LG Electronics is stepping up its push into the global medical monitor market with a new diagnostic monitor cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The company plans to expand its business in devices for medical staff by consolidating imaging-review tasks that previously required multiple monitors into a single screen, along with remote management features.
LG Electronics said on the 12th that it had launched the 40HT513D, a new 40-inch diagnostic monitor. The product uses a curved IPS Black panel with a 21:9 aspect ratio and supports 5120×2160 resolution and a total of 11 megapixels (MP).
The monitor is designed to replace the work of three 3MP-class monitors with a single unit. Its “3PBP” feature divides one screen into three zones that simultaneously display different image sources, allowing medical staff to view medical images such as CT and MRI scans, earlier scans, and electronic medical records (EMR) at the same time.
Previously, medical staff had to compare images by moving between multiple monitors, causing frequent eye movement, and the bezels between monitors sometimes interfered with reading. LG Electronics said it reduced such inconvenience by consolidating related information onto a single large curved screen.
Jeong Seung-eun, a professor at the Catholic University’s Eunpyeong St. Mary’s Hospital, used the new product for about seven weeks and said, “I was able to review multiple images efficiently on a wide, bezel-free screen.” Jeong added, “There was no sense of disconnection from boundaries between screens, and the curved display gave me a more convenient reading environment.”
The new product also strengthens features for work convenience. A notable example is a built-in “KVM switch,” which allows two PCs to be controlled with a single keyboard, video monitor, and mouse. Moving the mouse cursor to the edge of the screen switches between PCs, and files can be moved by drag-and-drop.
A calibration sensor to maintain the accuracy of medical images is applied in a detachable form. The sensor tip is normally stored inside so it does not block the screen, and can be pulled out only when measuring or adjusting brightness and contrast is needed.
