GE Medical Systems Launches Advanced Cardiac Applications for the Innova™ 2000 Digital Flat-Panel Cath Lab
Enhanced imaging capabilities from InnovaSpin™ 2D cardiac spin technology
CHICAGO -- GE Medical Systems announced at the 75th Annual American Heart Association Scientific Sessions the introduction of InnovaSpin,™
the industry’s first advanced application for use during cardiac catheterization on the Innova™
2000 all-digital cardiac catheterization laboratory.
The advanced technology of InnovaSpin could further reduce X-ray radiation dose and offer additional time-saving benefits to both the clinician and patient beyond what is already being experienced on the more than 300 Innova 2000 systems installed globally to date. In a recent study done at Ohio State University (OSU) and presented at TCT, InnovaSpin was shown to reduce operator and patient dose by 40 percet on top of the original 20-50 percent dose savings the Innova 2000 provides inherently with the industry-leading flat panel Revolution™ digital detector.
“We have found that InnovaSpin delivers significantly less radiation dose to patients and users than a conventional image intensifier system,” said Dr. Subha Raman, author of the principal study and cardiologist at OSU. “At the same time, our results indicate an improvement in image quality. The ability of the Innova 2000 to reduce radiation exposure while increasing diagnostic information offers the potential to help physicians improve patient outcomes while making these procedures safer for everyone in the cardiac catheterization lab.”
The typical diagnostic cardiac exam, which usually consists of seven to ten coronary scans, could be reduced to 2 left coronary angiography scans and one coronary spin scan using InnovaSpin. This would mean taking fewer images, thereby exposing the physician and patient to lower X-ray radiation dose and also subjecting the patient to less contrast media. It could also produce time economies that speed up life-saving diagnoses and procedures.
A common concern among physicians and their patients is the amount of radiation dose required to perform accurate diagnoses and interventions. GE’s Innova 2000 has already been shown to produce higher quality images at drastically reduced X-ray exposure in numerous clinical studies. With the commercial availability of InnovaSpin by December 2002, the promise of fewer required images will result in even lower radiation exposure and shorter procedures for better patient care.
"The medical community has embraced GE’s digital X-ray technology with impressive speed," said Dow Wilson, General Manager, Global Surgery, X-ray, and Interventional Imaging. “With more than 300 installations of the Innova 2000 worldwide since its introduction just two years ago, the demand for our digital products and the number of third-party scientific publications on that topic is proof that digital is a way of life”.
In addition to InnovaSpin, InnovaTrace™ is another new feature that allows the Innova 2000’s gantry to move up to 20 degrees per second in any movement of the pivot or the C-arm, thanks to capacitive sensors equipped with innovative anti-collision software that detect the patient’s proximity and adjust the speed of gantry movements accordingly.
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