Clinical Value – for surgeons, hospitals and patients
The SonoWand Invite offers a number of clinical values and advantages to the surgeon, patient and hospital. In addition to the clinical values there are also financial advantages to the hospital choosing the SonoWand Invite as the intra-operative imaging system.
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For the surgeon
- Real Time Tumor Visualization before and during surgery
- Eliminates the challenge of brain shift
- Identifies and distinguishes lesions from normal brain tissue and surrounding landmarks in real time, 3D view
- Safe removal of tumor without damaging healthy brain tissue
- Safe guidance of surgical instruments to the region of interest
- Updated 3D image volumes at any time during surgery. It takes less than thirty seconds to perform an ultrasound scan to acquire a new 3D volume, and it is immediately available for navigation.
- Control of the progress of the surgery. Resection control of malignant brain tumors represents a main clinical application of the SonoWand Invite™
- Real Time Edema identification vs. Tumor tissue
- Real Time Ultrasound imaging providing 3D angio and color visualization of blood flow
- Shorter time in the operating room compared to iMRI, minimizing complications
- Fusion of pre- and intra-operative images
For the hospital
- Lower cost/operation due to shorter time in OR
- No imaging hazards, no radiation hazards, no personnel precautions needed
- Increased control and quality assurance throughout the whole procedure
- Increased treatment rate for hospital
- Considerable lower purchase cost compared to iMRI
- Considerable lower operational cost compared to iMRI
- Higher yield of tumor treatments
For the Patient
- Real-time images during surgery, allowing the surgeon to perform a better and more precise treatment.
- Safe removal of tumor without damaging healthy brain tissue
- Shorter time in the operating room compared to iMRI, minimizing complications
- Shorter time in OR, less exposure to anesthesia
- Maximum resection provides increased quality of life and improved survival rate.
- No imaging hazards, no radiation hazards, no personnel precautions needed
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Articles of interest in our Book of Abstracts: 20, 21 and 27.
Click to view Lesion Visualization Using Ultrasound
Images to support our clinical values:
Identification of brain shift
Intraoperative 3D Angio Doppler
Intraoperative resection control
Image fusion, Ultrasound angio enabled