PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE
FULL PROGRAMME
Sponsored Seminars - All delegates welcome to attend
Wednesday 24 March 18:00 -19:00 - Evening Seminar Sponsored by Forth Medical
Advances in Silver Technology
Forth Medical is proud to present a short programme looking at applications for silver including recent advances in technology such as antiseptic CSF shunt catheters. Speakers will include Dr. Andreas Spiegelberg, founder of the Spiegelberg ICP company who will talk about the challenges and benefits of using silver and it’s potential applications in the future and Professor Dr. J. Peter Guggenbichler, until December 2009 Professor of Paediatrics and Chairman Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Preventive Medicine at the University or Erlangen, Germany.
Thursday 25th March - 08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast Seminar Sponsored by B-Braun
Aesculap-Miethke proSA – the first programmable “Hydrostatic” valve
proSA - The new generation of Miethke adjustable valves - Christoph Miethke - Germany
Cambridge Shunt Evaluation Laboratory Report - Dr. Marek Czosnyka - Cambridge
Friday 26th Mach - 08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast Seminar Sponsored by Vertec
The CereTom Portable CT Scanner
The CereTom is a portable CT scanner that has revolutionised the way we can scan patients within the ICU and during neurosurgery. Ease of use, rapid scan time and immediate image viewing make this an indispensable tool to any clinician needing real time data on critically ill patients.
The guest speaker will be discussing the introduction of the CereTom into their facility, the procedures carried out with the scanner and the benefit it brings to both patients and staff.