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BURLINGTON,
VERMONT; November 1, 2006:
ASCENSION
AND TRIG MEDICAL TO PRESENT
NEW
3D GUIDANCE™
AT PREMIERE CONFERENCE – RSNA
BURLINGTON,
VERMONT; November 1, 2006:
Ascension
Technology Corporation
will exhibit its newest 3D
Guidance tracking
technology with OEM (Original
Equipment Manufacturer) Partner
Trig Medical
at the Radiological Society
of North America’s annual
conference in Chicago, Illinois,
November 26 – December 1.
The new device
is a pulsed-DC magnetic tracker,
singularly designed for medical
procedures. It offers multiple
sensors and transmitter options
that can be customized for
given procedures. Sensors,
typically embedded in the
distal tip of instruments
-- such as catheters -- for
localization, include a new
flat transmitter plate that
can be positioned beneath
a patient to negate the distorting
effects of ferrous metals
in hospital beds and procedural
tables. 3D Guidance is a medically
compliant Class 1, Type CF,
Defibrillator Proof device.
3D Guidance’s
breakthrough use in obstetrics
will be demonstrated at RSNA
with Trig Medical’s LaborPro
proprietary technology combining
ultrasound imaging and software,
to provide noninvasive monitoring
of maternal labor.
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LaborPro:
Breakthrough in Labor
Management |
Ascension’s
OEM partner, Trig Medical,
is using miniaturized
sensors and a metal-immune
flat transmitter to enable
a new, non-invasive monitoring
system for maternal labor.
The LaborPro provides
fetal head station and
position in a 3D display
along with cervical dilatation
during labor and delivery.
The flat transmitter is
placed beneath the mother
on a birthing chair or
table to negate metallic
distortion of sensor measure-
ments. LaborPro
has received CE Mark
in Europe and is currently
an investigational device,
under-going clinical
testing in the USA
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Jack Scully,
Ascension’s Vice President
for New Business Development
notes, “3D Guidance will bring
the benefits of non-radiating
intra-body navigation to many
image-guided procedures. Trig
Medical’s LaborPro System
is the first of many new minimally
invasive procedures that will
soon reach the mainstream
medical market. Ascension
is committed to working with
medical OEMs to integrate
position sensors into a growing
list of medical advancements”
Dr. Reuven Levinsky, Trig
Medical’s Medical Director,
states, “Ascension’s new 3D
Guidance technology enables
us to significantly enhance
the performance of LaborPro.
The flat transmitter eliminates
worry over distortion of critical
measurements by metal and
provides us with a high level
of patient friendliness. The
miniaturized sensors let us
track the spatial position
of the fetal head within the
maternal pelvis with high
accuracy and reliability.
Two studies demonstrating
LaborPro utilization in labor
monitoring were recently presented
at the World Congress on Ultrasound
in Obstetrics and Gynecology
(ISUOG) held in London, September
2006.”
Ascension Technology
Corporation, based
in Burlington, Vermont, USA,
is a world leader in 3D tracking
solutions for medical applications.
More information about Ascension
is available at www.ascension-tech.com.
Trig
Medical Inc, headquartered
in Nesher, Israel, develops
innovative computerized systems
for monitoring labor. More
information about Trig Medical
is available at www.trigmed.com.
Contacts:
Ascension
Technology Corp.
Trish Scott, 802-893-6657,
ext 34
Medical Marketing Development
Manager
tscott(at)ascension-tech.com
Trig Medical
Ltd.
Amir Rippel, +972 4 820 4101
VP Marketing and Sales
amir(at)trigmed.com
Visit
Ascension and Trig Medical
at RSNA 2006 Exhibition,
North Building, Hall B # 8362
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