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LightLab Imaging is focused on developing Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT). OCT is a new high-resolution high-speed imaging modality that uses advanced photonics for imaging and tissue characterization. LightLab Imaging has developed the ImageWire and Helios occlusion balloon catheters for imaging of coronary artherosclerotic plaques. The ImageWire houses the fiber optic probe which enables imaging, while the Helios provides proximal occlusion to allow for a blood-free imaging zone.
The system works as follows
- The primary guidewire accesses the lesion.
- The Helios is delivered over the primary guidewire.
- The guidewire is removed and the ImageWire is introduced to the lesion.
- The Helios is then pulled back proximal to the imaging area, inflated to interrupt the blood flow, and the imaging probe pulls back inside the ImageWire to obtain images.
- Finally the ImageWire is removed, the guidewire is re-introduced, and the Helios is removed.
Hardware
The M2x console is the central focus of the hardware / software operations. With a small footprint - making it easy to work with in tight spaces - and a frame on wheels, the system is easily moved and can be shared between labs.
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