Philips is highlighting the milestone of the 1,000th patient treated with its Fiber Optic RealShape (FORS) technology since its first clinical use in 2020.
FORS includes the company's new 160-cm version of its LumiGuide endovascular navigation wire, which was recently used for the first time on a patient during an aortic aneurysm repair operation.
LumiGuide allows doctors to see their guidewires and catheters in 3D and color as they manipulate them inside the patient's body, from any angle, in real-time, and with minimal radiation, Philips said. The technology allows for complex cases such as aortic repair procedures to be completed 37% faster and use 70% less x-ray imaging during the process, according to the firm. It also integrates into the vendor's image-guided therapy system, Azurion, allowing its use alongside pre-operative, cross-sectional imaging.
