TRACKX - C-arm Tracking Instrument
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No more “move C-arm, Shoot!” #NeoArmory:
One way to keep your Gas-Man happy is definitely to take fewer C-arm shots. The happiness of your Gas Man is directly proportional to doing more cases (seriously). But do fewer C-arm shots mean going in blind? It doesn’t have to be…
We welcome TRACKX to the stage. This NC-based company has developed a simple plug-and-play universal instrument tracking technology. You just have to attach the disposable kit to your C-arm and it provides real-time virtual live fluoro images (without shooting X-rays) and automatically recalibrates with every shot. Of course, your instrument has position sensors attached to it. An excellent video to show the workflow.
The sensors (Snaps) are available as universal or as tailor-made for a particular company. Currently, percutaneous pedicle screws are covered, but trauma implants are in the line.
They claim that this tech can reduce the number of X-rays by 74.8%, radiation exposure by 91.8%, and OR time by 56 minutes (MIS-TLIF). Another study shows instrument tracking an average of 5.69 minutes, 14 C-arm images, and 7.89mGy are saved. It’s more impressive when you realize these numbers are for a single screw.
At a time when mixed reality is the new fad, simpler tech that can overlay onto the existing infrastructure is actually what we need now.
