An integrated Operating Room for a Fraction of the Price

OR Networks Limited have just released a bare bones version of their highly succesful ORTV® Control System on a new computer platform bringing the cost of an integrated OR down to a fraction of the price, including touch screen and surgical monitor.

The system is network enabled and computer based allowing easy integration with other systems e.g. emails, web browser applications (PACS) and Electronic Patient Records.

Removing the unnecessary cost (and consequential "lock in" of a system) of incorporating controls of endo-surgery devices, the ORTV® Live system controls only the devices where it makes sense to centralise them, lights, image selection and video capture.

All of these features are crammed into a single application that runs on one piece of hardware bringing the costs down to a fraction of the normal price (Integrated ORs typically cost between £50,000 and £100,000 each).

"Our customers have realised that there is no point in paying tens of thousands of pounds controlling a device such as an endoscopic camera, which has easily reachable controls on the front panel a few feet away, from another device that is also a few feet away. Especially when it means that the entire theatre will only work with one manufacturer, they are beginning to realise that they will lose their ability to change equipment and consequently their negotiating position with respect to consumables etc.

"Fundamentally, what they want, is to get screens on arms, equipment off floors and be able to inter-operate with other hospital applications, without being tied in to a single provider."

Colin Dobbyne, Managing Director.