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The Beehive
Horizon is the next generation of recorders in the ubiquitous Beehive
Long-term Monitoring product line. Decades of experience in designing
and manufacturing reliable, high-quality epilepsy monitoring instrumentation
combined with the latest technology has produced a powerful Windows-based
digital EEG/Video instrument with complete data acquisition, recording
and review capabilities that are specialized for epilepsy monitoring applications.
| SYSTEM
FEATURES |
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Compact patient worn amplifiers design to be rugged, lightweight,
and ease to use |
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Modular 32, 64,
128 channel amplifiers |
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Highest quality
EEG amplifiers with unsurpassed trace clarity |
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High Resolution,
high quality digital video and audio recordings |
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On-Line proven
SzAC seizure and spike analysis software |
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Intuitive review
timeline for fast navigation and editing of LTM recordings |
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Real-time video/EEG
monitoring over the network |
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Built-in
Panorama digital video with highly-efficient Grass Technologies MPEG4
compression for 640 x 480 NTSC (768 x 576 PAL) resolution |
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Limited Lifetime
Warranty on Grass Technologies manufactured parts
(see our full warranty for details) |
| Grass
Technologies amplifiers are world-renowned in the field of neurophysiology
for their quality, reliability, simplicity, and serviceability.
The amplifier system provides isolation, amplification, filtering,
and digitization. Communication with the host computer is via a
standard Ethernet cable to the PC’s network interface card.
TWin software sets the sample rate, starts and stops Video/EEG acquisition,
and stores the data to the PC’s hard disk or fileserver.
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| AURA®
42-CHANNEL AMPLIFIER SYSTEM |
Compact
42-channel system features battery for Patient mobility:
42-Channel System:
• 32-channel AURA Amplifier
• 8-input DC Module
• Pulse Oximeter for SaO2 and Pulse Rate
• Patient Event pushbutton
• Photic Control |
| AURA
(Ambulatory Universal Recording Amplifier) amplifier system
has a front-end sampling rate of 400 Hz (record 200 or 400 Hz, user
definable). The electrode input jack box provides 32 AC inputs,
2 reference inputs and 2 ground inputs. The redundant references
and grounds provide reliability and signal integrity during long-term
monitoring procedures.
The 42-channel system has the capability of recording data directly
to a PC or can be untethered for temporary ambulatory recordings.
The compact and lightweight design of AURA offers maximum patient
comfort, without sacrificing the ruggedness required for long-term
studies.
AURA is typically tethered to the base station, which streams data
to a host computer running TWin. However, AURA is also capable of
operating untethered. When the patient cable is disconnected, AURA
will automatically switch and record the EEG data to a CompactFlash
(CF) memory card. If there is an immediate need to download and
review the data stored on the CompactFlash memory card, the CF can
be removed from AURA and the data can be downloaded quickly via
a USB CompactFlash Reader.
With AURA, the patient can move from their patient room to a day
room. When the patient arrives at the day room, AURA simply needs
to be plugged into any base station located in that room. Our TWin
recording software will recognize that the patient has switched
to a new base station, and tethered recording will resume. An automatic
room switching option is available to also switch the video and
audio from the patient room to a dayroom.
An 8-channel DC input module and optional pulse oximeter (SpO2/HR)
allow for an additional 10 channels of data. This flexibility allows
for a wide range of physiological parameters to be monitored and
recorded. An optional external battery pack is available to enable
recording of 24-hour ambulatory EEG studies. The technologist can
check electrode impedances, perform amplifier calibration, and control
the photic from the Base Station. |
| AURA-LTM64
64-& 128-CHANNEL AMPLIFIER SYSTEM |
64
to 128-channel system for intensive monitoring with high sampling
rates:
64/128-Channel System:
• AURA-LTM64 Amplifier
• High Sampling Rate up to 3200 samples/second
• High Frequency Response up to 1000 Hz
• Patient Event pushbutton
• Photic Control |
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AURA-LTM64 amplifier, with high sampling
rate up to 3200 samples/second and integrated electrode input connections,
is designed for use either as a bedside amplifier or as a wearable
cabled-telemetry amplifier unit which allows the patient to have
greater freedom of movement within their patient room. Provided
accessories include a patient-worn pouch and 33-foot (10 m) patient
cable. The integrated electrode input connections provides 64 AC
inputs, 2 reference electrode inputs, and 2 ground inputs. Two amplifiers
are connected for 128-channel recordings using a single link cable
between them. Jack box labels are provided for labeling the inputs
with international 10-20 and 1-64 numerical nomenclature, 10-10
nomenclature, and/or 65-128 nomenclature. The AURA-LTM64 64/128
amplifiers are modular and can be used with multiple recording systems.
When used for scalp recording, the amplifiers built-in electrode
impedance meter can be activated via software from the recording
PC, or by pressing the impedance button on the amplifier. The electrode
connector inputs exceeding the user-defined impedance value will
light up, making it easy for the technologists to identify which
electrodes need attention. When used for invasive electrode recordings,
the built-in impedance meter is disabled.
AURA-LTM64 amplifier system’s maximum possible sample rate
is 3200 samples per second (64 channels) with a maximum possible
bandwidth up to 1000 Hz*. Auxiliary inputs are also available for
connecting a Patient Event pushbutton and an optional photic stimulator.
* The sampling rate and the storage rate is set by
TWin software and available sampling rates are dependent on the
TWin software version. |
Software
& Options:
Easy-to-use Grass Technologies TWin® LTM software
is provided along with Database Explorer, and TWinLOOK®
software. SzAC® Automatic Spike Seizure Analysis
software for proven on-line event recognition is also included. Intuitive
editing tools streamline the process of identifying EEG/Video events for
further analysis and archiving. Grass Technologies Panorama®
Digital Video/Audio recording system, is included. Choose from a variety
of camera options.
Beehive
Horizon offers the widest range of accessories and options designed specifically
for the epilepsy monitoring unit, including Nurse Alarm
Systems, TWin Companion EKG Holter software,
Grass Patient Scheduler software, TWin
Monitor 2 software and more. Neurotrac III Neuromonitoring
Software is also available.
Also,
see printers and video
monitoring equipment for information.
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Beehive
Horizon 40-Channel Base System
(in optional IT9 mobile rack cart)
AURA®
42-Channel Amplifier
AURA®
LTM64 64- & 128-Channel Amplifier
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