GE HEALTHCARE INTRODUCES NEW IMAGING SYSTEM FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING CARDIAC AND VASCULAR DISEASES
WAUKESHA, Wis. – GE Healthcare is introducing a first-of-its-kind imaging system optimized to perform both cardiac and peripheral studies in a single lab. This system, called the Innova® 3100, applies GE’s industry-leading flat panel detector technology to allow physicians to see the vessels and anatomy of the heart, as well as the finest vessels all the way to the fingertips.
“The versatility of Innova 3100 addresses the need to diagnose and treat a growing number of cardiovascular patients with a wide range of conditions,” said Laura King, vice president and general manager of Global Interventional, Cardiology and Surgery, GE Healthcare. “With Innova 3100, hospitals can expand their services, grow their procedure volume, and offer more patients minimally-invasive treatment options with a single system.”
The images produced by Innova 3100 are so detailed that physicians can more clearly see and safely maneuver the smallest medical devices such as catheters, stents and guidewires. According to Mark Furman, M.D., Director of Interventional Cardiology at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Massachusetts, Innova 3100’s image quality allows his staff to make accurate diagnoses, and successfully treat their patients in the cath lab. “The outstanding image quality allows us to more precisely measure the length of a lesion and select the stent best-suited for the patient. The images are so clear that we can precisely place stents - minimizing risk to side branches and assuring proper overlap of multiple stents,” said Dr. Furman, who led the clinical validation for Innova 3100.
The Division of Cardiology at UMass Memorial, which performs more than 6,000 procedures per year, is one of the leading centers for cardiovascular care in New England and the world’s first facility to use the Innova 3100. Dr. Furman and a team of seven interventional cardiologists and endovascular surgeons have treated hundreds of patients using Innova 3100 since it was installed in late 2003.
“In many cases, a patient will have both coronary and peripheral conditions, which we can now better diagnose, and in some cases treat during a single procedure, in a single lab. Doing so provides significant benefits for the patient, not the least of which is peace of mind, in addition to overall cost savings by eliminating multiple procedures,” added Dr. Furman, who is an associate professor of medicine and cell biology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Innova 3100 is a newest addition to the GE’s industry-leading line of Innova digital flat panel cardiovascular and interventional imaging systems. With more than 800 systems installed worldwide, more physicians rely on GE’s Innova systems to help them diagnose and treat cardiovascular disease than any other system.
At the heart of Innova systems is GE’s proven Revolution digital flat panel detector technology. The result of 15 years and $200 million in R&D, GE’s Revolution detector provides the industry’s highest image quality to dose performance, or DQE, which is a standard measurement for imaging performance. For Innova 3100, the Revolution detector is optimized for a wide range of cardiac, angiographic, interventional and neurological applications.
About GE Healthcare
GE Healthcare is a $10 billion global leader in medical imaging, point-of-care systems, healthcare services, and information technology. Its offerings include networking and productivity tools, clinical information systems, patient monitoring systems, anesthesia and respiratory care, maternal-infant care systems, surgery and vascular imaging, conventional and digital X-ray, dental imaging, computed tomography, electron beam tomography, magnetic resonance, ultrasound and bone mineral densitometry, positron emission tomography, nuclear medicine, and a comprehensive portfolio of clinical and business services. For more than 100 years, health care providers worldwide have relied on GE Healthcare for high quality medical technology and productivity solutions. For more information, visit the GE Healthcare web site at www.gemedical.com.
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