KSNET network and quickly distribute uncompressed, highly secure images to the HD LED screens and image capture system.
Integration with the Hospital Information Systems (HIS) and Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) means that the patient’s radiological scans can be displayed on any of the surgical viewing monitors either independently, side-by-side or picture-in-picture with the live endoscopic full-HD video. The OR1 Fusion also features an anaesthetic safety system that enables image routing for video laryngoscopy, and the World Health Organization (WHO) Surgical Safety Checklist as standard.
Hospital project manager, Steve Goodchild, said the theatre was a major boost to Spire Parkway and to healthcare services in the whole region: “What we have now is a theatre at the cutting-edge of medical technology. It is something we can be very proud of and something we know will benefit our patients for many years to come.”
