Ultrasound

Affiniti 30

It understands
your everyday
Affiniti 30 ultrasound system specifications

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 1. Introduction
You always go above and beyond to provide the 1.1 Applications
best care to your patients. But you are expected • Abdominal
• Obstetrical
to do so with less time, fewer resources and higher • Fetal echo
patient volume. The care you want to provide • Cerebrovascular
deserves tools that can set you ahead and help • Vascular (peripheral and temporal TCD)
• Abdominal vascular
you stay ahead. • Gynecological and fertility
• Small parts and superficial
• Musculoskeletal
We designed Philips Affiniti 30 to give you the • Pediatric general imaging
confident results you need, in the time you have. • Prostate
• Transesophageal echocardiography
Engineered for efficiency and reliability and (adult, pediatric, fetal)
powered by Philips superb performance, it gets you • Stress echocardiography
• Interventional imaging
diagnostic images you need, quickly – even on the • Contrast imaging
most technically difficult patients. Its intuitive design • Bowel imaging
• Strain elastography
and walk-up usability help you provide elegant,
efficient care – every day.

54.6 cm (21.5 in)

monitor articulates
for easy viewing
and folds down
for transport

Goes to sleep in
two seconds;
back to full Tablet-like
functionality touchscreen
in seconds
Service Request
Elegant control button for
panel, simplified immediate
for ease of use access to
Philips support

Four transducer
ports and
one-handed
transducer access

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 2. System overview

2.1 System architecture

• Supports strain elastography – Contrast imaging uses both pulse inversion and power
• Offers up to 4,718,592 total digital channels modulation technologies
– Ultra-low noise, wide dynamic range, – Supports depths from skin line (using zoom function)
280 dB, digital broadband acoustic beamforming with to 40 cm
proprietary architecture • High precision beam-steered image compounding that
– Powerful distributed multi-core processing architecture acquires more tissue information and reduces angle-
capable of achieving 225 x 109 40-bit Multiply- generated artifacts
Accumulates/second. Includes 512 GB hard drive support • Up to nine lines of sight, obtained by steering the
for transducer frequencies up to 20 MHz ultrasound beam, available on linear, curved and tightly
– Optimized for high definition 54.6 cm (21.5 in) curved arrays and mechanical volume arrays
LED display • WideSCAN capability to expand field of view during
– Operating system supports Windows 10 IoT Enterprise SonoCT imaging
LTSB 2016 • SonoCT capability available during contrast imaging modes
– Designed to support virtually any array configuration: • Performs 350 million calculations per frame of image
sector, linear, curved, tightly curved and TEE data up to 1900 frames per second

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 • Provides XRES capability when in contrast imaging modes • iSCAN intelligent image scanning for one-button TGC and
• Operates in 2D and 2D/CFI/Doppler/TDI mixed modes gain optimization (i.e., adaptive gain compensation – AGC)
up to 1900 frames per second • AutoSCAN with adaptive gain compensation (AGC)
• Doppler bandwidth that automatically adjusts for real-time frame-by-frame TGC optimization
for outstanding flow sensitivity and resolution • Simultaneous 2D M-mode
• Stress protocols with up to ten stages • Color Doppler
• Forty views per stage by five modes • Color Power Angio imaging (CPA) and directional CPA
– Multi-application SmartExam workflow protocols – High resolution option available in relevant clinical
• Stress echo, echo, abdominal, small parts, Ob/Gyn, applications
and vascular applications • Strain-based elastography
• Step-by-step on-screen guidance during exam • High-PRF pulsed wave (PW) Doppler
• Full user customization • Duplex and simultaneous 2D/PW Doppler
• Record function for creation of custom protocols • Duplex continuous wave (CW) Doppler
• Automatic mode switching including 3D • Duplex, color flow, CW Doppler
– Fast system boot up: from off, approximately • Duplex 2D, color flow, PW Doppler
110 seconds • Duplex 2D, CPA, PW Doppler
• Tissue Doppler Imaging (TDI)
• Adaptive Doppler
2.2 Imaging formats • Adaptive Broadband Color Flow
• 2D linear: WideSCAN with SonoCT • Color compare mode
• 2D curved: WideSCAN with SonoCT • Independent triplex mode for simultaneous 2D,
• 2D sector color flow, PW Doppler
• 2D virtual apex sector imaging with wide field of view • Independent triplex mode for simultaneous 2D, CPA,
• 2D trapezoid PW Doppler
• Dual 2D • Dual imaging with:
• 3D full volume – Two work flow choices; single buffer or dual buffer
• 2D, MPR and volume – Mixed mode display with one image live while other
• Dual volume for full volume, 3D zoom and iCrop is frozen, for example, 2D/2D, 2D/color, color/color,
• MaxVue image format color/CPA
– Allows use of entire monitor viewing area for displaying • High definition zoom with pan (write zoom)
image with a push of a button • Reconstructed zoom with pan (read zoom)
– Uses a high-definition resolution and an aspect ratio • Panoramic imaging
of 16:9 • SonoCT panoramic imaging with XRES and harmonic
• Panoramic modes
• Chroma imaging in 2D, 3D, QLAB MPR and iSlice,
Panoramic, M-mode and Doppler modes
2.3 Imaging modes • Dynamic colorization in freehand 3D on C9-4v,
• 2D grayscale imaging with advanced pulse coding, and 3D/4D on V6-2 and 3D9-3v
pulse shaping and frequency compounding technologies • Spatio-Temporal Image Correlation (STIC)
• M-mode
• M-mode color Doppler M-mode
• M-mode tissue Doppler • Available on all imaging transducers
• Anatomical M-mode • Anatomic M-mode available on all imaging transducers
• TDI M-mode • TDI M-mode available in cardiac applications
• 3D imaging • Selectable sweeping rates
• 3D imaging with Color Doppler/CPA/DCPA • Time markers: 0.1 and 0.2 seconds
• 4D imaging • Acquisition zoom capability
• Tissue Harmonic Imaging (THI) with pulse inversion • Selectable display format prospective or retrospective
technology (1/3-2/3, 1/2-1/2, 2/3-1/3, side-by-side, full screen)
• Multivariate Tissue Harmonic Imaging including pulse • Chroma colorization with multiple color maps
inversion technology • Cineloop review for retrospective analysis of M-mode
• SonoCT beam-steered real-time compound imaging data 256 (8 bits) discrete gray levels
• Harmonic SonoCT imaging
• Up to five levels of XRES adaptive image processing 2D imaging
technology • Available with all imaging transducers
– Variable settings available to the user • Adjustable sector width and position during live imaging
• Ability to invert image left and right, top and bottom

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 • Receive gain
• LGC (lateral gain compensation) on cardiac sector
transducers
• Selection between one and eight focal zones
• Dynamic range or echo compression, transducer and Tissue
Specific Presets (TSP)-dependent
• Gray map
• Chroma imaging providing colorized luminance maps
• Acquisition zoom (HD zoom): ability to position the zoom
ROI anywhere within the image and change the height
and width of the zoom ROI
• Display zoom and magnify on live or frozen images
up to 16 times
• Three levels of frame rate
• Support of frame rates of up to 1900 frames per second
• Tissue optimization
• Contrast resolution enhancement
• Tissue Harmonic Imaging
• SonoCT imaging
• Post-processing includes gain, dynamic range, up/down
invert, right/left invert, zoom, gray map and Chroma map
• Live Compare imaging; side-by-side comparison of
2D images where the current live image is compared
to a stored image from the same study • Output power
• WideSCAN imaging • Magnify (range from 0.8X to 8X)
• XRES technology • Scale sector width and position on curved and phased
• Persistence (frame averaging) array transducers
• Grayscale standard display • Simultaneous mode during PW mode
• AutoSCAN with adaptive gain compensation (AGC) • Smoothing
for real-time line-by-line TGC optimization • Variance
• Wall filter
Tissue Harmonic Imaging (THI) • Write priority
• Provides second harmonic processing to reduce artifacts • Zoom
and provides high quality images • Cineloop review with full playback control
• Multivariate pulsing including patented pulse inversion • Advanced motion suppression algorithms adapt to various
phase cancellation technology for increased detail application types to selectively reduce color motion
resolution during harmonic imaging artifacts
• Available in all clinical applications • 256 color bins
• Extends high performance imaging capabilities to all • Post-processing includes baseline, color invert, color map,
patient body types hide color, write priority, blend, variance and zoom
• Support of SonoCT (Harmonic SonoCT) and XRES modes • Parallelogram steering on linear array transducers;
three angles on L12-5 50 and thirty-one angles on L12-4
Color Doppler • Trackball-controlled color Region of Interest:
• Available on all imaging transducers size and position
• Color gain • Maps, filters, color sensitivity, line density, smoothing,
• Region of Interest (ROI) echo write priority, color persistence, gain and baseline
• Freq Opt: fixed transmit/receive frequencies including optimized automatically by exam type or is user-selectable
adaptive flow • Velocity and variance displays
• Seventeen selectable baseline positions for CV, • Color invert in live and frozen imaging
nine selectable baseline positions for GI, WHC • Frequency optimization control for spatial resolution
• Baseline invert and penetration optimization
• B/W suppress • Color and 2D line density control
• Color blending • Automatically adapts transmit and receive bandwidth
• Color compare dual display (B/W on left, color on right) processing based on the color box position, providing
• Color map exceptional sensitivity and color resolution
• Color persistence • Color Doppler PRF maximum 34 KHz, dependent
• Flow optimization: GI, WHC on transducer and clinical application

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 Color Power Angio imaging (CPA) • 256 (8 bits) discrete gray levels
• Automatically adapts transmit and receive bandwidth • Post-processing includes gain, compress, invert, baseline,
processing based on the color box position providing angle correct, Quick angle, display format, sweep speed,
excellent sensitivity and color resolution reject, Chroma map
• Highly sensitive mode for small vessel visualization • Available on all imaging transducers
• Available on all imaging transducers for general imaging • Adjustable sample volume size: 1.0-20 mm
and women’s healthcare (transducer-dependent)
• Cineloop review • Simultaneous or duplex mode of operation
• Multiple color maps • Simultaneous 2D, color Doppler, pulsed Doppler
• Individual controls for gain, filters, sensitivity, echo write • High-PRF capability in all modes including duplex,
priority and color invert simultaneous duplex and triplex
• Adjustable CPA Region of Interest: size and position • PRF range between 200 Hz-34 KHz, depending on
• User-selectable persistence transducer and clinical application
• User-selectable blending on/off • 50 dB or more gain available to the user, depending
• Cineloop review with full playback control on clinical application
• Advanced motion suppression algorithms adapt to various • iSCAN optimization that automatically adjusts scale
application types to selectively eliminate virtually all color and baseline
motion artifacts
• 256 color bins Steerable continuous wave (CW) Doppler
• Post-processing includes hide CPA, write priority, invert, • Available on all cardiac applications using sector
DCPA map, blend and zoom transducers
• Parallelogram steering on linear array transducers; • Steerable through 90° sector
three angles on L12-5 50 and thirty-one angles on L12-4 • Maximum velocity range: 19 m/sec
• Trackball-controlled color Region of Interest: (transducer-dependent)
size and position • iSCAN optimization that automatically adjusts scale
• Maps, filters, color sensitivity, line density, smoothing, and baseline
echo write priority, color persistence, gain and baseline
optimized automatically by exam type or is user-selectable Tissue Doppler Imaging (TDI/TDI PW)
• Velocity and variance displays • Available on all cardiac imaging transducers
• Color invert in live and frozen imaging • Frame rate control: high frame rate acquisition of tissue
• Frequency optimization control for spatial resolution motion (up to 240 fps)
and penetration optimization • TDI gain, TGC and LGC compatible
• Color and 2D line density control • TDI Opt: optimized transmit and receive frequencies
• CPA PRF maximum 34 KHz, dependent on transducer • Eight maps
and clinical application • TDI M-mode and TDI-PW available, dependent
on transducer and clinical application
Spectral Doppler
• Display annotations including Doppler mode, scale 3D/4D and MPR imaging (hybrid transducers)
(cm/sec) Nyquist limit, wall filter setting, gain, acoustic • Support of 4D imaging up to 36 volumes per second
output status, sample volume size, normal/inverted, angle • Volume display with surface rendering (transparency,
correction, grayscale curve brightness and lighting controls)
• Ultra-high resolution millisecond spectral FFT rate • Volume display with TrueVue volume rendering with
• Angle correction with automatic velocity scale adjustment light position controls
• Adjustable velocity display ranges • Volume display with TrueVue Glass volume rendering
• Nine position shifts (including 0) with light position controls
• Normal/invert display around horizontal zero line • Multiplanar reconstruction (MPR) view display
• Five selectable sweep speeds: Min, Slow, Medium, • Specialized algorithms and maps increase
Fast and Max three-dimensional display
• Selectable low-frequency signal filtering with adjustable • aReveal automatically sculpts away data proximal
wall filter settings to the fetal face by recognizing the geometry of the skull
• Selectable grayscale curve for optimal display • Cropping tools on both volume and multiplanar
• Selectable Chroma colorization maps reconstruction (MPR) views
• Selectable display format prospective or retrospective – • Slice control on MPR and volume displays
1/3-2/3, 1/2-1/2, 2/3-1/3, side-by-side, full screen • Supported by SonoCT and XRES modes to reduce
• Steering available to up to 90° (+/- 45°), dependent noise artifacts
on transducer and clinical application • Tilt feature offered on the 3D9-3v provides incremental
• Doppler review for retrospective analysis lateral steering of the 2D image plane to the right or left
of Doppler data

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 3. System controls
Philips common user experience provides readily accessible and logically
grouped primary controls along with an easy-to-learn graphical user interface.

3.1 Optimization controls

2D grayscale imaging • Operates in conjunction with SonoCT imaging
• Smart TGC: pre-defined TGC curves optimized • Provides high resolution algorithms for advanced
for consistently excellent imaging with minimal speckle noise reduction, refined tissue pattern
TGC adjustment displays and fine border definition
• Lateral gain compensation (LGC) and Smart LGC • Provides high speed processing that allows
for cardiac sector transducers up to 1900-frames-per-second displays
• Adjustable temporal resolution and spatial resolution • Five different levels available, dependent
with DRS control on transducer and clinical application
• Depth: adjustment from 2.0 to 40 cm depending
on transducer and exam Live volume imaging (GI/WHC)
• Selection between one and eight transmit focal zones • Single sweep 3D, 4D, STIC
• 16-level digital reconstructed zoom with pan capability • 3D preview ROI size and position
• High definition zoom that concentrates all image • 3D preview ROI curve adjust
processing power into a user-defined area of interest; • Sector width
possible to combine high definition zoom with pan zoom • Angle
• Cineloop image review • Res/speed control
• Selectable 2D compression settings • Grayscale imaging controls
• Tissue aberration correction • 2D optimization settings
• Sector size and steering control for sector and curved • 2D color optimization settings
array image formats • 2D power optimization settings
• Selectable 2D line density with DRS control • Tissue Harmonic Imaging
• Dual imaging with either independent cineloop buffers • Rotate X, Y, Z
or split-screen imaging • Slice
• Dual imaging with color compare • ROI size and position
• Dual imaging with fundamental optimization • ROI curve adjust
• Chroma imaging with multiple color maps • Pointer trim adjust
• 256 (8 bits) discrete gray levels • Pointer xHair move
• 2D acquisition frame rate up to 1900 frames/sec • Pointer cine
(dependent on field of view, depth and angle) • Edit/accept
• Hide volume
SonoCT real-time compound imaging • Up/down invert
• Available on all transducers except sector • QuickFlip
• Reduced clutter and artifacts • 3D rotate: 0°, 180°, 90°, 270°
• Automatic selection of the number of steering angles • 3D view control: up, down, left, right, front, back
based on the user-selected resolution/frame rate • Reset orientation
(Res/Speed) condition • Tilt feature on 3D9-3v transducer
• Up to nine lines of sight automatically adjusted via • Magnify
DRS control • 3D vision control
• Operates in conjunction with Tissue Harmonic Imaging, • Light position controls
volume modes, panoramic imaging and duplex Doppler (x, y and depth with TrueVue and TrueVue Glass)
• Operates in conjunction with XRES • Preset light position controls
• Available in contrast modes • Dynamic volume colorization
• Available with WideSCAN format during 2D imaging • Chroma colorization
for extended field-of-view operation • Layout
• Reference
XRES adaptive image processing • XRES technology
• Available on all imaging transducers • Zoom
• Reduces speckle noise and enhances border definition • Show/hide echo or color
• Available in contrast modes • Reset controls (including light position)
• Available in all imaging modes including color flow • Pan
and Doppler • Sculpt

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 • Threshold • Tissue Specific Presets – adjusts over 7,500
• Brightness parameters during transducer/application selection
• Smoothing • Patient optimization – adjusts 2D performance
• Lighting to immediately adapt to different patient sizes
• Transparency • Flow optimization – adjusts broadband flow performance
• xHair display to immediately adapt to different flow states
• Save volume in native or native loop • Dynamic resolution system (DRS) – one control adjusts
• Acquisition sweep save nearly 40 parameters simultaneously for user preference
• MPR sweep save of spatial resolution or temporal resolution during clinical
• Generic distance and area measurements available procedures
on rendered volumes • One control optimizes functions such as:
• Distance and area measurements on MPRs – Line density
• QLAB plug-ins, including GI 3DQ – Persistence
– Pulse inversion harmonics
Tissue aberration correction (TAC) – Synthetic aperture
• Automatically enabled when ABD maximum penetration – Number of lines of sight (SonoCT)
TSP is selected on C6-2 transducer – RF interpolation
– Corrects for speed of sound disturbances due – Parallel beamforming
to excessive adipose layer on obese patients
• User selections with the L12-5 50 for breast and MSK TSPs
– Corrects for speed of sound disturbances in fatty tissue 3.2 Control panel
• Easy-to-learn graphical user interface with reduced
iSCAN intelligent image optimization number of hard controls
• One-touch image optimization • Primary controls concentrated in cluster around trackball
– In 2D mode, one-button automatic adjustment of system • Tri-state control panel lighting (active, available,
gain and TGC to achieve balanced brightness of tissues and unavailable)
• Available in contrast imaging for selected transducers • Ambient lighting control for exceptional image viewing
and applications in both light and dark environments
– Independent settings based upon whether the contrast • Full-color 12-inch capacitive touchscreen, complete with
timer is active swipe technology, enables easy navigation of controls and
• In Doppler mode, one-button automatic adjustment of: system interaction
– Doppler PRF based on detected velocity • Dual function mode switch and independent gain controls
– Doppler baseline based on detected flow direction for 2D, CPA, M-mode, Color, PW, CW Doppler, TDI and 3D
• Available on all imaging transducers • Eight-slide pot control adjustment of TGC curve
• Operates in conjunction with SonoCT and XRES imaging • iSCAN control for 2D/Doppler automatic optimization
• AutoSCAN continuous automatic optimization • High definition/pan zoom control
• Adaptive gain compensation (AGC) dynamically adjusts • Dual mode control
(every pixel on every scan line) low level 2D echoes to • Freeze control
reduce gain artifacts (shadows/through transmission) • Three programmable acquire controls
and enhance image uniformity with 2D and 3D imaging

AutoSCAN intelligent image optimization 3.3 Touchscreen

• Continuous, real-time adjustment of system gain • Widescreen touchscreen for dynamic presentation
and TGC to achieve balanced brightness of tissues of controls
– When activated, applies gain balancing to all • Workflow-related controls (Patient, Review, Report,
grayscale image data including 2D, 3D and M-mode End Exam, Help) always present on touchscreen
grayscale data • Direct selection of any attached transducer
– Every image frame has individually adjusted • Automatic or manual selection of Tissue Specific
image brightness Presets parameters
– Available from 2D touchscreen controls • Tabbed layout and swipe capability for quick access
to hidden controls
iOPTIMIZE intelligent image optimization • Touchscreen control adjustment of LGC and TGC curve
Multiple technologies for one-button approach with simultaneous display of image on touchscreen
to automatically and immediately adjust system to enhance ergonomics and reduce user steps
performance for different patient sizes, flow states, • Touchscreen alphanumeric keyboard for text entry
and clinical requirements.

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 4.4 aBiometry Assist 4.6 Volume imaging solutions for
• aBiometry Assist utilizes anatomical intelligence connected radiology departments
technology for automatic measurements of the most • Customizable to your workflow
commonly used fetal biometry parameters BPD, OFD, • Fast, one-button press volume acquisition and on-cart review
HC, AC and FL • Advanced volume and MPR visualization with QLAB GI 3DQ
– iSlice and thick slice on cart
4.5 Stress echo • Capability to export freehand, electronic and hybrid
acquired 3D grayscale data for visualization on most
• Acquisition of echocardiography single frame or loops PACS in a stacked “fly-through” manner (like CT/MR)
of the left ventricle in any imaging mode including 2D, color • Powerful 3D manipulation tools including volume
and spectral Doppler rendering, MPR, MIP, slab viewing (thick slice),
• Gain Save that adjusts automatically to different views and 3D orientation graphics
automatically saves your preferred control settings, such as • Advanced 3D visualization with QLAB GI 3DQ including
gain, depth, ROI, position and many other parameters: ability to handle 3D color flow
– For each view while acquiring resting images • Orientation labels feature for spatial orientation
– At immediate post-exercise, automatic retrieval of saved of 3D data sets
settings for each view – Adult orientation labels for non-fetal applications
– Different gain profiles for parasternal LAX and SAX – Fetal orientation labels for fetal applications
views, AP4 and AP2 views allowed • MPR export capability
• Length of acquired images that is user-adjustable between – Ability to export A, B and C planes as a multiframe
1 and 180 seconds loop for review on a DICOM device
• Ability to acquire routine cardiac images in timed and – Available on all transducers, but not supported
R-R interval clip (varies with selected compression ratio for any STIC files
and available system memory)
• For timed acquisition, the ability to start acquisition on
the R-wave if the ECG is active and an R-wave is present 4.7 QuickSAVE feature
• Your preferred control settings automatically saved – • The system provides the ability to quickly save preferred
such as MI (mechanical index), gain and depth for each system settings as individual exam types
view while acquiring resting images • Over 40 QuickSAVE exams can be created per transducer
• Live Compare • Saved parameters include virtually all imaging parameters
• Ability to defer selection by stage as well as color box size
• Default stress protocols • QuickSAVE exams can be copied to USB/DVD and
– Factory-provided non-editable default protocols include: transferred to other systems of like configuration
– Two-stage exercise stress • Factory default exam types can be hidden, allowing only
– Four-stage pharmacological stress display of the QuickSAVE exam types
– Three-stage exercise stress (bicycle)
• Default protocols that may be used as the basis
for user-defined versions 4.8 Image presentation
– Support between 1 and 10 stages
• Up/down
– Support user-defined stage names
• Left/right
– Support between 1 and 40 views per stage
• Multiple duplex image formats (1/3-2/3, 1/2-1/2, 2/3-1/3,
– Support user-defined view names
50/50 and full screen)
– Prompt for a particular stage and view
• MaxVue image format
– Assign stage and view names
– Allows use of entire monitor viewing area for displaying
– Set clip length for each image or group of images
image with a push of a button
– Set the number of cycles/beats for each image
– Uses a high-definition resolution and an aspect ratio of 16:9
– Define prospective, retrospective, or multi-cycle/
• Depth from 1 cm to 40 cm (transducer-dependent)
full disclosure acquisition
– Define the capture format of each image or group
of images 4.9 Cineloop review
– Define the default replay mode for each protocol
• Acquisition, storage in local memory, and display in real-time
– Set mode acquisition for each view
and duplex modes of up to 2,200 frames of 2D and color
– Support for up to five modes
images, up to 64 seconds of Doppler data and M-mode
– Save user-defined protocols within a preset
for retrospective review and image selection, or up to 48
– Save user-defined protocols to removable media for
seconds CW for retrospective review and image selection
import onto separate systems at the same software level
• Prospective or retrospective loop acquire “accept” prior to
– Modify protocols during use
store or clip store
– Add stages at any point after the current stage
• Trackball control of image selection
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 • Variable playback speed • Printing
• Trim capability of 2D data – Printing of images in configurable N-up format to local
• Available in all imaging modes plus: plain paper printers
– Panoramic imaging – Page report print
– 3D imaging – DICOM grayscale or color print
– Independent control of 2D image or spectral • Media storage and retrieval
data in duplex mode – Export DICOM Image and structured report export
– Simultaneous control of 2D and spectral data to removable media
in simultaneous mode – Export PC format image export to removable media
• On-screen display of current 2D frame number – Export PDF report to removable media
• Many controls available in cineloop review for – Supported media
post-processing such as 2D gain, dynamic range/ – Read and write (single session) to CD (CD+R)
compress, XRES, magnify zoom – DVD read-only (DVD+R)
– DVD read + write (single session) (DVD+RW)
– USB storage (flash memory or hard drives)
4.10 Exam management features – Export PC format images and loops to network share
• Internal storage – Export PDF report to network share
• Data export – DICOM image import
• Temporary ID feature – Ultrasound images
– One-click start of exam from patient data entry screen – OB trending data
with system-provided information – Export OB trending information via USB storage device
– Storage of images that were created without a patient – Import OB trending information via USB storage device
name with a temporary identification – Export and import of trending data is compatible with iU22
– Patient identification via bar code reader • RS-232 serial storage
– Export of report data to off-line analysis computer
Rapid Procedure Setup programs
• With a single selection, choose transducer, preset, study • Basic networking connectivity
type, study description and optionally gender – Wired gigabit Ethernet
• Procedure definitions are built-in for built-in study types – Wireless networking
• Additional procedure definitions may be added by the user – 2x2 second-generation IEEE802.11ac Wave 2 wireless adapter
• Procedure may be automatically selected based on – Dual bands (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz)
modality Worklist scheduled procedure information – Supported data rates
– 802.11ac 6.5-867 Mbps
– 802.11n 6.5-300 Mbps
4.11 Connectivity – 802.11g 6-54 Mbps
Standard connectivity features – 802.11b 1-11 Mbps
• Digital image acquisition and on-board patient exam storage – 802.11a 6-54 Mbps
– Direct digital storage of B/W and color loops • Features include:
to internal hard disk drives – MU-MIMO with two spatial streams transmit beamforming
– Combined 512 GB storage capacity – Fast channel switch (1 ms within band and 2 ms across bands
– Storage capacity of approximately 350 patient exams – High-density modulation (up to 256-QAM)
(assuming 40 images, 6 seconds of clips and reports – Low-density parity check (LDPC)
per exam) – Maximum ratio combining (MRC)
– Fully integrated user interface – Rx space time block code (STBC)
– User-configurable “auto delete” capability – Offloading for minimal host utilization at 802.11ac speeds
– On-screen recall, measurement and text editing – Compliant with iEEE802.11 d, e, j and i amendments
– Exam directory – Wireless security
– Append exam – WPA2 Personal
– To existing study – WPA2 Enterprise EAP-TLS, PEAP/MS-CHAPv2,
– To new study using existing patient information PEAP/EAP-TLS
• Data types
– 2D, M-mode, Doppler spectral frame acquisition NetLink connectivity option
– 2D clip acquisition up to 2,200 frames per clip • Supported DICOM services
– Scrolling M-mode, Doppler acquisition – Image storage
– Cartisian volume acquisition: 3D, 4D, STIC – Structured Report (SR) storage includes Ob/Gyn,
– MPR views vascular, adult echo, pediatric echo, fetal echo,
– Q-Apps frames and clips and congenital cardiology

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 – Modality Worklist with automatic patient demographic entry Configurable Federal Information Processing Standard
– Modality Performed Procedure Step (MPPS) (FIPS) selection
– Storage commitment push model • Configurable option to provide up-to-date security features
– Query/retrieve of ultrasound images (study-root) while fully hardening the system for patient data protection
• Image and structured report export to network storage servers • Option also fully removes the capability for creating or
– Send images after each Print/Acquire configuring any VPN functionality
– Send images at End of Exam (batch send) • Antivirus protection
– Send images and report on-demand during exam • Malware protection
– Send images or exams manually • In-memory protection
– Send to up to 5 storage SCP’s concurrently • USB/DVD protection
(at End Exam or after each Print/Acquire) • •nternet firewall protection
– Independently configurable destinations for each • OS security
acquisition control (e.g., Acquire1, Acquire2, Save 3D, etc.) • Custom-configurable password
• DICOM compression options
– Uncompressed (Explicit VR Little Endian, Implicit VR Report
Little Endian) • Report templates per clinical exam
– JPEG lossy compression (loops) with configurable • User-configurable report
quality factor 60-100 • Off-cart report configuration tool available
– RLE lossless compression • On-cart report configuration
– JPEG lossless compression (frames)
• Other DICOM export options Collaboration Live option
– Monochrome or true color • Provides ultrasound system users with the ability to
– Configurable image size/loop export 640 x 480 communicate and collaborate with colleagues or with Philips
or 800 x 600 or 1,024 x 768 technical and clinical support personnel with diagnostic
– Secure DICOM configurable confidence, directly from the ultrasound system
– Grayscale mapping choices – Video two-way video streaming
– DICOM Grayscale Standard Display Function (GSDF) – Audio two-way audio
– 25 additional grayscale curves, user-selectable – Text two-way instant message
– Export optimization tool to aid user in evaluating PACS – Remote visual asset display JPEG, PNG, MP4, OBJ 17
display monitor calibration and in selecting which – Screen-sharing Web RTC
grayscale curve to use for exported images – Display qualification screen
– Native data attached to DICOM ultrasound images – Network bandwidth indicator
(lossless compressed) – Mobile access with iOS, Android and Chrome web browser
– 2D native data types: tissue, flow, tissue Doppler,
spectral Doppler, M-mode and elastography Core security features
– 3D volume data including crop, resize, gain, • Internet firewall protection
compression, colorize, color suppress, B/W suppress, • OS hardening
XRES and 3D quantification • Media export security
– Ultrasound region calibration (standard for ultrasound images)
– Pixel spacing attribute for measurement calibration (optional) Government security option
– De-identification feature Option fully removes the capability for creating or configuring
– DICOM query/retrieve of other modality images remote service functionality.
(CT/MRI/X-ray/mammography/PET)
– Send images to PACS and media without identifying SafeGuard security option
information burned in to the image Configurable option for enabling state of the art computer
– Images exported to media may optionally have patient whitelisting protection against virus or malware for maximum
information removed from DICOM attributes or PC format names system protection.
– All pages sent to DICOM printer have patient • Malware protection
identification overlay – not configurable • In-memory protection
• All pages sent to local printers are configurable
to include or exclude patient identification overlay Security Plus option
• DICOM mapping for user-defined measurements, Configurable option to provide up-to-date security features
calculations and OB authors for system and patient data protection.
• Support of the export of user-defined measurements, • Configurable access levels
calculations and OB authors with standard DICOM structure • Hard drive encryption
reporting for: • Local and remote (LDAP) user management
– Adult echo – Vascular – Pediatric echo – TCD • Custom-configurable password policies
– Fetal echo – Abdominal – Small parts – Ob/Gyn • Custom-configurable login/legal banner
• Audit log export
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 5. Transducers
5.1 Transducer selection Curved array
• Electronic switching of transducers using four universal C6-2 broadband curved array
connectors • 6 to 2 MHz extended operating frequency range
• Dedicated (Pedoff) continuous wave Doppler connector • End-fire sector, 50 mm radius of curvature, 72° field
is available of view (wide scan enabled)
• Automatic parameter optimization of each transducer for • High density curved array with 128 elements
exam type through Tissue Specific Presets (TSP) software • Steerable pulsed, High-PRF and color Doppler;
• If two transducers are connected that both support the and Color Power Angio (CPA), directional CPA, SonoCT,
same TSP, the system supports instantaneous switching variable XRES and mulitvariate harmonic imaging
between transducers while maintaining current depth • General purpose abdominal (adult and pediatric,
parameter if possible including vascular), bowel, obstetrical, gynecological,
• User-customizable imaging presets for each transducer prostate and interventional applications
• Automatic dynamic receive focal optimization • Intervention application
• Transmission of focal characteristics automatically • Contrast mode
controlled through TSP, focal control and DRS functions • Supports biopsy guide capabilities

Compact transducers C8-5 broadband curved array

• Ergonomic designs with lightweight super-flexible cables • 8 to 5 MHz extended operating frequency range
• Fully contained pinless style direct electrical contact points • End-fire sector, 14 mm radius of curvature, 122° field
• Advanced low-loss lens technology for penetration of view (wide scan enabled)
with less artifacts • Steerable pulsed wave and color Doppler, Color Power
• Breakthrough broadband frequency response Angio (CPA), directional CPA, SonoCT and XRES imaging
• Advanced micro-electronics in linear, curved, tightly • Vascular, pediatric abdominal and neonatal
curved, sector and hybrid volume array configurations cephalic imaging
• High-precision automated volume transducers • Supports biopsy guide capabilities

C9-4v broadband curved array

• 9 to 4 MHz extended operating frequency range
• End-fire sector, 10 mm radius of curvature, 181° field
of view (wide scan enabled)
• Steerable pulsed wave and color Doppler, Color
Power Angio (CPA), directional CPA, SonoCT, XRES,
and harmonic imaging
• Endocavitary applications, including urology
• Contrast mode
• Supports biopsy guide capabilities
Transducers with compact connectors
Ergonomic designs with lightweight super-flexible cables.

Full range for general imaging applications. Designed for women’s healthcare applications.

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 Volume array
3D9-3v broadband curved array • Elastography – strain-based
• 9 to 3 MHz extended operating frequency range • Contrast mode
• 164° field of view (wide scan enabled) • Panoramic imaging
• Support of high resolution 2D imaging • Pediatric application
• Support of high resolution, quantitative, single sweep • High frame rates available
3D volume acquisitions (hybrid and freehand) • Precision biopsy support compatible with CIVCO Verza
• Steerable pulsed wave and color Doppler, Color guidance system
Power Angio, Directional CPA, SonoCT, XRES,
and harmonic imaging
• Endovaginal obstetrical and GYN applications
Sector array
• Supports biopsy guide capabilities S4-2 broadband sector array
• 4 to 2 MHz extended operating frequency range
V6-2 broadband curved array • Phased array, 80 elements
• 6 to 2 MHz extended operating frequency range • 2D, CW, steerable pulsed wave, High-PRF and color
• Steerable pulsed wave and color Doppler; Color Power Doppler, tissue Doppler, variable XRES, AutoSCAN/iSCAN
Angio (CPA), Directional CPA, SonoCT, variable XRES, and harmonic imaging
harmonic imaging and STIC • Adult echo, abdominal, pediatric echo and TCD applications
• End-fire sector, 55 mm radius of curvature, 89° field • Coronary color Doppler
of view (wide scan enabled) • Supports biopsy guide capabilities
• Support of high resolution 2D imaging
• Support of high resolution, quantitative, single sweep S8-3 sector array
3D volume acquisition • 8 to 3 MHz extended operating frequency range
• Comprehensive obstetrical volume applications and • Phased array, 96 elements
general purpose abdominal volume application • 2D, steerable PW Doppler, CW Doppler, High-PRF Doppler,
• Supports biopsy guide capabilities color Doppler, tissue Doppler, advanced variable XRES,
and harmonic imaging
• Adult, fetal and pediatric echo cardiac applications,
Linear array pediatric abdomen, neonatal head application
L12-4 broadband linear array • Coronary color and PW Doppler
• 12 to 4 MHz extended operating frequency range
• Fine angle steering of color and pulsed wave Doppler X7-2t xMATRIX array TEE with PureWave crystal technology
• Steerable pulsed wave and color Doppler, Color Power • 7 to 2 MHz extended operating frequency range
Angio (CPA), SonoCT, panoramic, variable XRES, • Transesophageal xMATRIX array transducer with
and harmonic imaging 2,500 elements
• Vascular (carotid, arterial and venous), intervention, bowel, • 2D, advanced variable XRES, harmonic imaging,
MSK and small parts and superficial imaging applications M-mode, color M-mode, color flow, PW Doppler,
• Cerebrovascular (carotids, vertebrals), peripheral CW Doppler
• Physical dimensions:
vascular (venous, arterial), internal mammary vessels,
– Tip: 1.7 x 3.8 cm (0.7 x 1.5 in) Wx L
and musculoskeletal imaging
– Shaft: 1 cm (0.4 in) diameter, 1 m (39.4 in) L
• Surgical application
• Electronically rotatable array from 0° to 180°
• Contrast mode
• Electrocautery suppression
• Supports biopsy guide capabilities
• Adult TEE applications: patients >30 kg (66 lb)

L12-5 50 broadband linear array

• 12 to 5 MHz extended operating frequency range Non-imaging
• Fine pitch, 256 element, high resolution linear array
D2cwc CW transducer (Pedoff)
• Steerable pulsed wave and color Doppler, Color Power
• Dedicated 2 MHz continuous wave Doppler
Angio (CPA), SonoCT, variable XRES and harmonic imaging
• Adult cardiology applications
• High resolution superficial applications including small parts,
breast, vascular, musculoskeletal and bowel imaging
D5cwc CW transducer (Pedoff)
• Tissue aberration correction selection for advanced MSK
• Dedicated 5 MHz continuous wave Doppler
and breast imaging TSP
• Deep venous and arterial applications

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5.2 Transducer
application
guide

Transducer C6-2 C8-5 C9-4v 3D9-3v V6-2 L12-4 L12-5 50

Tightly Tightly Tightly
Type of array Curved Curved Linear Linear
curved curved curved
Number of elements 128 128 128 128 192 128 256
Scanplane aperture 63.7 mm 22.4 mm 26.2 mm 26.1 mm 63.4 mm 34 mm 50 mm
Field of view 72˚ 122˚ 181˚ 130˚
Volume field of view 156˚ x 85˚ 100˚ x 85˚
Broadband frequency range 6-2 MHz 8-5 MHz 9-4 MHz 9-3 MHz 6-2 MHz 12-4 MHz 12-5 MHz
Application Exam type
Abdominal General 

Renal 

Bowel   

Vascular 

Penetration 

Resolution
Intervention 

Obstetrics Early OB    

General OB     

NT  

Penetration 

Fetal Early fetal heart

Fetal heart    

Gynecology Pelvis   

Fertility  

Penetration  

Cardiology Adult
Pediatric
Epicardial
Epiaortic
Vascular Carotid   

Arterial   

Venous   

TCD
Intraoperative
Intervention 

Superficial  

Pediatric Abdomen    

Hip  

Neonatal cephalic  

Small parts Superficial  

General 

Thyroid 

Testicle 

Breast  

Musculoskeletal Superficial 

General  

Urology Prostate 

Bladder  

Renal
Biopsy guide       

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 6. Measurements and analysis
6.1 Measurement tools and – General imaging trace tool generates PSV (peak systolic
velocity), EDV (end diastolic velocity), MDV (minimum
general description diastolic velocity), TAPV (time averaged peak velocity),
• 2D distance TAMV (time averaged mean velocity), RI (resistive index),
• 2D circumference/area by ellipse, continuous trace, PI (pulsatility index), S/D (systole/diastole) ratio,
trace by points and heart rate
• Auto conversion of distance to ellipse • Time/slope measurements in Doppler and M-mode
• 2D curved-linear distance • High Q automatic Doppler analysis (general imaging only)
• 2D angle: intersection of two lines – Automatically calculates PSV, EDV, MDV, TAPV, TAMV,
• In 2D, three distance or distance and ellipse tools RI, PI, S/D ratio and heart rate
to calculate volume – Functions in live or frozen imaging
• In 2D, hip angle tool and d:D ratio tool • RA (right atrium systolic) Pressure tool
• In 2D, percent area reduction and percent diameter • Stiffness measurement available in elastography
reduction tools applications
• In 2D, Simpson tool calculate LV (left ventricle) area
and volume
• In 2D, area-length tool used to calculate LA (left atrium)
6.1.1 Auto Measure
area and volume Powered by artificial intelligence, the fully automated
• In 2D, biplane volume calculation Doppler and 2D distance measurements improve exam
• In 2D, comparison tool available efficiencies by more than 50% of time saving on cardiac
in elastography applications measurements for everyday echo. With capability to
• PISA calculation available in cardiac applications accept, edit or decline the results.
• 3D: ellipse and distance on 2 MPR views
• 3D: stacked contours on one MPR 2D Measurements
• M-mode distance (depth, time, slope) • Left Heart
• M-mode heart rate calculation – Intraventricular Septum diameter (IVSd)
• Manual Doppler distance – Left Ventricular Septal diameter (LVIDd)
• Auto conversion of distance to ellipse – Left Ventricular Posterior Wall dimension (LVPWd)
• 2D trace by points – Left Ventricular Internal dimension systole (LVIDs)
• 2D distance (micro calipers) – Aortic Root Diameter (AoR Diam)
• 2D Simpson’s – Ascending Aortic Diameter (Asc Ao Diam)
• Generic angle – Left Ventricular Outflow Track Diameter (LVOT Diam)
• 3 distance volume – Aortic Sinus diameter (Ao Sinus Diam)
• Distance and ellipse volume – Aortic Sinus Tube Junction Diameter (Ao STJ Diam)
• Diameter percent reduction • Right Heart
• Area percent reduction – Right Ventricular Base (RV Base)
• Hip angle – Right Ventricular Mid (RV Mid)
• d:D ratio – Right Ventricular Length (RV Length)
• Size compare – Right Ventricular Annulus (RV Annulus)
• Doppler peak velocity
• Doppler two calipers tool Doppler Measurements
• Doppler continue trace • MV Peak E Vel
• Doppler trace by points • MV Peak A Vel
• Cardiac dP/dt • MV Inflow (macro measurement)
• Volume flow – MV Peak E Vel
• Color aliasing velocity – MV Peak A Vel
• Manual data entry • Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Velocity time integral
• RA pressure (LVOT VTI)
• 3D stacked ellipses • Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Maximum Velocity
• 3D auto stacked contours (LVOT Vmax)
• Manual Doppler trace • Aortic Valve Velocity Time Integral (AV VTI)
– Cardiac trace tool generates Vmean, Vmax, MeanPG, • Aortic Valve Velocity Maximum (AV Vmax)
MaxPG, VTI • Pulmonic Valve Velocity Time Intergral (PV VTI)
• Pulmonic Valve Velocity Maximum (PV Vmax)
• Tricuspid Regurgitation Velocity Maximum (TR Vmax)
• Mitral valve lateral annulus E’ velocity (Lat E’ Vel)
• Mitral valve lateral annulus A’ velocity (Lat A’ Vel)

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 6.3 High Q automatic Doppler analysis • Vascular analysis
– Right and left carotid artery protocols
• Automatic real-time and retrospective tracing of: – ICA/CCA ratio
– Immediate peak velocity – Bilateral lower extremity arterial and venous labels
– Immediate intensity-weighted mean velocity – Bilateral upper extremity arterial and venous labels
• Automatic real-time display of (user-selectable up to six): – Percent diameter and area reduction
– Volume flow – Vascular graft measurement package
– Time-averaged peak velocity – User comments
– Time-averaged mean velocity – High Q automatic Doppler analysis
– Resistive index • OB analysis
– Pulsatility index – Fetal echo application
– Systolic/diastolic ratio – Fetal biometry (up to quintuplets)
– Acceleration/deceleration times – Biophysical profile
– Illustrated High Q – Amniotic fluid index
– Early gestation
6.4 Clinical option analysis packages – Fetal long bones
– Fetal cranium
• Cardiac analysis – Other OB measurements
– Left atrium – 2D echo
– Right atrium – Fetal heart M-mode
– Right ventricle – Fetal Doppler
– Left ventricle – Fetal echo
– TAVI (transcatheter aortic valve implantation) • aBiometry Assist A.I.
– Valve stenosis • Gynecology/fertility
– Prosthetic aortic valve – Uterine volume
– Prosthetic mitral valve – Right and left ovary volumes
– TAPSE (tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion) – Right and left follicles (10)
– MAPSE (mitral annular plane systolic excursion) – Endometrial thickness
– PCWP (pulmonary capillary wedge pressure – Cervical length
or pulmonary artery occlusion pressure) • Abdominal vascular
– Stress echo measurements in various stages – Labels for all major abdominal arteries and veins
– MPI (or TEI index) – Left and right segmentation for kidneys
– Volume by area/length method • General imaging
– M-mode ejection fraction (via Teichholz – General
or cubed method) – User-defined labels
– Novel 3-point adjustable Simpson’s template • Prostate
– Simpson’s biplane and single plane volume – Prostate gland
and ejection fraction • Pediatric
– Area, length, volume and ejection fraction – General
– LV mass – d:D ratio
– 2D all points • Small parts
– M-mode all points – General
– Peak velocity – Breast with right and left protocols
– Maximum and mean pressure gradients for up to five lesions per breast
– Pressure half time – Testicle
– E/A ratio – Testicle volume
– D/E slope – EPI head, body, tail
– Continuity equation • Urology
– Diastolic function – Prostate, PSA, PSA density
– Cardiac output
– Acceleration time
– Heart rate

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 Sustainability Physio
The Affiniti 30 ultrasound system with improved • One 3-lead ECG input
functionality and ergonomics has compact imaging and – Gain, sweep rate and display position controls
processing core hardware, which allows for a reduced cart – Automatic heart rate calculation and display
footprint and reduction in overall body size. The system – Fault condition display
shows significant reduction (37%) in power consumption* – Cineloop locator displayed on one ECG input from
by a re-architected system design which requires fewer an ECG source like stress ECG or ECG monitor
circuit boards and a more efficient power supply subsystem.

Energy Peripherals
• On mode: 268 W • The system supports up to two on-board peripheral
• Off mode: 6 W devices (excluding report printers)
• Energy usage/year*: 1008.9 kWh – Small or large format digital B/W printer (USB)
• Power for battery charging: 24 W • Support for large-format external B/W or color printer
• Support for various Hewlett-Packard, Epson and Xerox
Packaging brand color and monochrome report printers (USB,
• Total weight: 51.5 kg externally mounted)
• Cardboard/paper: 13.4 kg
• Plastic: 2.3 kg
• Ferro metal: 0.6 kg Input/output ports
• Wood: 35.2 kg • Export of measurement and analysis data to off-line
• Certified wood: 100% SFI reporting software packages (USB) and RS-232
• Display port video export available for either full-screen
Substances resolution of 1920x1080 (1080p), display area 1024x768
• RoHS-2-compliant VGA, or S-Video in NTSC or PAL format

Eco passport
Power requirements and video parameters
• Philips Green Product
• 100-240 V, 50 Hz/60 Hz – PAL/NTSC
• Power consumption: up to 450 watts
Monitor
• Flat panel LED display monitor Electrical safety standards
– 54.6 cm (21.5 in) wide-format high-definition flat panel
• Electromechanical Safety Standards met
TFT/IPS display
– CAN/CSA 22.2 No. 60601-1, Medical Electrical
– High contrast ratio >1000:1
Equipment: General requirements for basic safety
– Extended viewing angle >178° (horizontal and vertical)
and essential performance
– Response time: <14 ms
– IEC 60601-1, Medical Electrical Equipment: General
– Virtually flicker-free technology
requirements for basic safety and essential performance
– Mounted on fully articulating extension arm
– IEC 60601-1-2, Collateral Standard, Electromagnetic
– Two-way articulation
compatibility – requirements and tests
– IEC 60601-2-37, Particular Requirements for the basic
Control panel safety and essential performance of ultrasonic medical
diagnostic and monitoring equipment
• Articulation facilitates nearly infinite positioning
– ANSI/AAMI ES60601-1, Medical Electrical Equipment:
adjustments for optimum scanning ergonomics:
General requirements for basic safety and essential
height, swivel and tilt
performance
– Up and down 20.3 cm/8 in
• Electromechanical Safety Standards met (EU Only)
– Rotates 180° from center
– EN60601-2-37, Particular requirements for the basic
– Palm rest
safety and essential performance of ultrasonic medical
• Lowest position from ground: 76.2 cm (30 in)
diagnostic and monitoring equipment
• Highest position from ground: 96.5 cm (38 in)
• Agency approvals
– Canadian Standards Association (CSA)
– CE Mark in accordance with the European Medical
Device Directive issued by British Standards
Institute (BSI)

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