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Beth Israel Medical Center
Expands Video Coverage In Operating Rooms
With Second Telemetrics Robotic Camera System.
Operating Room Camera Robotics Provide Live Video For Education & Documentation.
Mahwah, NJ (June 17, 2003) – Insall Scott Kelly Institute at
Beth Israel Medical Center’s SInger Division has expanded its video
capabilities with the addition of a second Telemetrics Camera Robotics System
to provide live video feeds for education and recorded documentation of
procedures conducted in the hospital’s Operating Room (OR) 3. The new
Telemetrics Camera Robotics System is similar to the system already installed
in the hospital’s OR 2, which includes ceiling and pedestal mounted robotic
cameras.
“The camera robotics systems have expanded our capabilities
as far as educating both house staff and visiting physicians,” said Henrik Bo
Pedersen, M.D., Insall Scott Research Foundation. “We receive many
international visitors, and it has been a great help that they can observe
surgery and ask questions of the surgeons via a two-way audio system. The new
camera systems provide better camera coverage and often a better view of the
surgery, than if you were present in the operating room.”
“The feedback on the system has been very positive and we
are looking to expand our capabilities so that we can broadcast live surgery to
meetings, conferences and other medical facilities all over the world,”
concluded Dr. Pedersen.
Telemetrics Camera Robotics System, which employs Sony three
chip CCD cameras with zoom lenses, delivers easy operation and
the smooth movement required to capture intricate procedures such as knee,
shoulder and hip surgical procedures. The use of Telemetrics’ remotely
controlled trolleys and tripod mounted pan/tilt cameras provide an unobtrusive
means to move cameras into close position without distraction or interference.
The versatile system is used by the hospital’s staff for live viewing and
recording procedures, as well as teleconferencing and distant learning
applications.
A Telemetrics CP-D-2A Control Panels is used to control the
camera robotics in OR 3. The unit features dual joysticks -- one for pan (left
and right) and tilt (up and down) and the other for zoom and focus. The
joysticks are proportional controls so that the further they are deflected from
the center position the faster the controlled axis will move. The CP-D-2A
Control Panel also has the capability to control the tripod cameras and
overhead “X-Y Trolley” systems in either operating room. In addition, the unit
features preset options, which will allow the operator to pre-program up to 8
different shot angles with presets for frequently used pan, tilt, zoom, focus
and X-Y track position settings.
Telemetrics is modifying the joystick control panels
previously installed in OR 2 to allow the panels to communicate and switch
control operation between the two units. The modified control panels will also
be able to operate the cameras and robotics in OR 3. This will provide system
operators with the ability to control any of the four cameras from either the
local hallway electronics rack or from the 4th floor conference
room.
For more information on Telemetrics’ camera control systems call
201-848-9818, fax 201-848-9819, or visit www.telemetricsinc.com.
Telemetrics, Inc. offers a comprehensive line of camera control components and systems for broadcast, industrial, educational and military applications. The company's highly specialized line includes: Camera robotics systems including programmable computer controlled pan/tilt mechanisms, weatherproof camera robotic systems, motorized camera trolley systems, advanced control software, and a wide variety of programmable controllers. Additional products include camera control systems through triax cable, RF and fiber links; and Teleconferencing and distance learning systems.
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