OEC 9600 C-arm

The GE OEC 9600 C-arm is used for general surgical applications, certain vascular procedures, as well as musculoskeletal procedures to visualize implant localizations or needle positions during injections, biopsies, or aspirations. The GE OEC 9600 was produced between 1994 and 1999. By design, GE OEC 9600 Mobile C-arm X-ray products provide analog spot-film imaging and fluoroscopic image guidance for both adult and pediatric populations. GE produced no successor to the GE OEC 9600 C-arm until 2013, when it introduced the OEC Brivo C-arm. (Visit our partner company Providian for OEC Brivo C-arms.) The GE OEC 9600 supports 4.0kW and has a similar clinical coverage as the GE OEC 9800 C-arm.

The GE OEC 9600 supports a wider range of clinical packages than some other GE C-arms due to its 4.0kW X-ray capacity. Key attributes of the GE OEC 9600 include its 9″ or 12″ image intensifiers, a 4.0kW rotating anode X-ray tube, a passive tube cooling system, a smaller focal spot, tube capacity up to 300,000HU, and a cooling rate of 60,000HU per minute. The GE OEC 9600 has similar functionality as the OEC 9800 (Plus), including a dual 16″ CRT monitor fixed on the workstation. Even though refurbished GE OEC 9600 C-arms can be around 20 years old, the user interface and imaging options make it a desirable system due to its cost-efficiency compared to new C-arms in the market.

X-Ray System

Generator

– 60kHZ high frequency
– 4.0kW power
– Up to 120kVp
– Up to 75mA for radiographic film exposure
– Continuous high level fluoro (HLF) up to 20mA
– Digital spot up to 75mA
– Digital cine pulse
– 15 pulses per second, 60 Hz
– 12 pulses per second, 50 Hz
– Full power from standard wall outlet
– Pateneted battery buffered design

X-RAY Tube

– Rotating anode X-ray tube
– 0.3 and 0.6 nominal focal spots
– Anode heat capacity: 300,000 HU
– Anode cooling rate: 60,000 HU/min
– Housing heat capacity: 1,600,000 HU
– 9″ (23cm) Standard C-arm housing cooling rate 15,000 HU/min
– 9″ (23cm) Super C-arm and 12″ (31cm) standard C-arm housing cooling rate 22,500 HU/min

Collimator

– Iris collimation with dual opposing semitransparent shutters allow elliptical, round
and rectangular collimation
– Iris and shutters are continuously variable
– All functions remotely controlled from the C-Arm control panel

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