Ultrasound Preventive Maintenance.

It is important to keep all the Rehabilitation equipment working to the best of its capability, and Therapeutic Ultrasounds are not the exception. Mettler, Chattanooga, ITO, among others, recommend having their units checked by a biomedical professional at least once every year. This is important because these machines tend to go out of calibration depending on their use. If an Ultrasound Applicator is out of calibration, it could have a negative impact on the patient, depending on what kind of therapy is being performed.

It is also important to do Preventive Maintenance, just for the single fact to see if the applicator is even displaying an output. Many times, we have encountered faulty Ultrasound applicators with almost no Output regardless of what the machine is set to. This is clearly an issue, and the physician would have no way of knowing the Output of the machine.

And it is the same going the other way around; applicators can go out of calibration upwards, meaning their power is indeed greater than what the machine is set to. This poses a hazard to the patient, as if the Output is greater, it means the therapy treatment used by the physician is incorrect. All the treatments have their own power level and specific time associated with them. If the power is increased, then the time must also decrease, but since the physician doesn’t know the actual power level, now the entire treatment is compromised.

Brandon Biomed has the appropriate diagnostic tools for most ultrasounds in the market. Have us check out your ultrasound machines at least once a year.

Listed below is a partial list of equipment that we currently maintain:

Written By: Oscar Cervantes
Edited By: Tyler Hasenpflug CET