Corporation to Optimize Thoracic and Abdominal Interventions in a Standard Operating Room
Wakefield, MA (July 9th, 2012) – ActiViews, Inc, a company pioneering the development of simple, accurate, and cost-effective surgical navigation solutions, announced a partnership today with NeuroLogica Corporation to develop an integrated surgical navigation system compatible with BodyTom™, the portable, full body 32-slice interoperative CT scanner.
The ActiViews CT-Guide™ navigation system is designed to assist physicians during CT-guided interventional, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures such as precutaneous biopsies, ablations and marker placements in the lung and liver. The system shows surgeons the real-time location of their interventional instruments and the trajectory to target on the CT images like a GPS guides a car using stored roadmaps.
“We are pleased to announce our partnership with NeuroLogica,” commented Christopher von Jako, President of ActiViews, Inc. “The combination of our patented CT-Guide™ navigation technology platform with their exclusive, portable, self-shielded CT scanner will offer surgeons a unique enabling technology for minimally invasive thoracic and abdominal oncology procedures in a standard operating room.”
NeuroLogica’s BodyTom™ is a completely portable, full body, 32-slice CT scanner that boasts an 85cm gantry and 60cm field of view. The battery powered BodyTom™ can be transported from room to room, instantly transforming any OR, ICU or trauma bay into a fully-functioning, high quality CT imaging suite. BodyTom™ is DICOM 3.1 compliant and compatible with all PACS systems.
“We are excited to be partnered with ActiViews and their game changing navigation technology,” commented David Webster, Global Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “We believe that BodyTom™ will accelerate the adoption of minimal invasive thoracic and abdominal oncology procedures in a standard operating room.”
About ActiViews:
ActiViews (www.activiews.com) is a privately held high-tech medical device company that develops, manufactures, and markets novel surgical navigation solutions. The company’s mission is to become the leading provider of simple, accurate, and affordable navigation solutions in order to enhance physician confidence in performing minimally invasive thoracic and abdominal surgical oncology procedures. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has approved the core technology platform patent with other ancillary patents currently pending. CT-Guide™ navigation is the first and only commercially available system for CT-guided interventions cleared for both lung and liver applications. ActiViews, Inc. is located in the metro-Boston area with Research and Development facilities in Haifa, Israel. ActiViews, Navigate with Confidence™.
About NeuroLogica Corporation:
Located in Danvers, Massachusetts, NeuroLogica Corporation (www.neurologica.com) specializes in the design and manufacture of cutting edge imaging equipment that is easy to use and brings the power of imaging to the patient. NeuroLogica`s BodyTom™ CT and CereTom® CT are FDA cleared and certified to ISO 13485:2003 and ISO 9001:2008 with Canadian Medical Device Amendments. NeuroLogica`s BodyTom™ CT and CereTom® CT are CE marked (European Conformity) for distribution in the European Union and European Economic Area.