6515--Vestibular Diagnostic Suite

The Department of Veterans Affairs Phoenix Healthcare System is seeking to purchase a Vestibular Diagnostic Suite equivalent to Interacoustics VisualEyes 525 with Orion Auto-Traverse Rotational Chair. The suite must be designed for the assessment of vestibular and balance disorders and integrate various tests to provide a complete analysis of a patient’s dizziness or balance issues. The software must interface with state-of-the-art hardware components to perform video-nystagmography (VNG), Video Head Impulse Test (vHIT), and rotational chair tests. Key features of the suite include: * Must be FDA-cleared for clinical vestibular diagnostic use in the United States * Must provide comprehensive, advanced vestibular batteries * Must be capable of assessing the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) under varying eye-gazing directions, head positions, and rotational movements * Must include integrated eye-tracking capabilities with automated pupil detection and real-time tracking * Must be fully compatible with a computer-controlled rotational chair * Must calculate vestibular parameters such as gain, phase, and symmetry for bilateral vestibular assessment * Must allow rotation in multiple directions and speeds to evaluate bilateral vestibular function * Must support standard vestibular testing protocols * Must include a desktop computer monitor, rotational chair with enclosure, binocular VNG goggles, and a vestibular workstation PC * Must meet minimum computer specifications, including a desktop PC with a PCI Express card, USB port, Intel i5 processor, and minimum 8 GB RAM.