Neonatal transport incubator ScanPod

non-magnetic

MR imaging today is an increasingly important diagnosis tool for neonatal infants. Its non-invasive nature is especially important considering the size and nature of the patients requiring treatment and early diagnosis critical to direct treatment efficiently and at the earliest opportunity. The ScanPod is designed to provide a warm and comfortable environment for the infant patient, in which to undergo MRI/CT or X-Ray imaging. Typically, transporting an infant patient from the NICU to the MR unit for imaging provides several logistical challenges to the team caring for and imaging the patient. There may not always be an MR unit close to the NICU. A full MRI compatible transport incubator is expensive, cumbersome and may not be available. A non-MRI compatible incubator is also cumbersome and could pose a safety risk to the patient. Never mind the challenges facing the patient requiring diagnosis. The ScanPod is designed to be set-up in the NICU where the patient 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 ScanPod is designed with the comfort of the infant in mind The hi-tech composite construction of the ScanPod has been designed to be both lightweight and shock absorbing, yet contributing no interference or imagine artefacts to MR, CT or X-Ray imaging. Using similar technologies implemented in our ground-breaking BabyPod 2 Infant Transport Device, patient safety and comfort are treated with paramount importance.