Swoop (MRT-scanner)

2020: Announcement of the portable Swoop MRT-scanner

At the end of August, 2020 Hyperfine provided a portable device of MRT of the second generation under the name Swoop which can be taken in chambers of patients. As well as the device of first generation, Swoop is connected to the standard three-contact socket. It is controlled via the tablet connected to the device MRT on a wireless network.

The Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) became an integral part of medical care in many countries of the world, but access to this technology remains limited. Special offices with special ventilation and security measures are required for the MRT normal scanners, and it is necessary to bring patients there where there is a device. Besides, the high capital investments, the need for uninterrupted supply of electricity and considerable requirements to maintenance interfere with implementation of MRT-diagnostics in developing countries and in rural areas.

The announcement of the Swoop MRT-scanner which can be carried on hospital

The Swoop MRT-scanner is deprived of these shortcomings and can be delivered directly to a bed of the nontransportable patient. A system will probably be used most often for visualization of a brain, including for diagnosis of a stroke and the reason of headaches. Besides, it can be used for visualization of peripheral joints and extremities at patients whose movement is complicated.

Unlike the previous system of first generation, Swoop it is intended for all age groupes and supplied with more effective software version. In particular, this MRT-device can be used for inspection of children aged from 0 up to 2 years. According to Hyperfine, the new MRT-scanner of the company "costs less, than the annual service contract of the majority of the MRT modern systems, and consumes 35 times less energy, than the same systems".^[1]

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