Easy to use, mobile technology

Clinicians can execute all functions through an intuitive touch screen. Annotations and measurements can be entered quickly and precisely with a stylus. The sleek system is free from buttons, knobs or a keyboard on its touchscreen. Its small size and streamlined cart allows for imaging in some of the smallest of clinical spaces, such as at the bedside or in a trauma bay. The lightweight Venue 40 system can be easily transported from room to room. A clinician can quickly dock the compact ultrasound unit in the cart or table dock, without tools.

"The Venue 40 provides an easy-to-use ultrasound system with great image quality to help improve care for critically ill patients in the emergency department who need rapid diagnosis and procedural ultrasound guidance," said Dr. John Bailitz, Emergency Ultrasound Co-Director in the Department of Emergency Medicine at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County and Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Rush University Medical School, Chicago, Ill. "The system's user-friendly interface makes the Venue 40 an outstanding addition to the community emergency department, when purchasing their first bedside ultrasound system, as well as for emergency medicine physicians with variable training in emergency ultrasound."

Easy image quality

The Venue 40 is powered by GE's advanced imaging technology from high-end ultrasound systems. Features include:

-Concurrent acquisition technology, which uses an innovative dual beamformer to process twice as many data points for more accurate anatomical depiction.

-CrossXBeam™ and Speckle Reduction Imaging (SRI) for improved tissue definition and reduced noise

-Full-color 10.4" (26.4 cm) display provides a large image-to-screen proportion for enhanced viewing.

Easy to clean

The user interface is a single-surface screen without a monitor frame or seams that could potentially harbor contaminants. The probe connection is flush with the system, further reducing the places that germs can hide. The durable, fluid-resistant cover can be cleaned with a number of standard medical disinfectants, making the Venue 40 easy to clean between uses.

"The Venue 40 is a powerful, yet easy to use ultrasound system," said Said Seyed-Bolorforosh, Global General Manager of GE's Ultrasound Emerging Applications. "By simplifying the user interface and enhancing image quality, GE is helping empower clinicians to provide sophisticated imaging and higher quality procedures to more patients, in real-time at the bedside. In point-of-care settings, this ultimately will help improve the quality of health care around the world."

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