MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Imricor Medical Techniques, Inc. (ASX:IMR) Imricor, the worldwide chief in real-time interventional cardiac magnetic resonance (iCMR) ablation merchandise, is happy to announce that it has entered right into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with GE HealthCare.
Below the phrases of the MOU, GE HealthCare and Imricor intend to collaborate to interface Imricor’s Benefit-MR EP Recorder/Stimulator and Northstar-MR 3D Mapping System with GE HealthCare MRI scanners. A profitable collaboration will allow cardiac electrophysiology (EP) ablation procedures guided by real-time MRI, utilizing Imricor’s catheters and different disposable units, to be carried out on the GE HealthCare MRI platform. The collaboration with GE HealthCare would broaden Imricor’s potential to interface with GE HealthCare’s new and presently put in MRI scanners.
Imricor’s short-term aim is to permit websites with GE HealthCare MRI methods to take part within the upcoming “Vision-MR Ablation of Atrial FLutter” or VISABL-AFL scientific trial within the US and “Vision-MR Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia” or VISABL-VT scientific trial in Europe. The Firm’s general aim is to broaden within the selections physicians and hospitals have when selecting an MRI platform for his or her iCMR labs.
“Imricor’s revolutionary know-how has the potential to carry vital profit to numerous cardiac arrhythmia sufferers,” mentioned Anja Brau, PhD, Normal Supervisor, GE HealthCare MR Scientific Options and Analysis Collaborations. “GE HealthCare has a long-standing historical past of making use of MR to remedy steerage and management; we might be happy so as to add Imricor’s capabilities to supply our clients with extra choices to deal with their sufferers.”
“We’re thrilled on the prospect of increasing the portfolio of MRI scanners that assist Benefit-MR and Northstar-MR know-how,” mentioned Steve Wedan, Imricor’s CEO and Chair. “The addition of GE HealthCare will give physicians and hospitals considerably extra flexibility to make use of the MRI {hardware} of their alternative, when offering real-time iCMR ablations for his or her sufferers. We’re grateful to our present clients who’ve embraced our real-time iCMR ablation know-how, and look ahead to making the advantages of this know-how much more broadly obtainable.”
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