Cios Connect
Connect everyday surgery with reliability

Many clinical institutions have difficulties with OR planning because volatile caseloads make it hard to assign the right C-arm for a surgical procedure.

Cios Connect is a robust multifunctional C-arm for everyday surgery that helps increase your return on assets. The mobile C-arm is appropriate for all relevant surgical disciplines. Its lightweight design and elaborate features make system handling easy. What is more, Cios Connect offers you outstandingly sharp visualization of anatomical details at low dose.

New family of mobile C-arms - Many clinical institutions have difficulties with OR planning because volatile caseloads make it hard to assign the right C-arm for a surgical procedure. Learn more about it!

You and Cios – partners in performance - Have a look on our new Cios members and learn which mobile C-arm best fits to your needs.

Mobile C-arm Cios Connect - Advanced image intensifier technology<br /> — Advanced image intensifier technology - Clear clinical images thanks to superior optics and high-end CCD camera.

Mobile C-arm Cios Connect - Easy to maneuver and position<br /> — Easy to maneuver and position - Compact and lightweight system design.

Mobile C-arm Cios Connect - Intuitive operating concept<br /> — Intuitive operating concept - Color-coded axes and brake handles keep training requirement to a minimum.

Multifunctional footswitch¹ - Hands-free X-ray release, image capture, and access to all operating modes.

Simplify your fleet management - with a multifunctional C-arm
Optimally balance image quality and dose - with IDEAL
Increase asset utilization - with preventive maintenance and high system availability

Features & Benefits

The mobile C-arm Cios Connect offers many benefits – from multifunctional usage to clear, low-dose images and high system availability.

Mobile C-arm Cios Connect multifunctional C-arm

Simplify your fleet management – with a multifunctional C-arm

Drive process efficiency and simplify your fleet management with a compact multifunctional C-arm that matches your surgical requirements and is easy and intuitive to handle.

Multifunctional C-arm for everyday surgery – from ortho, trauma, and spine surgery to basic vascular and even entry-level cardiac surgery to lithotripsy and endourology
Excellent patient access – extended free space of 79 cm (31,1“) and immersion depth of 73 cm (29“)
Easy-to-understand button-based user interface – with self-explanatory icons
Intuitive C-arm positioning – with color-coded axes, brakes, and handles

Mobile C-arm Cios Connect - Optimally balance image quality and dose

Optimally balance image quality and dose ‒ with IDEAL

Improve patient outcomes by clearly seeing anatomical details at low dose ‒ thanks to high-end optics and our unique IDEAL (Intelligent Dose Efficiency Algorithm).

Clear view of anatomical details at low dose ‒ thanks to advanced CCD camera and superior optics combined with IDEAL
Radiation-free C-arm positioning – with laser-light localizer¹ on image intensifier and tube
Keep distortions to a minimum – with mu-metal shielded 23 cm (9’’) image intensifier
Flicker-free visualization of images – on two high bright¹ monitors

Mobile C-arm Cios Connect Increase asset utilization

Increase asset utilization – with preventive maintenance and high system availability

Cut your total cost of ownership and increase asset utilization in surgical imaging with a robust multidisciplinary C-arm that excels thanks to preventive maintenance and high system availability.

Robust hardware and software – thoroughly tested and proven
Tailored service offering – for you and your mobile C-arm machine
Predictable service costs and great efficiency – with on-site and remote system diagnosis and repair

Clinical Use

Cios Connect is the ideal multifunctional C-arm for every day. Fulfilling the surgical requirements in various applications, it helps simplify OR planning and C-arm assignment.

Cios Connect – ideal for everyday clinical uses

Cios Connect offers great clinical flexibility in a wide range of applications:

Ortho/trauma/spine surgery
Basic vascular procedures
Entry-level cardiac procedures
Lithotripsy
Endourology

Cios Connect in Trauma Surgery

Watch this video with Christian Rapke, MD, at Klinikum Nürnberg, and learn how Cios Connect performs in trauma surgery.

Technical Specifications

System specification
Detector technology	Image intensifier (I.I.)
Field of view	23 cm (9")
Image resolution	1 K²
Power Output	2.3 kW
Orbital movement	130° (- 40° to + 90°)
Immersion depth	73 cm (28.7”)
Free space	79 cm (31.1”), with fixed grid
Monitors	2 x 19" high bright¹ 2 x 19" standard color
Image storage	150.000 images
WLAN	yes¹

Clinical applications and workflows
Vascular software	Essential¹ and Standard¹
Navigation interface	NaviLink 2D¹
Cooling system tube	Passive
CARE program	yes
IDEAL (dose management)	yes
DICOM Services	DICOM Send / Storage Commitment¹ DICOM Print¹ DICOM Query/Retrieve¹ DICOM Worklist / MPPS¹

System control
Control technology	Button based
Breaks control	Manual

Room planning
Unit fuse protection	100 V to 127 V 20 A slow-blow fuse 200 V to 240 V 15 A slow-blow fuse
Dimensions C-arm (l x w x h)	188.5 cm x 80.5 cm x 173 cm (74.2“ x 31.6“ x 68.1“)
Dimension monitor cart (l x w x h)	70 cm x 74 cm x 182 cm (27.6“ x 29.1“ x 71.7“)
Weight C-arm	248 kg (545 lbs)
Weight monitor cart	230 kg (506 lbs) (including 2 monitors, UPS)

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¹Option

Cios Connect is not commercially available in all countries. Due to regulatory reasons its future availability cannot be guaranteed. Please contact your local Siemens organization for further details.