Spacelabs Healthcare launches Ultrasonic Cardiac Output Monitor in international markets

Aug 27 2009

Spacelabs Healthcare today announced the launch of the Ultrasonic Cardiac Output Monitor (USCOM) in several new geographies, including Latin America, Africa, Europe, Australia and Middle East. USCOM’s unique and totally non-invasive method of cardiac monitoring provides an accurate, safe and efficient way of measuring how well the heart is functioning.

“We are pleased to see the strong interest in this new technology and are working hard to spread the news globally of its success in assisting with better patient care,” said Joseph Davin, President, Spacelabs Healthcare North American Operations.

USCOM is the only non-invasive device to provide beat-to-beat performance of both the left and right side of the heart. Portable and user-friendly, USCOM revolutionizes care in all areas, including Emergency, Intensive Care, and general practice. However, USCOM’s most dramatic impact may well be in pediatric intensive care, a population that traditionally could not be safely monitored due to the invasiveness of conventional cardiac output technologies. Now, with USCOM, infants and children can be monitored non-invasively, without risk of infection.

According to Dr. Néstor Hernández, pediatric intensive care physician at Hospital Calvo MacKenna, Santiago, Chile, “USCOM is easy to use and reliable, an excellent tool to assess septic shock in pediatric patients.”

Added Australia’s Dr. Brendan Smith, “This machine is saving lives. No two ways about it.”