Brainlab Loop-X
Modality: Intraoperative CT
Brainlab's mobile intraoperative cone-beam CT — direct competitor to the Medtronic O-arm. Closed-ring CBCT geometry on a mobile chassis, paired with Brainlab's Curve Navigation platform for spine, cranial, and ENT image-guided surgery. Wider clinical bore than O-arm and a robotic-positioning architecture that distinguishes it ergonomically.
Distinctive technology
- Closed-ring CBCT with wide bore — accommodates OR-table patient with surgical instrumentation in place.
- Robotic-positioning gantry — multi-axis articulating arm allows the imaging ring to approach from multiple angles without manual repositioning.
- Brainlab Curve Navigation integration — auto-registration of CBCT to navigation workflow; tracked-instrument overlay.
- Cirq robotic-arm spine instrumentation integration on configured suites.
- Independent flat-panel detectors for low-dose 2D fluoroscopy + 3D CBCT modes.
Clinical use
- Spine surgery — pedicle-screw verification with navigation, complex deformity correction.
- Cranial neurosurgery — image-guided tumor resection, electrode placement, biopsy.
- ENT / skull base — sinus, cochlear-implant, skull-base tumor work.
Refurb posture
- Newer platform — refurb supply is small as the installed base is younger.
- Brainlab service contracts dominate operating economics; license / software-version status drives Curve Navigation integration tier.
- Navigation + Cirq integration is the meaningful clinical-value variable on configured suites.