GE Healthcare said it has received six orders for its hybrid operating room (OR) system since receiving U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for the device in February.
GE's laser-guided Discovery IGS 730 system uses the same digital flat-panel detector technology as GE's Innova interventional imaging systems; however, instead of being in a fixed position, the imaging device is on a mobile gantry that moves along user-defined pathways, guided by laser. Clinicians can guide the system to the table for imaging various anatomies, and then move it aside and park it, allowing room to position physicians, nurses, technologists, and other personnel optimally for surgery, according to GE.
St. Luke's University Hospital in Bethlehem, PA, was the first to order Discovery IGS 730 and plans to install the system over the coming months, GE said.
