About The NvisionVLE™ Imaging System
NinePoint Medical's proprietary NvisionVLE Imaging System enables physicians and pathologists to endoscopically view real-time, high-resolution, volumetric images of organs and tissues up to 3mm deep at better than 10 micron resolution. Utilizing an advanced form of Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT) also known as OFDI (optical frequency-domain imaging), NvisionVLE provides treating physicians and pathologists with cross-sectional, volumetric digital images of a patient's organ - including below the surface of the tissue, over very large areas. This imaging information can be used to aid clinician decision-making relative to biopsy placement or treatment planning. The NvisionVLE Imaging System is indicated for use as an imaging tool in the evaluation of human tissue microstructure, including esophageal tissue microstructure, by providing two-dimensional, cross-sectional, real-time depth visualization. The safety and effectiveness of this device for diagnostic analysis (i.e. differentiating normal versus specific abnormalities) in any tissue microstructure or specific disease has not been evaluated.
Developed at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), NinePoint licensed the technology in 2010 as part of the largest intellectual property agreement for medical device technology in the hospital's history.
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About NinePoint Medical, Inc.
NinePoint Medical is positioned to improve patient care through the development of medical devices that enable high resolution in-vivo imaging. The Company was founded on the ideal of convergence, of developing products that could bring together access, diagnosis and treatment. Founded in 2009 with an initial Series A of $33 million, the Company licensed the fundamental optical coherence tomography (OCT) technology from The Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in 2010 and received its first 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in December 2011. NinePoint launched its lead product, the NvisionVLE™ Imaging System, in the U.S. in May 2013. NinePoint is headquartered in Cambridge, Mass. For more information, please visit www.ninepointmedical.com.
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