Portiuncula’s C-arm uses circulating liquid to keep cool

Portiuncula Hospital staff Caroline Hanrahan, Debbie Walter, Maeve Darcy, radiology services manager Margaret Dervan, Anita Tuohy and consultant radiologist Dr Niall Gough with Xograph Healthcare Ireland business manager Michael Leonard.

Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe, Republic of Ireland, has followed fellow Galway hospital Merlin Park with the purchase of a Ziehm Vision R SmartVascular mobile C-arm with liquid cooling, from Xograph Healthcare Limited.

Radiology services manager Margaret Dervan said: “I am so pleased we have invested in this fantastic unit, it is so compact and lightweight.  It will improve our radiology services considerably and I am very grateful to Xograph for supplying this unit and helping us so much.”

See the full report on page 27 of the October 2013 issue of RAD Magazine.