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Please advise on what kind of c -arm I can buy for $35K. I have an offer now for a 2003 Siemens compact L for $28500 or a 2005 Siemens compact L for $34,000. Which will be better value? Thanks
Please advise on what kind of c -arm I can buy for $35K. I have an offer now for a 2003 Siemens compact L for $28500 or a 2005 Siemens compact L for $34,000. Which will be better value? Thanks
A35k c-arm is going to suck, need to spend 50k at least to get something decent.
Please advise on what kind of c -arm I can buy for $35K. I have an offer now for a 2003 Siemens compact L for $28500 or a 2005 Siemens compact L for $34,000. Which will be better value? Thanks
may be able to get an OEC 9400 for that price....not a bad machine for what you are paying....
im not a fan of the 9400 cuz it doesnt rotate enough to the left. You end up having to turn the patient.
im not a fan of the 9400 cuz it doesnt rotate enough to the left. You end up having to turn the patient.
1+. I used a refurbished 9400 for years with no problems. In this day and age, where cuts in reimbursement are looming large, I'd buy used for both the C-Arm and US machine. I'd set my budget to be around 50K for both.
off topic but you can get a great US machine for 35K new with 2 probes, or less
Reasons you know your used c-arm is old, damn old:
1: Instead of having an "enter" button, it has an "accept" button
2: The screen looks like someone poached it from an Ms Pacman unit at a garage sale
3: no matter how hard you lock the controls it always drifts to the same random oblique view
4: it has a roller ball controlling the same cursor you had on your Atari 800
5: it comes with an emergency kick-start gas powered feature.
6: the rep includes a free "how to self-manage nuclear fallout" pamphlet
7: your keep asking your nurse "do you think that grey blob is the spine?"
which one is that?