Real-time Vessel Measurement Informs Physician Treatment
Decisions
SAN
DIEGO, May 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Provisio
Medical, Inc., pioneers of Sonic Lumen Tomography™ (SLT) technology
to provide real-time blood vessel measurements during vascular
interventions, today announced the completion of the first
commercial clinical cases utilizing the Provisio™ SLT
IVUS™ System.
"This is an exciting new development in intra-luminal
measurement technology. It gives us a rapid, novel and extremely
precise way to get the size and contour of vessels which is
critical for the appropriate treatment of a patient with chronic
and limb threatening ischemia," noted Robert Tahara, MD, who performed these cases at
Allegheny Vein and Vascular.
Peter Schneider, MD, a member of
the Provisio Medical Physician Advisory Board, commented "We now
have a catheter-based method of real-time vascular assessment that
could improve upon our unique reliance on arteriographic
imaging."
It has been demonstrated repeatedly that the current
standard-of-care of using angiographic information by itself is
insufficient to accurately assess vessel size in the approximately
20 million people in the U.S. with peripheral vascular
disease1. The use of intravascular imaging has been
shown to improve accuracy of vessel sizing, important in the
selection of the stent and/or other therapeutic devices, and
thereby improve clinical outcomes. By incorporating its technology
into a front-line support crossing catheter, Provisio simplifies
the acquisition and presentation of vessel sizing data without
changing the physician's workflow, while potentially reducing the
time for data acquisition, use of contrast media, and exposure to
radiation.
About SLT IVUS
The Provisio SLT IVUS System consists
of the SLT IVUS™ P1 System and the SLT IVUS™ Support Crossing
Catheter. The SLT IVUS Support Crossing Catheter is an
over-the-wire intravascular ultrasound catheter with an ultrasound
transducer array at the distal end that also functions as a support
crossing catheter. The information from the ultrasound signal is
used similarly to sonar technology to measure vessel dimensions in
real-time and measure the peripheral vessel's flow lumen.
About Provisio Medical
Provisio Medical is a medical
device company based in San Diego,
California seeking to establish a new standard in vessel
sizing, a critical step in millions of endovascular procedures
performed every year. Provisio's SLT IVUS™ technology, which is
incorporated into the type of catheters that physicians are already
using, is designed to revolutionize interventional therapies by
giving physicians the exact information that they need, when they
need it, while enhancing procedural workflow.
www.provisiomedical.com
1 Yost, Mary L., The True Prevalence of PAD and the
Economics of Major Amputation, Endovascular Today, May 2021
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