Digital Swallowing Workstation - An Integrated System for Clinicians & Researchers

The Digital Swallowing Workstation (DSW) is a powerful, multi-functional system containing a robust set of features that have been integrated into one platform for dysphagia clinicians and researchers. DSW can be used to assist with virtually every aspect of patient management, from initial assessment through rehabilitation.

Comprised of three separate modules (available separately), the complete workstation offers an unparalleled assortment of capabilities using established techniques that were previously available only as various instruments from many vendors. The workstation, which ergonomically integrates these disparate technologies, enhances clinical efficiency and contributes to evidence-based clinical practice. To the research community, the workstation provides both sophistication and flexibility for data acquisition, analysis, time-linked physiologic and video data, and the ability to export quantitative information into other analysis software.

No other system offers dysphagia clinicians and researchers the comprehensiveness and flexibility of DSW. Since its introduction in the mid-1990s (originally as an analog system), the workstation has evolved into the system of choice at the leading dysphagia clinics and research institutions worldwide.

Features:

• Real-time visual feedback for patients to assist with therapy goals
• Complete videoendoscopic (FEES) system for bedside evaluation
• Time-linked video and physiologic data for comprehensive assessment
• Fully integrated exam management system with patient database
• Report generator containing critical exam findings and images
• Mobile cart for all system components
• Digital video recording system for fluoroscopic and FEES exams
• Objective measurements of key physiologic < <

Swallowing Signals Lab, Model 7120B - A Therapy Tool

The Swallowing Signals Lab is an ideal therapy tool for speech pathologists working in acute care and rehabilitation facilities. It is available as a stand-alone module or as part of KayPENTAX’s Digital Swallowing Workstation.

The versatile, PC-based system provides a variety of real-time visual displays derived from separate transducers, all related to critical aspects of swallowing. These transducers can be used in isolation, or concurrently, allowing the clinician to target specific behaviors followed by their immediate observation. Interrelationships between important swallowing In addition to visual cues for the patient, quantitative measurements are provided which can be stored in the program’s patient-listed database. Data can be compared over time to monitor progress based on objective

Features

• Multi-functional hardware/software system
• Real-time visual displays for therapy
• Quantitative measurements
• Multiple physiologic-specific
• Report generator to summarize key findings
• Designed “from ground up” for swallowing
• Compatible with complete Digital Swallowing Workstation
  

Hospital FEES® System, Model 7190 - Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES)

FEES has become a standard technique for evaluating patients with swallowing problems. It is also used in therapy by speech-language pathologists (SLP) as a visual display to help patients learn various swallowing maneuvers.

The KayPENTAX Digital Swallowing Workstation includes a complete FEES system, but the stand-alone FEES System uses the same high-quality endoscopy components to provide excellent image quality and many user conveniences. The stand-alone Hospital FEES System comes complete, with a sturdy cart that houses all components (including a VCR and color printer), and can be rolled to patient bedside or used in the speech clinic. For the clinician who works in a hospital setting, this cost-effective FEES system is the product of choice.

Features

• Complete FEES system housed on custom-made cart
• Quality endoscopic components for optimal image quality
• Powerful light source providing excellent illumination of anatomic structures
• Color printer for hard copy of key exam findings
• Cart with large casters for easy mobility, supply drawer, scope disinfection caddies, and isolation transformer
• Upgradeable to KayPENTAX digital video recording technology at any time