Veterinary News

Visbion quiz winner leaves London Vet Show with iPod touch

Visitors to the Visbion stand at the London Vet Show had the opportunity to complete a short quiz to win an iPod Touch. Sue Hassan from the PDSA in Plymouth was the lucky winner and was presented with her prize at the end of the show.

The quiz involved visiting the stands of Visbion’s distributors  Celtic SMR, PLH Medical and Xograph to find answers to the questions.

Equiray chooses Visbion Image Book for new mobile equine x-ray service

Image Book is a laptop based review workstation. It offers all the features and functionality of a high end workstation but with the added advantage of being fully portable. Equiray is combining Image Book with an Uno portable x-ray machine and the innovative solution has been supplied by Visbion distributor, Celtic SMR. The DICOM interface within Image Book allows the x-ray images taken by the Uno to be immediately available for mobile review.

Equiray visits a site at the request of a vet. The x-rays are taken by Equiray’s experienced technician, with the images available instantly for review by the attending vet on the high resolution screen of the Image Book. All images are emailed instantly to the vet or supplied to the practice on a CD or memory stick and then stored securely on the Image Book for a 3 month period. Over 20,000 images can be successfully stored on the Image Book.

For farriers, the image can be displayed on screen so that they can see the condition of the hoof before they start work and then another x-ray may be taken after the work has been completed. Both images can be viewed together so that a comparison can be seen.

Beryl Williams, Equiray’s Managing Director said “The Image Book ensures that we have all the information the vet needs quickly on-screen. We find the system very easy to use; x-rays can be scrolled through and quickly selected to view. Having all this functionality in a portable laptop makes it the perfect partner for our portable x-ray unit.”

Equiray is currently offering the mobile service in the South Wales area with plans to expand to other areas, particularly those more rural or remote parts of the country.

Visbion moves to new Head Office

As the Visbion team continues to expand, the company has moved into new offices in Surrey.

Visbion House in Chertsey will be the UK base for Visbion’s rapidly growing support, development and sales teams. Contact telephone numbers, including those for the support desk remain unchanged.

Visbion House
Gogmore Lane
Chertsey, Surrey
KT16 9AP
Tel: +44 (0)870 850 3486
Fax: +44 (0)870 850 3487

Visbion strengthens team with two new key appointments

Visbion continues to expand its specialist sales and support teams with the appointment of a dedicated Global Channel Manager and a Solutions Consultant.

Haydn Knight joins as Global Channel Manager and will be working with the company’s distributors and resellers across its Veterinary, Healthcare and Life Sciences sectors. Haydn was previously with Carestream Health as Regional Channel Director for their Dental Imaging business in Northern Europe, Middle East, Russia and Africa. He brings to Visbion over 8 years of medical imaging experience and will work closely with all the company’s resellers and distributors throughout the world.

Sergio Cali Corleo takes up the role of Solutions Consultant with responsibility for installation, implementation and customer support. Sergio brings with him 22 years of valuable experience. Having worked as Senior Radiographer and Deputy Radiology Manager in large acute hospitals and then occupying roles including PACS Manager, PACS Implementation Engineer, CR Engineer and Digital Specialist, Sergio has an in-depth knowledge of PACS.

Mark O’Herlihy has been appointed Commercial Director and now has overall responsibility for the company’s sales in all market sectors. He commented “These are exciting new roles for Visbion and will allow us to reinforce our global presence in medical imaging solutions market. We now have well over 200 installations worldwide and having a highly experienced team of people in place is key to our continued expansion”

Visbion partners with Medical Plus

Visbion’s image management solutions are being installed throughout South East Asia, Australia and the United Arab Emirates due to a highly successful partnership with Medical Plus.

Medical Plus Pte Ltd is a well established supplier of medical and biomedical equipment. The company’s corporate headquarters is located in Singapore but in order to develop a regional presence, affiliated organizations have been set up in S.E.A as well as Australia/NZ, and the Middle East. The partnership enables Medical Plus to offer Visbion’s product range in both the healthcare and veterinary markets.

Small animal and equine veterinary practices throughout Australia have been introduced to Visbion’s innovative Image Archive and Image Book solutions. In Al Ain, The Camel Hospital is making use of Visbion’s solutions to manage their digital images and keep their racing camels on top form. Gasing Vet in Kuala Lumpar, now uses Visbion’s flexible web based solution to allow Radiologist, Dr Heng, to log in from the USA and report on MRI studies.

Medical Plus is also starting to offer Visbion’s solutions to hospitals and private clinics in South East Asia and the Novena Heart cardiology centre in Singapore is currently trialing the Visbion imaging and archiving solutions.

Ian Lonslow, Visbion’s Professional Services Manager said “We are delighted that Medical Plus is representing our products. Their professional approach, dedication and commitment to offering first class customer service will create great synergies for both companies”