The $100,000 Question: What’s the Smartest Way to Fix a Failed GE Air Coil?
The $100,000 Question: What’s the Smartest Way to Fix a Failed GE Air Coil?
If you manage imaging equipment, you already know the GE Air coil is a workhorse — and you’ve probably already felt the sting of what happens when it fails. GE’s “blanket” coils are available in several configurations: 16-channel, 20-channel, and 30-channel models. What is the cost to repair a GE Air coil? Here’s the pattern: […]
End users can significantly impact MRI coil uptime
Clinicians, technologists, and other staff play a critical role minimizing service costs and maintaining uptime. For instance, 3 different imaging departments/facilities, having very similar equipment, could experience such very different points of failures. One department can experience almost zero failures in a six-month time period. Another could have multiple devices with accelerated wear and the […]
Common MRI Coil Failures
We’re often asked, “What are the most common failures on MRI coils? Since so many have asked, independently of each other, we thought that it would be a great idea to share the content with all of our clients. Coil lifecycle can be affected by several factors: Random electronic failures, general wear, premature wear, and […]
4 solutions for addressing a common failure with MRI coils
While it’s pretty clear when your MRI system is not working accurately, it’s not always clear why. To get a full understanding of the problem, you need to do more than kick the tires. By opening the hood, so to speak, and taking a closer look, performing some troubleshooting, and running some diagnostics, you may […]
Bringing a Medical Device To Life and How It Relates To A Sustainable Repair Model
Take a look at how the team at Innovatus Imaging’s Center for Excellence for Design and Manufacturing develops break-through technologies, new products, and methodologies for delivering repairs that last, perform and matter for your patients and ROI.
Key Questions to Ask Each Supplier Before Your Next Repair
When choosing one supplier over another, make sure you are comparing the facts and apples to apples. Here’s a short list of questions that must be part of your interview process in order to assure you make decisions you, your clinicians and patients can live with. Download Resource
5 Standards to Expect and Demand for Sustainable MRI Coil Repairs
Even perfect vision may not be enough to know if you are getting an MRI coil repair that will enable your MRI to perform as intended, and one that will produce long-lasting accuracy. Knowing which lens from which to view MRI coil repairs can make all the difference in sustainability and operational costs. Following are […]
Specialists versus Generalists
Lately, every week, it seems as though one Independent Service Organization (ISO) is acquiring another. The goal may be financial gain for their investors, or an attempt to become a one-stop-shop for their customers. Maybe, and most-likely, both. As convenient as a one-stop-shop could be, it makes the most sense to follow the lead of […]
Decoded dStream and Error-Free AIR coils
Over the past few years, several OEMs have released new MRI coil models that have strayed from traditional design. Philips dStream™ and GE AIR™ coils utilize updated technologies and updated designs to provide greater SNR and enhanced image quality. Philips dStream™ and GE AIR™ coils perform the same functions, but do so using updated technologies and updated […]
Elements of Speed
No matter what’s going on in the world around us, turn-around time will always be a critical issue for maintaining uptime, client satisfaction, and patient care for healthcare facilities of all sizes. But getting your ultrasound probes back in operation quickly is not always a good thing. Following is a brief checklist of The Elements […]
