AHT Scan Pod

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Neonate Imaging Environment


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MR imaging today is an increasingly important diagnosis tool for neonatal infants. Its non-invasive nature is especiallyimportant considering the size and nature of the paents requiring treatment, and early diagnosis crical to direct

treatment efficiently and at the earliest opportunity.

Typically, transporng an infant paent from the NICU to the MR unit for imaging provides several logiscal challenges

to the team caring for and imaging the paent. There may not always be an MR unit close to the NICU. A full MRI

compable transport incubator is expensive, cumbersome and may not be available. A non-MRI compable incubator is

also cumbersome and could pose a safety risk to the paent. Never mind the challenges facing the paent requiring

diagnosis.

The Scan Podis designed to be set-up in the NICU, where the paent can be moved from their cot, stabilised in the Pod

and transported through the hospital to the MR unit in a safe, warm and quiet environment. Then to maintain that

same comfortable environment during imaging, and on the trip back to the NICU.

The Scan Podborrows several features from the Baby Pod II, where we originally applied technologies researched for

paent safety and comfort during ambulance and aircra transport, to reduce vibraon and noise within the Scan Pod

environment during transport through the hospital, and inside the MR scanner itself.

Reducing the effect of these uncomfortable features for the paent, reduces stress, which is crical in babies so small

that could be facing several challenges already.

The Podenvironment contains an inner layer of covered foam secons, designed to absorb shocks and vibraons on

one side, and on the paent side, a so memory foam, to create a comfortable internal environment. The foam

secons have a so, removeable and washable cover, impervious to bacteria. In tandem with the paent posioning

vacuum maress, and if required, the TransWarmer Infant Transport Maress, the system works to reduce the

associated noise, vibraon and therefore stress that the paent feels.

The Scan Podenvironment is designed to incorporate inside it an MRI focusing coil, allowing the clearest possible

imaging to be achieved while maintaining warmth and venlaon all the while. It is compable with coils from all major

manufacturers, which are mounted within the Podenvironment on a secure slide runner.

The lightweight outer shell of the Scan Podconsists of a high-tech composite material, designed for complete MR, CT

and X-Ray translucency, with no artefacng, helping to achieve the highest possible quality imaging of the paentwithin.

Its high visibility, fully removeable cover, gives high visibility of the paent, comforng for the parents, and cricial to

the team managing the imaging and caring for the wellbeing of the infant. Dual access ports on the cover allow access

to the baby while inside the Scan Podto comfort or adjust posioning without removing the cover itself.

The lightweight nature of every component used in the Scan Poddesign achieves an easily manageable unit, maneau-

verable by only one or two operators depending on the mounted accessories. The lightweight carrying board, featuring

the Scan Podvenlator mounng point, will fit securely to any MR compable paent stretchers requiring no specific

fixing or securing equipment due to the Scan Pods built-in stretcher strapping system.

The Scan Podprovides a complete soluon for transporng and imaging neonates with MRI, CT and X-Ray away from

the NICU, and returning the paent comfortably, securely and safely.

Introducing the Neonate Imaging Environment

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The Composite construcon ofthe Scan Podresults in a device

lighter and stronger than one

made from typical materials.

The Scan Podweighs less than

15kg (33lbs)and can be lied

by a single operator.

More crucially, the Composite

construcon results in a safe

environment that contributes

no interference or artefacngto MR imaging.

The Scan Pod is designed with the comfort of the infant in mind

The hi-tech composite construcon of the Scan Podhas been designed to be both

lightweight and shock absorbing, yet contribung no interference or artefacng to

MR, CT or X-Ray imaging. Using similar technologies implemented in our ground-

breaking Baby Pod II Infant Transport Device, paent safety and comfort are treated

with paramount importance.

The head end of the unit incorporates a secon of acousc damping foam inside

the construcon of the shell itself to reduce noise and vibraon from the MRI

environment, to maintain paent comfort.

Inside the Scan Pod, the infant is comfortably secured in posion by a vacuum

maress and so infant posioning straps.

The vacuum maress is moulded around the paent then the air is removed with

the aid of a vacuum pump to hold the maress in shape. This provides a so, yet

rigid support for the infant during transport through the hospital.

The maress can also be used for any pre-posioning required for imaging, securely

and soly holding the paent in the required posion.

Paent comfort within the

Acousc/Vibraon Dampening

Foam Interior

The interior of the Scan Podis a fully

removeable set of Shock and Acousc

Absorbent foam secons.

Each secon is a sandwich of two types

of foam. A so Memory foam, facing

towards the paent, for paent

comfort. And a vibraon and acouscdampening foam, to reduce the

resonance of noise and vibraon within

the imaging environment.

Each foam secon has a cover that is

impervious to bacteria, impermeable

to blood, secreons, IV soluon, urine

and also water vapour.

The covers are fully removeable and

can we wiped clean, and even machine

washed and dried!


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The Scan Pod is designed to be a flexible soluon for imaging neonates

in every environment, accomodang for the requirements of each

paent and for each hospital.

Our own MR-Neonatal Automac Transport Venlator (NeoVent) can be

supplied with the Scan Podto provide MR-condional oxygen support.

The venlator mounng point is located at the foot end of the Scan

Podunit on the carry board, and allows for the rotaon of the venlator

to the best posion for easy access.

Mounng plates are available for all major current MR venlators, giving

the hospital flexibility to use equipment they already own if required.

Venlator and Addional Equipment Fixings

Venlaon and warmth within the

Thanks to the TransWarmer Infant Transport Maress, no electrically powered

source of warmth is required to use the Scan Pod for transport through the

hospital, nor in the MRI. The ceramic coang on the snap-disc used to acvate the

maress makes the TransWarmer Maresssafe for use during imaging.

Heated by a single-use exothermic reacon within a non-toxic gel, the

TransWarmer Infant Transport Maresswill keep an infant warm during transport

in the pod. 60 seconds aer acvaon, the TransWarmer Maresswill reach a

consistent temperature across its surface of 38C (100F), and maintain tempera-

ture for up to 2 hours.

Even outside of the Scan Pod, the TransWarmer Maresscan be a valuable source

of warmth elsewhere in the NICU/PICU, or anywhere that newborns can experi-

ence cold stress.

TransWarmer Infant Transport Maress


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TheScan Podslarge transparent lid secon gives excellent visibility of the infant. The lid is mounted and held in

place by easy-secure, easy-release toggles on either side of the unit.

The enre lid secon is removed for inial posioning of the paent in the Scan Pod and lightweight and easy to

remove for further access to the paent if necessary.

Direct access to the infant when the lid is secured in place is allowed by either of two large access ports - one on

either side of the lid enclosure - to avoid removing the enre lid secon for small adjustments.

Access ports for venlator tubing and addional accessory leads are located at the foot end of the Scan Pod near to

the venlator mounng point. The exit port in the unit for MRI coil leads is located at the head end of the unit.

Paent Visibility and Access

Venlator

Mounng

Point

Paent Access

Port

Venlator

Tubing Access

Port

MRI Coil Mounted

Inside Pod Environment

Scan Pod Mounng

and Carry Board

MRI Coil

Lead Exit

Port

High-Visibility

Scan Pod Lid

Paent Access

Port

Paent Access

Port


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For more information on our products,

visit our website at:

www.babypod.com

Or E-mail us at:

[email protected]

Technical Informaon

Infant Weight LimitUp to 8kg (17.6lbs)

Dimensions

1400mm x 430mm x 380mm (L x W x H)

Weight

15 Kg (33lbs)

Materials

Composite

Standard Compliance

CEN 1789

BS EN ISO 9001/2000

BS EN ISO 9001/1994

Transwarmer Maress (Box of 6)

Infant Posioning Strap Set

Vacuum Maress Pump

Alternave Venlator Mounng Plate

TRANS06

SCPOD-003

SCPOD-020

SCPOD-010

Addional Accessories

TransWarmerInfant Transport Maress

MR-Neonatal AutomacTransport Venlator

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