ORTV® Surgical and medical video systems for surgeons

Welcome to OR Networks - the creators of ORTV ®
Integrated operating theatres and interactive video teaching links

Every minute, somewhere in the world, a surgeon is using ORTV® to improve the quality and features of their operating theatre video, data and communication systems.ORTV® allows any number of flat panel monitors to be placed in the sterile field to display any image the surgeon wishes, whether from endoscopy, x-ray, PAC's, EPR, pathology or patient monitoring.

One exciting feature is ORcast® : a unique system that allows the surgeon to visually communicate with colleagues or student delegates, live and interactively. Either to a nearby room or thousands of miles away to another hospital. The surgeon can discuss the procedure with any remote viewer, as if they were standing by their side.
It is the perfect system for either teaching or asking colleagues for advice.

Designed by specialist broadcast engineers and leading surgeons, OR Networks systems are now installed in hospitals throughout the world. From simple video teaching links to large networks combining tens of operating theatres to tens of seminar and lecture rooms across multiple sites.

ORTV® is supported by a suite of software and hardware features that optimise the functionality and reliability of your system. Click on the link to see features that monitor your systems 24/7, report errors and send emails to support staff on fault detection. CArd security systems that protect the confidential patient information and restrict access to video transmissions to authorised personnel.

New Customers Joining the ORTV network:

June 2008: ORTV - as seen on BBC television:
OR Networks were featured on the BBC Look North programme demonstrating the live surgical video link recently installed in the Killimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC), Tanzania. A team of UK surgeons from Northumbria, are now able to mentor the training laparoscopic surgeons from their offices, homes or their ORTV enabled operating theatres. Please our technical blog for more details www.or-tv.net/blog

May 2008: OR Networks, as part of their global corporate responsibility program, have installed one of their ORcast® video link systems for free into the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre operating theatres.

Working with the NUGITS team of laparoscopic surgeons and Northumbria Healthcare, the video link will support the ongoing laparoscopic training by providing surgeons with live video telementoring to their trainers based in the UK.

The video and two way audio is transmitted over secure internet lines and available as a web login, allowing UK surgeons to view the live transmissions from their home or office, or if they have an ORTV® integrated theatre, whilst they work themselves.

April 2008: St James Hospital Leeds have chosen OR Networks to install two OR3G Integrated Theatres and 8 theatres with ORcast web streaming for their teaching requirements.

March 2008: St Mary's Paddington selected ORTV from OR Networks for their new ITU department on the 9th Floor. The system will allow nurses at each ITU bay to communicate visually and audibly with other nurses at other bays, visitors and consultant surgeons in offices. In the event of a nurse needing to contact a consultant, the consultant can choose to view a controllable camera to examine the patient, examine the patient monitor system and talk offline to the nurse. Additionally, visitors can be permitted access to the unit with "follow me" floor lighting and access control for the automated doors.

Colin Dobbyne, Managing Director of OR Networks said. "This is a very versatile and sophisticated system and to the best of our knowledge unique. We do not know of a single application anywhere in the world that is similar and as advanced as the system being installed at St Marys; combining video communications, with data imagery, access control and patient visitor flow control.

February 2008: BMI Meridan Hospitals have added their second OR3G theatre to their site in Coventry.

January 2008: Salisbury Hospital chose ORTV from OR Networks with Conmed Linvatec to develop their suite of Integrated Operating Rooms in preference to more expensive and less flexible systems offered by the major endoscopic manufacturers. True HD links complement the network of theatres to provide first class teaching images with two way audio for live and interactive operative tuition in high definition.

December 2008: Mid Staffordshire Hospital has ordered the mobile ORcast digital link for their suite of operating theatres to integrate into the new lecture theatre.

November 2007: OR Networks delivered the digital satellite images for the ALSGBI conference held at the Civic Centre in Newcastle. The images came from Kings College London, Hexham and Wansbeck using the OR Networks ORcast transmission system, including HD satellite uplinks form Hexham.

October 2007: Mater Dublin Private Hospital has ordered two Variop theatres from Maquet with OR3G integrated theatres from OR Networks Limited and laminar airflow from Howorth Airtech. Infrastructure cabling will commence in February 2008.

September 2007: Galway University Hospital have added two more OR3G theatres to their breast department. This now makes five OR3G theatres at Galway. Together with the digital links to their education facilities, UCHG is now OR Networks leading reference centre.

August 2007: Leeds Teaching Hospitals have added ORTV systems to the new LIMIT Education Centre at St James Hospital. The unit has a mock operating theatre and links to several teaching rooms for live tuition during training and simulation courses.

July 2007: OR Networks install the first True HD theatre link in the UK for digital transmission of HD endoscopy images at Stepping Hill Hospital. The cameras was a Storz HD1. The images were shown 500 metres away to 200 delegates for the BAUS masterclass, on a 12 foot projection screen.

June 2007: Churchill Hospital in Oxford are now starting the third phase of the ORTV installation with the live video linking of four operating theatres, 14 seminar rooms and an MDT suite. The Churchill will also link to the other JRH hospitals via OR Networks ORcast digital video networks.

May 2007: OR Networks have also integrated into the ORTV teaching networks, two integrated operating theatres, a Storz OR1 and two Keymed EndoALphas.

May 2007: Galway University College Hospital have now added a nother OR3G for their new maternity wing to complement the two Cardio Thoracic theatres installed earlier this year.

April 2007: Dumfries and Galloway Hospital have this month installed an ORTV observation system to five operating theatres.

March 2007: St Mary's in London are installing an ORTV video Teaching Link for the Vascular team of Surgeons for live operative tuition.

February 2007: ConMed have recently purchased four 32" HD widescreen NDS LCD monitors for endoscopic demonstration systems.