The GF-UCT240-AL5 serves endoscopy units, outpatient clinics and gastroenterology departments that run endoscopic ultrasound lists on the upper digestive tract. Its curved linear array images the tissue around the tip, and the 3.7 mm channel brings aspiration needles to the site, so one scope supports examination and sampling.
Endoscopists steer the tip in four directions: 130° up, 90° down, and 90° to each side, while the 100° view at a 55° oblique angle provides the optical image. Focus from 3 to 100 mm keeps near and far surfaces readable, and the operator selects the scan frequency, 5, 6, 7.5 or 10 MHz, that suits the target.
Endoscopy nurses and assistants prepare the CV-240 or CV-260 video processor and the EU-ME1 or EU-ME2 ultrasound unit, fit the balloon that gives acoustic contact, and pass aspiration needles through the channel. B-mode, M-mode, Doppler and power Doppler images appear on the ultrasound unit, so the whole team follows the target on screen.
Departments that standardise their endoscopic ultrasound equipment find one scope useful across all four frequencies and both named ultrasound units. Teaching sessions suit the same set-up, because trainees follow the optical view and the ultrasound image on screen while the operator works.
Planning is simple where the equipment is already in place. A unit that owns a CV-240 or CV-260 video processor and an EU-ME1 or EU-ME2 ultrasound unit can bring this scope into the same room. Each of the four scan frequencies is then available, with the 12.6 mm tube and the 3.7 mm channel ready for aspiration needles.



