Penlon MRI Anaesthetic Machine Formally Approved for Use with Philips MRI Systems

Philips Medical Systems has confirmed that the Prima 451 MRI Anaesthetic Machine is compatible with Philips 1.5 Tesla and 3.0 Tesla MRI Systems*. This confirmation gives clinicians who use the Prima 451 MRI confidence that Philips MRI Systems will work as intended, with no detrimental degradation of efficacy, image quality or safety for either the Anaesthetic Machine or the MRI System. This is in addition to previously received approval of the Prima 451 MRI with Siemens MRI Systems*.

This confirmation covers the CE marked and FDA approved Penlon Prima 451 MRI Anaesthetic Machine, AV-S MRI Ventilator, Sigma Delta MRI Vaporizer, SC760 MRI Suction Controller and AGSS MRI Receiver.

Philips testing took place at their facility in Best, in The Netherlands, and found that the MRI System performed as intended with no detrimental degradation of efficacy or safety of the MRI scanners or the Prima 451 MRI anaesthetic machine. The Penlon Prima 451 MRI is currently the only anaesthetic machine proven to be compatible with the latest Philips MRI Systems.

Paul Merrick, Penlon’s Head of Engineering, said:

“This is an exciting time for MRI development at Penlon. We were confident that the Prima 451 would perform well during the Philips testing programme. It was very satisfying to see the standard production machine perform faultlessly against stringent and technically advanced test protocols at the Philips lab.”

The Prima 451 MRI anaesthetic machine and other products from Penlon’s portfolio will be on display at EBME Expo (Coventry, UK), FIME (Miami, USA), Africa Health (Johannesburg, South Africa), Medica (Düsseldorf, Germany), Arab Health (Dubai, UAE) and forthcoming events during 2022.

About Penlon

Penlon is a world-class British medical device company established in Oxford in 1943. Penlon develops, manufactures and exports anaesthesia and other medical products to over ninety countries worldwide. Penlon has been designing and manufacturing MRI compatible anaesthesia equipment in the UK for nearly thirty years.

In 2020 Penlon responded to the UK Government’s call to arms by producing 11,683 ventilators in just three months in the fight against COVID-19.

*Refer to compatibility statements from Philips and Siemens available on the Prima 451 MRI product page.