The wireless version of Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A. Inc.'s FDR D-EVO flat panel detector received Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance, the company said Wednesday.

The "plug and play," lightweight flat panel detector fits into an existing table or stand bucky, and enables the conversion of analog or computed radiography X-ray rooms into digital radiography ones.

"The natural fit for this product is anyone still using analog," Rob Fabrizio, director of marketing for digital X-ray at Fujifilm, told DOTmed News last July, when the wired version of the device was cleared by the FDA. "They can skip CR and go straight to DR. And anyone using CR can upgrade to an all-DR solution."
The new wireless device has a removable lithium ion battery that lasts up to three hours or 400 exposures per charge, Fuji said. It also includes a detachable cord for extended use of the detector.

The device uses what Fuji calls ISS, or irradiation side sampling, technology. In this, the device captures the image data from the patient side of the detector, where the signal is the strongest and shortest, Fabrizio said. This results in a relatively high detector quantum efficiency, or the ability of the device to pick up clear images, he explained.

Fujifilm, whose U.S. headquarters are in Stamford, Conn., said it will demonstrate the FDR D-EVO Wireless at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine's 2011 meeting in Washington, D.C. The SIIM conference runs June 2-5.

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