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LumiGuide, powered by Fiber Optic RealShape (FORS) technology, enables doctors to navigate through blood vessels using light, instead of X- ray. “[It’s] one of the most exciting changes that we’ve seen with imaging certainly throughout my career,” said Andres Schanzer, Vascular Surgeon, at UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA, USA.
Carestream Health notes twenty-seven of the patents were awarded by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; an additional 43 patents were received in European and Asian countries.
According to an Insightec study, patients experienced significant reductions in upper limb tremor, tremor-related disability, and quality of life. The most common intraprocedural adverse events included dizziness, headache, nausea, and vomiting, which all resolved. Post-procedural adverse events included paraesthesia and gait disturbance, which were often transient or resolved within 12 months.
Chris Landon, Business Leader Image Guided Therapy Devices at Philips:
“IVUS is a technology that has demonstrated an ability to both support safer procedures for patients and procedural staff alike including reductions in radiation exposure. As the global leader in IVUS solutions, we are grateful for the rigorous multidisciplinary approach to developing expert consensus on the value of IVUS and we look forward to working with all stakeholders to standardize the use of IVUS and reduce the barriers preventing utilization.”
“We are delighted to see our 3D solution CE-marked and available on the European market,” says Ulrik Harrysson, CEO at SyntheticMR AB. “SyMRI 3D represents the next generation of quantitative MRI, offering unprecedented resolution and accuracy in brain imaging, revolutionizing the landscape of medical diagnostics.”
Adrian Mendes, Perimeter’s Chief Executive Officer, stated, “We believe this additional commercial placement within a major national healthcare system – representing the fifth unit placed with this existing customer network – demonstrates that surgeon end users, as well as other stakeholders within the broader healthcare system, see the value of our technology and are recommending it to their peers. Our aim is to make Perimeter’s innovative technology the standard of care in cancer surgery.”