VIASYS VikingSelect User Manual

VikingSelect

™

NEURODIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM

EXCELLENCE IN
NEURODIAGNOSTICS

VikingSelect is the most widely used

and trusted system in neurodiagnostics.
The superior functionality of the system
will save you time and optimize patient
results during examinations. The Automated
Study and Anatomy Database features
are efficient and make it easy for you to
customize your system for your specific
needs. Used in the majority of teaching
hospitals, the Viking is a true product
of education.

With the NicVue software interface used
by VikingSelect, you can customize how
your system handles your valuable data.
Also, with the VIA Link™component of

VIASYS Networked Information Systems
(VNIS™), you will be able to seamlessly

communicate with your hospital or clinic
information system, reducing the potential
for error through manual data entry, VNIS
and NicVue will make your labs more
efficient and productive.

Our more than 220 trained regional
and in-house representatives provide
you with the best customer service in
the industry. In the rare event problems
arise, your system will be back to work
with minimal downtime.

VIASYS Healthcare is committed to
help you improve your practice with
the highest-quality system, from the data
you capture, manage and diagnose, to
the service and expertise you will receive.

VIASYS Healthcare – Excellence for Life

FireWire amplifiers
for highest quality
data transfer.

FireWire stimulators
for clean and
precise stimulus
in all applications.

Movable monitor
and control panel
for user comfort.

Seamlessly connect with
your hospital or clinical
interface system.

The VikingSelect system provides you with a
neurodiagnostic system you can depend on during
clinical diagnosis and surgery. You will improve
efficiency through:

• Uses the NicVue™patient database software to
optimize patient handling.

• FireWire Amplifiers for unmatched data quality
in all environments.

• Automated Study™to create user-specific
protocols that can be completed with a
signal button.

• FireWire technology used in the electrical and
auditory stimulators, for clean, precise signals.

• The Select Exam screen will give easy access to
all testing protocols and anatomical information
in one screen.

• Dynamic record screens are familiar, yet efficient
in design.

• The Exam Overview screen will provide a
interactive summary of the exams performed
and their findings.

• A customized report, designed specifically for
your needs, will generate in seconds.

• Innovative design and technology for complete
costumer satisfaction.

“VIASYS Healthcare and Nicolet create more

than superior neurodiagnostic equipment.

They create customer focused solutions.”

PREFERRED BY
NEURODIAGNOSTIC CENTERS

SELECT EXAM

• Provides quick access to all
testing modalities and exams.

• Automatically displays nerve root
and other anatomical information.

• Graphical display provides rapid
selection of side and anatomical
area being examined.

MAKING THE CONNECTIONS

CONNECTING TO THE SYSTEM

The connections we’ve designed for the
VikingSelect are the most efficient and stable
available. You will rely on the VikingSelect to
deliver efficiency and accuracy through:

• Nicolet’s FireWire (IEEE 1394) amplifier

interface with 10 differential quality
recording channels.

• Integrated montage switching on the

8-channel amplifier allowing up to
36 inputs.

• Connect to your existing network to

acquire patient data and review remotely
from anywhere on your network.

• NicVue allows you to easily move
data across your network and perform
statistical analysis for patient follow-up
and billing.

• The VIA Link component of VNIS will
reduce the potential for error and save
time and resources by seamlessly communicating
with your clinic or hospital information system.
VIA Link will allow your patients to get accurate
results in a matter of days instead of weeks.

CONNECTING TO THE PATIENT

Optimize patient outcomes during examinations
with VikingSelect’s proven multi-modality
software. A complete and integrated package
for all environments, VikingSelect uses advanced
recording and stimulus techniques to capture
data from multiple neural structures, including:

MNC

SNC

ANS

F-wave

H-Reflex

Blink Reflex

AEP

SEP

VEP

ERG

EOG

MMP Plus

Reference
Values

Report MSW

EMG Storage
with Audio

P300

Repetitive
stimulation

MUNE

IPA

SPA

QEMG

AMUP

CVD

SEP Plus

VEP Plus

AEP Plus

QMUP

QNS

SFEMG

MVA

R-R interval

Sympathetic
skin response
(SSR)

Multi-channel
EMG

IOM

IOM/PEEG

Macro EMG

Spike Triggered
Averaging

R-R Valsalva

Signal
Triggered
Averaging

EXAM OVERVIEW

• Complete list of exams
and Findings.

• Quickly retrieve data
for review.

• Enter critical exam information
with the offline notepad.

• Decide which exams will be
sent to the report.

QEMG

• EMG storage and reanalysis
with audio.

• Easy to use notepad for
documenting findings.

• Analysis table provides
quick overview of data.

• Easily move to the Next Exam
with the push of a button.

From the integrity of VIASYS Healthcare to the reliability of the
data from our equipment, the VikingSelect is the most reliable
neurodiagnostic system in the market.

COMPANY

With more than a century of combined experience, our
trusted brands, Nicolet, Grason-Stadler and Toennies have
provided innovative technologies for diagnostic audiology,
neurodiagnostic, peripheral vascular and hand-held
Doppler equipment.

EXPERIENCED SUPPORT

Our more than 220 trained regional and in-house
representatives provide unmatched customer support.
We’re committed to helping you get the most out of your
VIASYS diagnostic and monitoring systems.

HARDWARE

As with all our products, VikingQuest is designed to
achieve the perfect balance of simplicity, ease of use,
and flexibility. Quality amplifiers provide accurate and
reliable data.

SUPPLIES

To complement the performance offered by all of our systems,
we offer a full line of quality electrodes and supplies.

Excellence in life, excellence in design, and excellence in support:
VIASYS Healthcare provides top equipment, supplies, and services
to help you offer the quality of care your patients expect.

“VIASYS Healtchare,

Nicolet and VikingSelect

are the only names that I

trust when it comes to

quality, service and solutions.”

CONTINUUM OF CONFIDENCE

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GRASON-STADLER NICOLET BIOMEDICAL NICOLET VASCULAR TOENNIES

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VIASYS HEALTHCARE—EXCELLENCE FOR LIFE

For more information about our audiology, neurodiagnostic, peripheral vascular

and monitoring equipment, contact your VIASYS Healthcare professional. Offices in the U.S.,

United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany, and Japan with representative organizations worldwide.

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