GE OEC 9600 Series C-Arm  - Page 1
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author: nixxon
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 14, 2014, 12:00:06 pm
content: I stumbeled across a veterinary physician who wants to give away a OEC 9600 Series C-Arm that is to big for his practice. He has only used it twice in the 4 years he has owned it. It is supposed to be working fine. He managed to recycle the foot switch though, before someone suggested he could give it away, rather than recycling it.Too bad it is so big and heavy, else I would have picked up this "test equipment" for free.Anyone with interest and knowledge, living in Norway or Scandinavia or Northern Europe should consider this special item, before it is recycled...Please let me know if you are interested in this, and I will give you the vet's contact info. If the item were in the UK, I guessMike's Electric Stuffwould have enjoyed an extreme teardown.What is a C-Arm?Picture and info regarding same model C-arm:http://www.completemedicalservices.com/equipment/oec-9600-c-arm/The GE OEC 9600 C-arm is a c-arm with many options available to fit most operational needs. The OEC 9600 is still considered the best selling c-arm for the pain management market.This OEC 9600 C-arm offers options of GSP, ESP, Vascular, Cardiac, Neuro Vascular.The standard image intensifier is 9” with a 12” ii option available.The OEC 9600 also is available as a Super C which offers a wider gap in the C to accommodate larger patients.Specifications:Dual Hi-Resolution 16” Square Monitors (Comparable to regular 19” Monitors)Rotating X-ray TubeTri-Mode 9?/6?/4? Image Intensifier (I.I.)High Resolution CCDFluoro Boost, Pulsed Fluoro*GSP – General Surgical Package or ESP – Extended Surgical PackageImage StorageLIH – Last Image HoldMARS-Motion Artifact Reduction SystemSharpen FunctionGamma CorrectionAveragingDigital WindowingPatient Annotation*GSP and ESP systems are availableSystems from 1994 to 1999C-Arm Dimensions• Height: 68 / 86 in (1734 / 2191 mm)• Width: 33 in (838 mm)• Length: 78 in (1994 mm)• Weight: 720 lbs.Workstation Dimensions• Height: 64 in (1632 mm)• Width: 27 in (692 mm)• Depth: 27 in (692 mm)• Weight: 430 lbs.More info:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluoroscopyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_image_intensifierhttp://www.heritage-education.com/article_medicalmethodsandusesforxraysfluoroscopy.htmSpecs:http://www.somatechnology.com/pdffiles/ge_oec_6600_mini_c_arm.pdfService manual:https://www.google.no/url?q=http://www.gmecorp-usa.com/IM/XR/CA/OEC/9600/SV/ServiceManuals.pdf&sa=U&ei=h1lzU5mLAuaN4gS37oGgAQ&ved=0CCIQFjAA&sig2=C5DbAGNcZeTXcitV-vD8tw&usg=AFQjCNFefQPQLyC25cBQ9uH0bSahHfZBAA

author: TooOldForThis
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 14, 2014, 12:52:52 pm
content: This system is designed to wheel into a surgery so they can x-ray a patient without removing them from the surgical table. Since this unit has already trickled down to veterinary office, it's probably a very old unit produced before GE bought OEC a decade or so ago.The high-voltage sources in this thing can be insanely dangerous if you don't know what you are doing. 125KV can ruin your day. An X-ray source is a bad thing to play with too if you don't know how to shield yourself.

author: nixxon
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 14, 2014, 04:09:05 pm
content: Quote from: TooOldForThis on May 14, 2014, 12:52:52 pmIt would have been really fun, though.The 9600 was manufactured between 1994 and 1999. Thus the unit is 15-20 years old.No one should power up these things without proper training. If the C-arm has been shocked, I have read that the radiation may miss the Image Intensifier and scatter all around, exposing the surroundings to excess radiation.1150 lbs was too much for me...