Introducing the Digital Lightbox© for Orthopedics

The Digital Lightbox© offers much more than a standard lightbox. Instantly interact with medical images on a 30” multi-touch monitor, access images from anywhere, including PACS, patient supplied CDs, and even save/load plans securely from the web. You can easily plan with digital templating or review templates just prior to the case. The Digital Lightbox© also functions as a mini-integrated OR by displaying video sources such as arthroscopy and/or fluoroscopy, and can even control a BrainLAB navigation system. 

• Efficient digital templating for the OR 
• Easily access patient data from CD, PACS, or even from the web 
• Implement a mini-integrated OR with video routing, PACS, and HIS 
• Interact with navigation through remote control and display

Efficient digital templating for the OR

Many surgeons use digital templating, but do so in their office where the plans are unavailable during surgery. Digital Lightbox© with templating provides the first way to view and manipulate orthopedic plans in the OR, even while scrubbed, making physical x-ray films obsolete. Close the surgical loop with Digital Lightbox© and OrthoWeb Gold.  

• Save film costs by completely eliminating x-ray film printing – some hospitals have reported savings up to $1M 
• Large format high-resolution monitor and scaled image manipulation takes image viewing beyond the standard film experience 
• Perfect as an education and collaboration tool 
• Load/save plans from anywhere, including web based storage 
• Designed for sterile interaction 

Easy access of patient data from CD, PACS, or even from the web

Often, surgeons receive patient supplied CDs of x-rays that were taken at a remote site, which are cumbersome to review and in some cases are unreadable. X-rays taken at the surgeon’s office may not be accessible due to hospital firewalls. The Digital Lightbox© solves these data access issues, can easily read and import external data, and even offers web storage and access of plans. 

• Universal DICOM viewer 
• Load and view patient supplied images from CDs, DVDs, USB stick 
• Access your plans anywhere with Digital Lightbox© and OrthoWeb Gold 

Implement a mini-integrated OR with video routing, PACS, and HIS

Many hospitals are purchasing expensive arthroscopy suites complete with video recording, room control, and other features. Digital Lightbox© provides an inexpensive option to enable the most important features, such as viewing arthroscopy video and fluoroscopy images on a large screen (video input), routing video to an external monitor (video output), PACS access, HIS interface (if available through a browser client), and even control of a BrainLAB navigation system.

• Display planned views and PACS images on any external display 
• Display c-arm, arthroscopy, or any other video source 
• Interact with, control, and view navigation system screen 
• Interface with any browser based HIS or dictation tools

Interact with navigation through remote control and display

The VectorVision® flex functionality offered by the Digital Lightbox© offers the surgeon a collaborative tool with the rest of the OR that is ideal for teaching institutions, a Center of Excellence, and the high volume center. 

• Large-screen viewing and control of the navigation system 
• Unscrubbed personnel can assist in the navigation procedure 
• Remote viewing from a conference room or office

Courtesy of Brainlab