FerroGuard® Wall Mounted System
Metrasens’s FerroGuard® MRI System is an alarm system designed to mitigate patient injury and equipment damage that can occur when ferromagnetic objects are brought into the magnetic field of an MRI. A ferromagnetic object taken into the magnet’s stray field can be pulled into the magnet’s core at high speed, causing serious injury, damage and downtime. This phenomenon is known as the “projectile effect”.
FerroGuard® improves the safety of patients and medical personnel by setting off an alarm when it detects a ferromagnetic object near the entrance to the MRI suite. Serious incidents involving the “projectile effect” have been reported by numerous medical institutions. Many incidents have been documented involving such objects as gas cylinders, chairs, respirators, IV poles and smaller objects. Such occurrences can result in the loss of imaging time due to repairs, and/or injury to patients or staff.
Features Include:
- Ferromagnetic object detector and alarm
- Allows safe metallic objects to pass
- Simple to operate
- Cost effective
- Wall mounted system
Advantages To Users Include:
- Unobtrusive installation
- Highly flexible system
- Low level of false alarms
- Increased safety in an MRI room
Benefits To Users Include:
- Reduced chance of the ‘projectile effect’
- Reduced chance of patient injuries
- Reduced chance of equipment damage or need to quench
- Reduced chance of system downtime
- Reduced costs to hospital
- Payback after prevention of single incident
Deployment of FerroGuard® MRI
Wall mounted FerroGuard® MRI system
Ferromagnetic
Detection Systems
Tel: +44 (0)7816 887070
Email: info@metrasens.com