SIMEON Medical, one of the world's leading hospital solution provider with focus on the operating room, has developed the Sim.CAM 4K Wireless, a pioneering medical 4K camera system, which is now available on the market. This makes the Tuttlingen-based medical technology company the world's first provider of a medical, wireless 4K camera solution.
AI systems that can help physicians diagnose and make decisions in the future require as much information and data as possible. 4K cameras deliver this valuable visual data with ultra-high-resolution images. Details that previously could not be displayed with Full HD are clearly visualizable with the Sim.CAM 4K Wireless at a resolution of approx. 8,510,000 pixels (3,840 x 2,160). With its image quality that is four times higher than HD, the 4K camera can reproduce even small and fine structures much more detailed. It is available in a wireless version and can easily be integrated into any current SIMEON HighLine or BusinessLine series OR light.
Safe, flexible and intuitive
The Sim.CAM 4K Wireless provides an easy and intuitive usability concept. All camera functions such as 20x optical and 12x digital zoom or image rotation (limitless, mechanical and electronic) can be flexibly adjusted directly on the wall control or via remote control. For manual rotation, the camera is in a movable housing with a sterile handle and can be easily rotated - without effort. At the same time, the camera has an electronic operating option: An electric motor allows rotation by remote or wall control.
Data transmission of the Sim.CAM 4K Wireless is done via an especially developed algorithm for sending and receiving data. The data is transmitted from the camera to the receiver via radio at 60 gigahertz. The operation and control of the camera with the remote control is again via infrared. The transmission of the image data is possible over a distance of about 20 to 25 meters. The algorithm also ensures the security of the data, since data transmission is only possible between the coupled transmitter and its receiver. In times of heightened data protection, this is an extremely important criterion.
"With our production technologies and product developments, we want to take into account future trends," says Tobias Mager, Head of Product Management at SIMEON Medical. "In the development, we therefore pay particular attention to the integration and retrofitting of our products. Thus, our HD and 4K cameras especially developed for the operating room can be integrated into every SIMEON HighLine or BusinessLine OR light manufactured since the beginning of 2018. This will provide the basis for the future support of artificial intelligence systems that evaluate high-resolution images to support a diagnostic or therapeutic decision."
