Pharmaceutical Business review

Agfa Healthcare launches Drystar imaging device in US

The Drystar Axys is a multi-application, direct digital imager (DDI) delivering mammography-quality images with 508 dpi image resolution, very short access time, and full flexibility with two film sizes on-line. The solution is reported to be the only tabletop dry hardcopy printer on the market that meets the stringent mammography requirements of the US market.

The company says Agfa HealthCare’s Drystar Axys has been designed with maximum user friendliness and user convenience in mind. Input trays can be loaded with media in daylight without concern for ambient light. Two fully flexible input trays accept five media sizes and three film types (blue-clear-mammography), meeting the diverse media requirements of a busy centralized workflow environment.

Jan Leeuws, global business unit manager film & print, Agfa HealthCare, said: “The Drystar Axys’ ability to handle different requirements in a table-top solution means that it will function as a central point, or axis of delivery in many facilities, and this is reflected in the name we have chosen for this state-of-the-art imager.”