The Image 1^® Hub—

The Image 1^® platform represents a single hub that provides effective control of HD visualization components and image management systems to optimize workflow by delivering:

• Flexibility and control
• Fewer carts to manage and store
• More efficient processes
• True OR standardization
• User control of medical devices
  directly from the camera head

Image 1^® is the hub of our HD visualization system, accepting various single-chip and three-chip camera heads, as well as video scopes. In addition to facilitating OR standardization, the Image 1^® visualization hub can help optimize workflow during surgery by providing full functionality while requiring fewer carts to manage. As surgery progresses from intubation through successive steps to assessment stages with a flexible video GI scope or to special operative procedures, such as photodynamic diagnosis, changes between SD and HD camera heads and access to necessary functions can be accomplished simply and easily. Optical fiber cables are used to guarantee maximum bandwidth for distributing and routing FULL HD images within the operating room.

The Image 1^® platform is also the control hub, facilitating the management of most display functions and providing efficient image management capabilities for capturing and printing images. Controlling a KARL STORZ light source or such functions as Picture-in-Picture” viewing is simplified. Most ancillary products are controlled through the easy-to-use three-button menu on the camera head.

These advanced image capabilities enable endoscopic surgeons to maintain exceptional control over the management and distribution of HD surgical images.