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BURLINGTON,
VERMONT; October 11, 2006:
Ascension
to Launch New 3D Guidance™
Tracker at TCT 2006
BURLINGTON,
VERMONT; October 11, 2006:
Ascension Technology
will showcase its newest medical
tracking device, 3D Guidance,
at TCT 2006
-- the Transcatheter
Cardiovascular Therapeutic
Conference and Exposition,
in Washington, D.C., October
23-25, 2006.
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1.3
mm sensor integrated
into 5 French catheter.
Ascension has miniaturized
a new generation of
magnetic sensors for
guiding interventional
catheters to targets
within the human body. |
3D
Guidance tracks the position
and orientation of one
or more tiny sensors,
enabling real-time guidance
of medical instruments
for minimally invasive,
image-guided procedures.
Sensors, ranging in diameter
from 1.8 mm to 0.3 mm,
are typically embedded
in the distal tip of catheters,
scopes and probes. Measurements
are unaffected when used
in close proximity to
intravascular ultrasound
arrays.
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The development
of a new, customizable, flat
transmitter now permits tracking
on hospital beds and tables
containing steel structures.
The tracker meets Class 1
Type CF regulations for use
within the human body. Ascension
is currently developing new
applications for 3D guidance
of catheters with its medical
partners, including the deployment
of stents, delivery of therapeutic
agents, and guidance of ultrasound
probes.
3D Guidance
employs DC magnetic field
sensing technology to minimizing
conductive metallic distortion,
and overcome line-of-sight
tracking restrictions.
Jack Scully,
Ascension’s Vice President
of New Business Development,
states, “3D Guidance sensors
enable physicians to track
the precise position of catheters
even inside a beating heart.
Sensors are now capable of
guiding 3 French catheters
to internal targets without
fluoroscopic exposure or the
use of expensive computer
equipment.”
3D Guidance
will be shown in Booth
#247 at TCT 2006.
Representatives will be on
hand to provide information
about Ascension’s tracking
products and their diverse
medical applications.
Ascension
Technology Corporation, based
in Burlington, Vermont, USA,
is a world leader in magnetic
motion tracking solutions
for medical applications.
More information about Ascension
trackers is available at www.ascension-tech.com
or from Trish Scott at 802-893-6657,
ext 34.
Biomedical
references and medical procedures
described in this press release
are examples of what can be
accomplished with tracking
and imaging technology once
end users and/or systems integrators
have complied with all pertinent
FDA/CE/IRB directions
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