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Over the past year we have been working on many new ideas to expand our I-Portal® battery of tests and clinical utility for our current customers. We believe that investing in and integrating new tests and protocols helps lead to better patient outcomes.
Most of these enhancement ideas came straight from you, our users, and we wanted to make these new innovations available to all of our users. Please contact Sidne Kardos (skardos@neuro-kinetics.com) if you would like further information and/or a quotation.
Here’s what’s new:
- VEST™ 6.10 – The newly released version of VEST™ is available to all of our maintenance agreement and software subscription customers. It can also be purchased separately by current users that are not covered under an agreement.
- Dynamic Unilateral Centrifugation with SVV test enhanced so user can collect multiple (two to four) SVV data points during each eccentric position;
- Improved user interfaces including OKN test analysis tables and analysis simulation playback of eye movement;
- Now includes built in functionality to add on new utilities. The first available utility, VEST™ ADATA, is now available for purchase. ADATA facilitates the statistical analysis of large volumes of patient data, and streamlines the analysis required for a paper or presentation.
- NOTC Head Thrust Test - The NOTC Head Thrust Test is a high acceleration rotary test performed to examine the high-frequency properties of the peripheral vestibular system. The seated patient will experience rotations with short, high acceleration intervals (50 to 80 ms) inside an isolated testing environment.
The NOTC Head Thrust Test is the only computerized head thrust test available for clinical testing. This objective and repeatable test holds several advantages over the more traditional manual methods including:
- Isolated testing environment removes visual cues, providing a pure VOR stimulus.
- Controlled head movement eliminates inconsistencies introduced by manual head thrust testing.
- Allows for head thrusts at randomized timing intervals and direction which improves the sensitivity of the test.
- Advanced Head Rest – The newly designed advanced head rest can be purchased as an upgrade to any I-Portal® NOTC. It is ideal for clinical research where minimizing head position artifacts between trials is vital. Enhanced restiction is important for studies using off vertical axis rotation (OVAR) and high acceleration tests such as the NOTC Head Impulse Test.
- Unique auto-centering arm ensures the head is on the center of rotation.
- Temple stabilization minimizes slippage.
- Chin strap reduces slouching by providing added support.
- Advanced Dynamic Unilateral Centrifugation (DUC) Upgrade – Research version software helps customize your DUC protocol. This is ideal for conducting otolith research.
- With the advanced DUC upgrade, NKI will perform a hardware upgrade and provide software that enables you to fully customize the timing, order, and distance of your DUC profile.
- Provides greater flexibility in performing multiple SVV tests at each position.
- VEST™ Remote Analysis (VEST™ RA) – At home, at the office, or on the road - now one can analyze patient data on another computer.
- Enchanced efficiency - data can be analyzed while out of the office or when your I-Portal® system is in use.
- Quick and easy data transfer - whether data is imported over a network or via portable media (DVD, pen drive, etc.).
- Includes VEST™ software license, on-line training, setup and support.
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