Digital Video Stroboscopy System, Model 9295  - A Complete Endoscopy/Stroboscopy System

The Digital Strobe is an advanced laryngeal imaging system that digitally records stroboscopic, and other endoscopic, exams to a fully-integrated video capture and playback workstation. Designed for otolaryngologists, phoniatricians, speech pathologists, and voice scientists, the Digital Strobe has become the system of choice at leading hospitals and voice clinics internationally since its introduction in the late 1990s. The latest iteration boasts an unparalleled array of features to provide the best imaging system available for comprehensive assessment of the vocal folds’ structure and vibratory characteristics. It can also be used to record other endoscopic procedures (e.g. transnasal esophagoscopy) with superior image quality and enables clinicians to take advantage of the system’s many built-in features designed to enhance clinical efficiency. No other stroboscopy system can match the Digital Strobe in performance robustness.

The Digital Strobe complements the entry-level stroboscopy systems from KayPENTAX to provide a complete family of endoscopy/stroboscopy systems appropriate for any budget and performance requirement.

Features

• Excellent image quality for stroboscopic and endoscopic exams
• Instant retrieval and playback of recorded procedures
• True stroboscopic light source with extraordinary image clarity
• Excellent pitch extraction over wide range of voices
• Built-in patient database and exam management system
• Report generator containing images and key exam findings
• Standard video formats supported for portability of video segments
• Acoustic analysis software included
• Comprehensive five-hour video on stroboscopic assessment of voice
  

Superior Stroboscopy Light Source

The key component in any “true” stroboscopy system is the light source. KayPENTAX's Stroboscope, Model 9100B uses 5-microsecond flashes to freeze the quickly vibrating vocal folds, thereby providing razor-sharp image clarity throughout the glottal cycle over a wide range of fundamental frequencies and vocal amplitudes. Shuttered-camera approaches which attempt to mimic stroboscopy are unable to match this image quality which is particularly evident when recordings are paused for image analysis or printing a still.

KayPENTAX's light source contains all of the key features for maximum quality and versatility: excellent illumination of laryngeal structures with both xenon and halogen (constant) light sources; slow, fast, and locked modes for viewing the vocal folds in motion or in a “fixed” position within the vibratory cycle; foot switch control of important functions; LED display of amplitude and fundamental frequency; audio preamplifier; accurate pitch extraction over an extensive range; throat microphone or electroglottograph (EGG) input; fast lock-on time; and field-replaceable bulbs.

Many stroboscopy light sources vary in brightness during the glottal cycle resulting in a “blinking” image quality. This effect may be accentuated with changes in amplitude and fundamental frequency. KayPENTAX’s light source includes a special circuit that eliminates blinking video and provides uniform brightness throughout the patient’s pitch and amplitude range.