Tumors appears in regions that is not easily accessible for biopsies. Biopsy is necessary for the diagnostic of any tumor and the basis for correct treatment.
Approach
MultiGuide enables us with a minimal invasive image guided technique to do both fine needle aspiration and core needle biopsies in regions not easily accessible, avoiding open surgery.
Impact
For the patient: Less complication, faster diagnosis, better prognosis Physician: Better availability of procedure, less time consuming Clinic/Hospital: Low cost
Implants such as e.g. stimulation electrodes, targeted drug delivery systems and drug-eluting devices could be challenging to place correctly. In general, it is performed as open surgery under general anesthesia.
Approach
MultiGuide provides an alternative technique for precise placement of implants with a minimal invasive technique, improving current procedures and enabling placement in hard to reach regions.
Impact
For the patients: Less complication, better availability, new treatments. Physician: Easy, less time consuming, enables development of new treatment strategies. Clinic/hospital: Low cost
Examples
Stimulation in pain syndromes, neurological diseases
Destructive procedures represents a wide range of techniques used in pain syndromes, local tumor control and neural modulation. Such structures are frequently in regions not readily accessible.
Approach
MultiGuide enables us to reach such regions with any kind of working instrument to perform destructive procedures with a minimal invasive technique.
Impact
For the patients: Less complication, better availability, new treatments. Physician: Easy, less time consuming, enables development of new treatment strategies. Clinic/hospital: Low cost
Drugs with local effect, such as botulinum toxin, short-acting anesthetics and destructive substances needs to be administered accurately for optimal effect. They are used mainly in pain syndromes and neurological diseases.
Approach
Using MultiGuide enables us to perform the administration with millimeter accuracy with a minimal invasive technique. May be performed by non-surgical specialist, for example a neurologist.
Impact
For the patients: Better and longer effect, less complication, better availability, new treatments. Physician: Easy, less time consuming, reproducible, enables development of new treatment strategies. Since diagnosis and therapy can be performed by the same physician, the treatment is easier to implement. Clinic/hospital: Low cost
