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[bamboo2] 05/4/2023 09:38

Ultrasound is expanding outside of radiology and is now commonly used to evaluate emergency medical conditions in a variety of point-of-care settings, leading to an increase in healthcare professionals’ educational needs. BodyWorks Eve, from Intelligent Ultrasound, is designed to use medical simulation to teach point-of-care ultrasound to multiple specialties. The BodyWorks Eve simulator comes complete with 100 real patient scans and over 10,000 pathology variations across cardiac, lung, transabdominal, and pelvic ultrasound. This HealthySimulation.com article shares more about the BodyWorks Eve ultra-realistic female patient simulator and its utility to teach ultrasound to multiple specialties quickly, safely, and effectively.

With Point-of-Care Ultrasound (PoCUS), now an important medical evaluation tool across a variety of specialties, medical education programs are turning to simulation to provide safe, realistic training tools to teach the next generation of medical professionals. BodyWorks Eve provides access to real patient-based training where trainees can work through cases independently and at their own pace. Producing flexible teaching, the Instructor Tablet enables the tutor to run realistic scenario training “on the fly” and easily change the patient’s condition and level of severity to test assessment and decision-making skills, modifying thousands of scenarios at a moment’s notice.

The VA Medical Center Simulation Laboratory (NY Harbor), invested in BodyWorks Eve to develop and support its educational programs in Point-of-Care ultrasound. Dr. Brian Kaufman, Professor of Medicine, Anesthesiology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery and Director of the Simulation Laboratory discussed the growing demands for PoCUS training and explained why simulation has an important role in delivering quality educational outcomes.

“Ultrasound is growing exponentially. Increasing numbers of clinicians from multiple clinical disciplines are now wanting training in ultrasound, and more recently, acute care nurse practitioners and acute care physician assistants have been requesting training in PoCUS,” he said. “It is therefore becoming increasingly important that we create high-quality training programs that will meet their specific needs as they seek to deliver the best possible care for their patients. We are confident that integrating BodyWorks Eve into our programs will enable us to deliver the best possible educational outcomes for our learners.”

First launched in 2018, BodyWorks Eve already has over 350 installations across the world. As part of the continued commitment to educational development, Intelligent Ultrasound this year released BodyWorks 4.0. The most comprehensive Eve simulator yet, BodyWorks 4.0 provides increased scanning capabilities, higher definition, and even more learning opportunities to ensure Eve remains the simulator of choice for PoCUS.

Combine BodyWorks eve with the HeartWorks cardiac simulator, for a complete PoCUS & echocardiography solution.

Teach cardiology and echocardiography your way with HeartWorks, featuring 30 interactive cardiac pathology cases accompanied by an anatomically accurate, fully interactive 3D heart and a comprehensive anatomy textbook. HeartWorks offers a range of packages for Transthoracic (TTE), Transesophageal (TEE), and 3D echocardiography, and can be expanded to include online eLearning and an on-system testing module, providing a fully comprehensive and customizable cardiac learning pathway.

Health Education England (HEE) invested in twenty-three combined HeartWorks–BodyWorks systems to standardize training in ultrasound and echocardiography for healthcare scientists across NHS England. “I tried looking at everything else that was on the market, but nothing provided the same quality and interaction that the [BodyWorks] Eve simulator did.” Jane Lynch, Scientist Training Programme Director. Find out more about HeartWorks.

IU Academy from Intelligent Ultrasound

Designed to complement the Intelligent Ultrasound simulators, IU Academy eLearn courses support a comprehensive learning pathway, teaching basic ultrasound physics and demonstrating probe techniques to kick-start learning and direct practical skill development.

These courses are created with experts in their field to provide high-quality distance learning to support continuous education and improvement within ultrasound and healthcare. In addition to purchasing individual courses online, IU Academy courses are available in a range of packages to support organizations teaching ultrasound. There are currently multiple courses available including:

Ultrasound Basic Principles: Designed to complement the BodyWorks Eve simulator, this course is comprised of 4 sections intended to develop probe manipulation, show how probe movements relate to the ultrasound image, and explain basic ultrasound image interpretation.

Introduction to Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) and Introduction to Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE): These courses have been developed for all healthcare professionals starting their journey in clinical echocardiography. Created by experts in cardiac anesthesiology, each course comprises 11 modules with multiple lessons and richly illustrated with videos and still images using HeartWorks technology and clinical echo images.

Point-of-Care Ultrasound (PoCUS) for the Healthcare Professional: This course was developed by John Shields, DNP, CRNA, to meet the educational needs of clinicians using PoCUS in a variety of settings including the operating room, emergency room and intensive care unit. The course has eight modules covering a variety of ultrasound applications.

Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE) for the Sonographer: This course was created with the sonographer in mind and has 14 modules that take the student through critical subject areas that every cardiac sonographer should know, from students who are learning echocardiography for the first time, to those who want to refresh their echo skills and knowledge of cardiac pathology.

[bamboo2] 05/4/2023 08:24

Welcome to the first SonoGram of 2023!

In this edition, our customers tell us how they are utilizing our simulator products in their training programs, we bring you the latest updates on NeedleTrainer and HeartWorks 3D Echo, find out where you can meet the IU team at in-person and online events, and discover the latest industry news.

[bamboo2] 04/4/2023 06:08

From the other thread...
Excellent post 40 Fathoms.



40 Fathoms4 Apr '23 - 02:00 - 111 of 111

Latest promotional video for NeedleTrainer, for the first time I think it shows the very significant potential beyond regional anaesthesia. Can see it have very specific uses in needle guided biopsies, intervention radiology and vascular access/open line placement.



Also I have noted the following recent/pending patent applications which suggests plenty of product innovation to look forward to in the coming years. The application for apparatus and method for positioning a tube is very interesting.









For the tube placement patent application, copied below is the background for the product.

"Some medical procedures on the body require the positioning of an intracorporal tube, for example, a feeding tube, a draining tube, or a catheter. Often these procedures are of the invasive, blind-ended type wherein the tube is not observable during and/or after insertion. Incorrect placement of an intracorporal tube can be dangerous, even fatal. Figure 1 shows a known intracorporal tube procedure in the form of a nasogastric tube feeding procedure. In such a procedure, a nasogastric tube 5 is inserted through the nasal (or oral) cavity 3, down the oesophagus 4 and into the stomach 2 of a patient 1. In a nasogastric tube feeding procedure, if the tube is inserted into the lungs by mistake, the patient can come to serious harm, or die, because of introducing substance into the lungs through the tube.

One previously considered approach to this problem has been to use X-rays to confirm the position of the tube after insertion into a body. However, there are several drawbacks to this technique. For one, it may involve moving the patient to a radiology department within the hospital, or else bringing a portable X-ray machine to the patient. Both cases lead to a significant delay as well as the increased costs of providing nurse, porter, and radiographer time. X-rays are a form of ionising radiation, so every X-ray image exposes the patient (and potentially surrounding patients, in the context of a portable X-ray) to a small dose of harmful radiation."

"Ultrasound imaging is commonly used to support invasive medical procedures, such as the insertion of needles for ultrasound guided biopsy of tumours, insertion of central venous catheters, or injection of local anaesthetic in ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia. It has also been suggested that ultrasound could be used to help confirm the placement of intracorporal tubes such as drains and feeding tubes.

In general, it is often difficult to reliably determine the location of tools such as nasogastric tubes on the ultrasound image because such tools have poor echogenicity. In addition, less-experienced practitioners may have difficulty interpreting anatomy on the ultrasound image. This means that they may not reliably be able to decide whether a tool lies within a given anatomical region of interest, even if they can locate the tool on the image. Ultrasound imaging is particularly difficult for the placement of intracorporal tubes, as the tube often has poor visibility on ultrasound and may be obscured by gases (which are poor transmitters of ultrasound).

Embodiments of the present invention aim to address these issues by providing an apparatus for confirming the position of an intracorporal tubing within a body, in particular, an apparatus which can be used with relatively little experience or training."

"SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided an intracorporal tube for positioning within a patient's body, the tube comprising at least one location marker on, in or within the tube, the presence and/or position of which marker is detectable by an ultrasound imaging system.

The tube may have a plurality of location markers at different locations on, or within, the tube. The tube may have one or more active location markers and/or one or more passive location markers .

With multiple location markers, the location of different parts of the tube within the body can be determined. The orientation of the tube may also be established, for example by using multiple location markers. This can be useful, for example, to determine that the tube has coiled or snagged within the body.

The at least one location marker may be an active marker and may comprise an image signal source.

The at least one location marker may be provided in or on a wall portion of the tube. Alternatively, or in addition, at least one location marker may be provided in or on a guide wire of the tube .

Where there is a plurality of location markers, at least two may be configured to produce a discriminable imaging signal in an imaging system such that the positions of the location markers"

This would be a very interesting business model as not only would we sell hardware software to help target the proper location for each tube placement we would also (presumably) get some fee for each ultrasound locatable tube used.

[40 fathoms] 04/4/2023 01:00

Latest promotional video for NeedleTrainer, for the first time I think it shows the very significant potential beyond regional anaesthesia. Can see it have very specific uses in needle guided biopsies, intervention radiology and vascular access/open line placement.



Also I have noted the following recent/pending patent applications which suggests plenty of product innovation to look forward to in the coming years. The application for apparatus and method for positioning a tube is very interesting.









For the tube placement patent application, copied below is the background for the product.

"Some medical procedures on the body require the positioning of an intracorporal tube, for example, a feeding tube, a draining tube, or a catheter. Often these procedures are of the invasive, blind-ended type wherein the tube is not observable during and/or after insertion. Incorrect placement of an intracorporal tube can be dangerous, even fatal. Figure 1 shows a known intracorporal tube procedure in the form of a nasogastric tube feeding procedure. In such a procedure, a nasogastric tube 5 is inserted through the nasal (or oral) cavity 3, down the oesophagus 4 and into the stomach 2 of a patient 1. In a nasogastric tube feeding procedure, if the tube is inserted into the lungs by mistake, the patient can come to serious harm, or die, because of introducing substance into the lungs through the tube.

One previously considered approach to this problem has been to use X-rays to confirm the position of the tube after insertion into a body. However, there are several drawbacks to this technique. For one, it may involve moving the patient to a radiology department within the hospital, or else bringing a portable X-ray machine to the patient. Both cases lead to a significant delay as well as the increased costs of providing nurse, porter, and radiographer time. X-rays are a form of ionising radiation, so every X-ray image exposes the patient (and potentially surrounding patients, in the context of a portable X-ray) to a small dose of harmful radiation."

"Ultrasound imaging is commonly used to support invasive medical procedures, such as the insertion of needles for ultrasound guided biopsy of tumours, insertion of central venous catheters, or injection of local anaesthetic in ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia. It has also been suggested that ultrasound could be used to help confirm the placement of intracorporal tubes such as drains and feeding tubes.

In general, it is often difficult to reliably determine the location of tools such as nasogastric tubes on the ultrasound image because such tools have poor echogenicity. In addition, less-experienced practitioners may have difficulty interpreting anatomy on the ultrasound image. This means that they may not reliably be able to decide whether a tool lies within a given anatomical region of interest, even if they can locate the tool on the image. Ultrasound imaging is particularly difficult for the placement of intracorporal tubes, as the tube often has poor visibility on ultrasound and may be obscured by gases (which are poor transmitters of ultrasound).

Embodiments of the present invention aim to address these issues by providing an apparatus for confirming the position of an intracorporal tubing within a body, in particular, an apparatus which can be used with relatively little experience or training."

"SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided an intracorporal tube for positioning within a patient's body, the tube comprising at least one location marker on, in or within the tube, the presence and/or position of which marker is detectable by an ultrasound imaging system.

The tube may have a plurality of location markers at different locations on, or within, the tube. The tube may have one or more active location markers and/or one or more passive location markers .

With multiple location markers, the location of different parts of the tube within the body can be determined. The orientation of the tube may also be established, for example by using multiple location markers. This can be useful, for example, to determine that the tube has coiled or snagged within the body.

The at least one location marker may be an active marker and may comprise an image signal source.

The at least one location marker may be provided in or on a wall portion of the tube. Alternatively, or in addition, at least one location marker may be provided in or on a guide wire of the tube .

Where there is a plurality of location markers, at least two may be configured to produce a discriminable imaging signal in an imaging system such that the positions of the location markers"

This would be a very interesting business model as not only would we sell hardware software to help target the proper location for each tube placement we would also (presumably) get some fee for each ultrasound locatable tube used.

[bamboo2] 15/3/2023 08:13

Notice of results

Analyst and investor briefing

Intelligent Ultrasound Group plc (AIM: IUG), the 'classroom to clinic' ultrasound company, specialising in artificial intelligence (AI) software and simulation, announces it will issue its preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2022 on Thursday, 20 April 2023.

A briefing for analysts will be held via Zoom on 20 April 2023 at 9.30am. To register, please contact Walbrook PR at [e-mail] .

The Company will host a live presentation for investors given by Stuart Gall and Helen Jones via the Investor Meet Company platform on Thursday, 20 April 2023 at 2.15pm. The presentation is open to all existing and potential shareholders. Questions can be submitted pre-event via your Investor Meet Company dashboard up until 9am the day before the meeting or at any time during the live presentation.

Investors can sign up to Investor Meet Company for free and add to meet the Company via:



Investors who already follow Intelligent Ultrasound on the Investor Meet Company platform will automatically be invited.

Separately, the Company announces an investor day at their headquarters in Cardiff. This will take place on Tuesday, 25 April 2023 and will include an overview of the business and a live demonstration of the products. For further details and to register to attend, please contact [e-mail] or call 020 7397 8900.

[bamboo2] 08/3/2023 17:30

In attendance at these events, updated.


Date Event Location

January 21-25 International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH) Orlando, USA
February 22-24 NEO: The Neonatology Conference Las Vegas, USA
April 14-16 Midwest Anesthesia Residents’ Conference (MARC) Milwaukee, USA
April 20-22 48th Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting (ASRA) Hollywood, USA
April 27-28 Acute Critical Care Symposium (ACCS) Manchester, UK
May 3-6 World Congress on Endometriosis Edinburgh, UK
May 4-5 RA-UK (ISURA) Newcastle, UK
May 10-12 Euro Echo/EACVI Barcelona, Spain
May 11-12 Sono UK Gateshead, UK
May 11-14 Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia (SAMBA) Phoenix, USA
May 23-25 RCPCH Glasgow, UK
May 25-26 Defence Tri Service Critical Care Conference Shrivenham, UK
June 14-16 Society for Simulation in Europe (SESAM) Lisbon, Portugal
June 26-27 REaSON Neonatal Conference Warwick, UK
June 29-30 British Association of Day Surgery (BADS) Glasgow, UK
August 18-22 American Association of Nurse Anesthistists Annual Congress Seattle, USA
September 6-9 6th World Congress on Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine (ESRA) Paris, France
September 13-15 AoA Annual Congress Edinburgh, UK
September 16-20 European Society for Emergency Medicine (EUSEM) Barcelona, Spain
September 21-23 Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (SDMS) Washington DC, USA
September 25-26 NeoCard Manchester, UK
October 9-12 American College of Physicians (ACEP) Philadelphia, USA
October 13-14 BS Echo London, UK
October 13-17 American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting (ASA) San Francisco, USA
October 19-20 British Society of Emergency Radiology Bath, UK
November 28-2 December I/ITSEC Orlando, USA
December 5-7 British Medical Ultrasound Society (BMUS) UK
December 8-12 Postgraduate Assembly in Anesthesia (PGA) New York, USA

[bamboo2] 02/3/2023 17:43

Intelligent Ultrasound Strengthens Multiplanar Reconstruction in HeartWorks 3D Echo
2/3/2023


Intelligent Ultrasound (IU) today announced that the company has further improved its HeartWorks 3D Echo module. New features in Multiplanar Reconstruction (MPR) will provide students with even more opportunity to explore and inspect the volume they’ve acquired, leading to better learning and patient outcomes.

An optional extra to the HeartWorks simulation platform for cardiac anatomy and echocardiography, IU’s 3D Echo module guides students through the steps of acquisition and manipulation, teaching the key principles of three-dimensional echocardiography.

3D echocardiography has the potential to enhance two-dimensional echocardiography imaging practice and can offer benefits to both clinicians and patients over conventional 2D imaging. However, learning how to acquire 3D datasets can be time consuming and acquired images are largely operator dependent.

Available with all heart models in both TTE and TEE modes, 3D Echo uses real-time, live 3D echocardiography – otherwise known as 4D echo.

Product Manager, Talia Stokes, explained why IU developed 3D Echo and the benefits to students “3D echo enables complex cardiac anatomy to be explored with live 3D volumes communicating the principles of 3D echo, enabling self-directed learning and repeated episodes to embed early understanding. The module supports trainees in building their confidence in 3D cardiac image acquisition and manipulation techniques, teaches the principles of 3D dataset manipulation and guides the student through the steps of data acquisition, offering choices with respect to breath hold and multi-beat acquisition”.

In this latest release, IU has now taken its 3D Echo module even further, adding additional features to MPR, a helpful tool to students if volumetric imaging appears unsatisfactory.

Talia continued “When we first released 3D Echo, it came with a basic version of MPR, where the planes could only be moved at 90 degrees to each other and always remained axis aligned. In this latest release, we have taken MPR further, changing its appearance and increasing operability”.

Indeed, students using the latest version of the HeartWorks 3D Echo module will be able to adjust the z rotation of the camera for 3D echo, rotate each MPR plane, reset the position and rotation of the planes and lock them, so that if one plane is rotated, the other plane will rotate by the same amount. MPR borders and lines are more visible and rib shadowing can be removed when using TTE mode.

The bottom line? Users will have even more opportunity to explore and inspect the volume they’ve acquired, leading to a better learning experience, and in turn patient outcomes.

The 3D Echo module is available to new and existing HeartWorks users and can be added to BodyWorks Eve to provide a comprehensive education across Point of Care Ultrasound (PoCUS), cardiac anatomy and echocardiography.

[bamboo2] 02/3/2023 16:38

Finished buying here this afternoon.
Let's hope the timing works well.

Good luck all.

[bamboo2] 01/3/2023 16:59

A novel approach to combined simulation training in cardiac anesthesia/surgery, in Alberta 28/2/2023

“The anesthesia and surgical trainees become so immersed in the simulation experience that they react very similarly to it being an actual clinical scenario.”



The University of Alberta has developed a novel training program using Intelligent Ultrasound’s HeartWorks Transthoracic/Transesophageal Echocardiography (TTE/TEE) system to simulate perioperative cardiac anesthesia/surgical scenarios. Exposure to rare but catastrophic surgical incidents in a controlled, realistic environment allows trainees to take a phased approach to scenario management without the stress of a high-stakes environment.

Located in Edmonton in Alberta, Canada, the University of Alberta is one of the top 5 universities in Canada boasting more than 500 graduate programs. The Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, a world leader in complex cardiac care and surgery, is a training site for fellows and residents in both cardiac anesthesia and cardiac surgery. However, prior to the purchase of HeartWorks and the development of a joint cardiac anesthesia/surgery training program, it was difficult to adequately prepare trainees to manage cardiac surgical emergencies. Dr. Surita Sidhu, a cardiac anesthesiologist, was instrumental in the development of the training program, with the University Hospital Foundation’s purchase of the HeartWorks system through a generous donation. A second cardiac anesthesiologist, Dr. Wing Lam, has also been heavily involved in the development of this program.

“As these scenarios are rare but significant, they cannot be recreated in a clinical scenario involving patients. In addition, when they do occur in real life, patient management is of paramount importance and teaching of trainees may not be ideal in life-threatening situations.” Surita Sidhu MD, FRCP(C), FASE, Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine.

The HeartWorks TTE/TEE system was initially purchased to allow trainees in cardiac anesthesia/surgical to develop facility with echocardiography skills. Dr. Abigail White, a cardiac surgical trainee, spearheaded the development of a cardiac surgical simulation program at the University of Alberta with support from the program director, Dr. Steven Meyer. Together, Dr. Sidhu and Dr. White have developed a unique training program involving anesthesiologists, surgeons, perfusionists, and cardiac surgical nurses, as well as Andrew Reid, a simulation consultant with Alberta Heath Services.

“We select available HeartWorks TEE pathologies corresponding to clinical emergencies which may be encountered during or after cardiac surgical procedures. These can include scenarios such as right coronary air with acute right heart failure, iatrogenic aortic dissection, acute graft failure, and protamine reactions. We then run the simulations using Dr. White’s porcine models with a modified extracorporeal membranous oxygenation circuit to simulate cardiopulmonary bypass.” Surita Sidhu MD, FRCP(C), FASE, Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine.

“The anesthesia and surgical trainees become so immersed in the simulation experience that they react very similarly to it being an actual clinical scenario. However, because it is a simulation, we are able to deconstruct both clinical management and communication skills in a stepwise fashion during the post-simulation debrief.” Surita Sidhu MD, FRCP(C), FASE, Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine.

Many programs currently use simulation in isolation, but this new approach may allow training programs to further augment their internal training to include cardiac surgical scenarios. Heartworks allows realistic training in a safe, controlled environment on 30 pathology cases. The full cardiac learning pathway guides students from basic probe-manipulation skills to on-system assessment and active scenarios.

[bamboo2] 26/2/2023 23:02

More background info from GEHC

Friday Q&A: GE HealthCare’s Yoder on using AI to drive precision care
Published Feb. 23, 2023

"...Access and efficiency are two of the most important trends that AI is unlocking. In our women’s health ultrasound suite, we have applied AI that really drives efficiency for the user of the device. They automate measurements, they automate segmentation, they take out steps. And so when you think about AI, one of the things that it can really do is shift clinicians or caregivers from the process back to the patient. It takes precious moments out of doing technology tasks and shifts them back to interacting with the patients..."



'They' = IUG?

[bamboo2] 24/2/2023 17:06

Introducing the Ultrasound Basic Principles eLearn 22/2/2023


Point-of-care Ultrasound is fast, cost-effective and non-invasive, providing almost instant information to inform clinical decision-making – but it’s a difficult skill to learn. Opportunities to practise on patients are limited, particularly for novices, and when high-stake scenarios occur patient care takes priority over training opportunities.

This new IU Academy course provides the principles of probe manipulation and image interpretation in a structured eLearn environment, supporting self-directed learning and relieving the pressures of teaching the basic principles in a high-stake clinical environment.

Designed to complement the BodyWorks Eve simulator, the course supports a comprehensive learning pathway, teaching the fundamental techniques used in point-of-care ultrasound to kickstart learning and direct practical skill development.

[18bt] 23/2/2023 07:31

Thanks Bamboo - good thread, so switching

[bamboo2] 22/2/2023 23:33

Joe Hostetter, info updates and vid from Intelligent Ultras current conference stand.

[maddox] 22/2/2023 12:29

Hi Bamboo - Happy to switch threads, Regards Maddox

[bamboo2] 21/2/2023 16:17

NEO: The Conference for Neonatology in Las Vegas is this week. Visit the Intelligent Ultrasound team at booth 211 where you can meet ‘BabyWorks Sam’ - our ultra-realistic baby manikin offering a safe and effective training tool for neonatal ultrasound!

[bamboo2] 20/2/2023 15:42

16 February 2023

Health Education England has invested in twenty-three combined HeartWorks–BodyWorks systems to standardize training in ultrasound and echocardiography for healthcare scientists across NHS England.

Part of Health Education England (HEE), the National School of Healthcare Science has overall responsibility for the educational framework for healthcare scientists, across more than 40 specialties in NHS England. When Jane Lynch joined HEE, they faced a workforce gap in diagnostics, including echocardiography, on a national level. In addition, with departments understaffed many lacked the capacity to provide the training needed.

“One of the big issues that we have when trying to train healthcare scientists is training capacity. The departments are all short-staffed, and although they are keen to take on trainees to increase their staffing levels, they struggle to train all the people we are asking to the right level.” Jane Lynch, Scientist Training Programme Director

The National School of Healthcare Science set up a new Echocardiography Training Programme designed to fast-track competence and elevate the standard of training in echocardiography. With a background as a clinical scientist in echocardiography, Jane was keen to integrate simulation into the training program and purchased two HeartWorks simulators for the pilot in 2020.

“Because training capacity is the limiting factor, simulators were a good source of kick-starting that early training, so they were considered an important part of the echo training program. I’d worked with HeartWorks and BodyWorks before so I was aware of what they could do and I tried looking at everything else that was on the market, but nothing provided the same quality and interaction that the [BodyWorks] Eve simulator did.” Jane Lynch, Scientist Training Programme Director

Following a successful pilot across two sites, the team made plans to roll the program out nationally. However, this highlighted a disparity with varying levels of training between sites and some trainees not having access to simulation. In addition, once the covid pandemic arose, many trainees struggled to get in-clinic training due to the restrictions on movements and face-to-face contact throughout the pandemic.

“In most regions that I work in, there are areas that have established centers that have good training, and there are lots of other centers that would love to provide that same training but just don’t have the backup or the ability to take time out of their normal working day to provide training. This is about leveling everybody up and trying to get everybody to a better standard, and it’s about bringing those departments that previously couldn’t train into the fold so that they can.” Jane Lynch, Scientist Training Programme Director

HEE purchased an additional twenty-three combined HeartWorks-BodyWorks systems so that all regions had access to simulation training. The program also employed training coordinators for each area to provide some training away from the clinic, relieving the pressure on the clinical team and increasing training capacity.

Intelligent Ultrasound worked with the HEE team, helping to create a bespoke package to meet their needs. Each system order was managed on a case-by-case basis, arranging installation and training with the onsite teams individually, while coordinating centrally with HEE. With expressions of interest increasing, the program now plans to expand even further by increasing the number of places offered.



Video, unbelievably good quality enhanced imaging.

[bamboo2] 18/2/2023 13:00

eeza, thanks anyway!

The Cenkos format works really well. Particularly as it was recorded and time/index stamped.

Wondering if GEHC will offer for IUG before the price starts to make headway.

[eeza] 18/2/2023 12:00

Posted by Bbus on his own thread
Cenkos Growth and innovation online forum

IUG Ceo Stuart Gall presenting at 0915 (15 min presentation)



Edit

Ah, I see already posted by Timbo & bamboo.

[bamboo2] 17/2/2023 23:40

Report on GEHC outlook. Ultrasound has good potential.

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Mizuho initiated coverage on GE HealthCare Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:GEHC) with a Buy rating and $90.00 target after receiving positive feedback from a proprietary radiology survey, as well as positive checks from hospital surveys.

The radiology survey found that radiology volumes are expected to improve +6-8% in 2023 despite staffing constraints. The survey also found that 84% of sites have capital budgets that are unchanged or higher versus the prior 2-years. Half of all sites surveyed have plans to purchase multiple systems in 2023 led by CT and MRI. GEHC held 48% share among the sample and is the preferred vendor of more than half of them. Analysts expect GEHC to edge out competition for new box orders across CT, MRI, Ultrasound, and X-ray next year.

Mizuho models GEHC at an adj EPS CAGR of 12.5% with upside to mid-teens as they contemplate top-line tailwinds, operating leverage initiatives, and below-the-line items. On revenue, GEHC's outlook is for growth of 4-7% into the medium-term, but Mizuho sees potential for upside closer to high-single digits.

They wrote in a note, “We still see upside ahead for the stock on: 1) increased demand for imaging coming out of the pandemic, 2) an aging EU install base that points toward a substantial upgrade cycle, 3) a multi-year CT adoption cycle in China that should see ~20k new sockets installed over 10-years, and 4) MRI demand from the recent US launch of Leqembi to treat Alzheimer's disease (AD) after Jan 2023 FDA clearance.”

Shares of GEHC are up 2.39% in afternoon trading on Friday.

[bamboo2] 13/2/2023 16:43

On Twitter today.

Intelligent Ultrasound@SmarterScanning

A lovely first post of the week as we share (another) new customer, the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, taking receipt of their #simulation platforms - this time BodyWorks and BabyWorks. Welcome on board RCH! Many congrats to our Australian partner @devicetech

[bamboo2] 11/2/2023 15:09

Hi, gsbmba99, 40 Fathoms, Maddox, 18BT, timbo003, others.

Some really good info on this thread over the past few years, thank you.

I started a research thread with a view to learning more about the co., but a few have started using it to post. I'd be happy to see it become the main thread if others are happy to do so.

I have held IPGroup for years, and also have direct holdings in most of their listed constituents. I am part way through building a position in IUG. I think this has potential on it's own, but also as a possible t/over target.

Link to thread

[bamboo2] 09/2/2023 22:32

GEHC has marked it's first month of independence with its second acquisition!

Will IUG be next? Our CEO, Stuart Gall, while great at leading the company, is in his early sixties, so must be thinking about future plans, both for himself, and the company.

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GE HealthCare to Acquire Caption Health, Expanding Ultrasound to Support New Users Through FDA-Cleared, AI-Powered Image Guidance
Acquisition supports GE HealthCare’s $3 billion Ultrasound business by adding AI-enabled image guidance to ultrasound device portfolios
Helps enable affordable, convenient access to point of care ultrasound imaging for a variety of clinical uses
Acquisition aligns with strategy to deliver precision care and expands access to new ultrasound users and clinical uses
February 09, 2023 08:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE HealthCare (Nasdaq: GEHC), a leading global precision care innovator, announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Caption Health, Inc., a privately owned artificial intelligence (AI) healthcare leader that creates clinical applications to aid in early disease detection, using AI to assist in conducting ultrasound scans. With Caption AI applications, ultrasound examinations can be easier and faster, enabling a broader set of healthcare professionals to conduct basic echocardiogram exams. This technology can help detect signs of diseases like heart failure in at-risk patients across doctors’ offices, the home, and alternate sites of care, potentially preventing hospitalizations and supporting improved clinical outcomes.

GE HealthCare Ultrasound President and CEO Roland Rott said, “Guiding ultrasound users during examinations with the help of AI is of growing importance, especially as we reach a broader set of healthcare professionals. Caption Health’s AI applications help enable reliable, consistent ultrasound examinations to deliver more precise diagnoses, improved treatment decision-making, and ultimately improved patient outcomes. This tuck-in acquisition will help expand affordable access to ultrasound imaging to novice users and is aligned with a broader shift to precision care globally.”

Caption Health CEO Steve Cashman said, “We are incredibly proud of the technology we have built and together with GE HealthCare, look forward to bringing this technology to more patients across the globe. Combining our AI applications with GE HealthCare’s ultrasound devices will help accelerate our mission to detect disease earlier, when an easily obtained diagnostic image can be a great equalizer to health quality and outcomes. This will ultimately help us reduce costs and enhance care.”

Heart ultrasound examinations are the primary tool used to help identify heart failure, the most common diagnosis in the U.S. for hospitalized patients over the age of 651. It contributes to millions of deaths globally every year, but early symptoms like fatigue or shortness of breath are commonly confused for normal signs of aging2. A study showed that 38% of new heart failure patients are diagnosed in acute care facilities, even though 46% of these patients had potential symptoms six months before diagnosis, when intervention would have had a greater impact in slowing disease progression3. Doctors call heart failure "the silent killer" because it is so easy to ignore symptoms until it is too late. It has remained a leading cause of death nationwide4, with cases on the rise following the COVID pandemic5.

Karley Yoder, Chief Digital Officer, Ultrasound at GE HealthCare, who will integrate Caption Health into the broader digital ecosystem of GE HealthCare, said, “We couldn’t be more excited to partner with the Caption Health team to increase access and accelerate growth of ultrasound. Caption Health will first be integrated in the Point of Care and Handheld business portfolio to advance ultrasound adoption, with expanded future use cases as well.”

As part of this acquisition, Caption Health will continue to provide management and administrative services to affiliated medical services providers (collectively referred to as “Caption Care”). By providing trained technicians across the country equipped with the Caption Health AI technology to perform cardiac ultrasounds in alternate sites of care and, in the future, in the comfort of patient’s homes, Caption Care service is intended to support early diagnosis and detection before diseases like heart failure become more difficult to treat.

Caption Health also has a strong development pipeline of AI software, including innovative technology for the use of ultrasound in pulmonary applications.

The consummation of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions. Financial terms of the transaction are not being disclosed. GE HealthCare intends to fund this transaction with cash on hand.

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