Amsterdam, the Netherlands – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced North American availability of new innovations in its portfolio of cardiology solutions designed to seamlessly work together, strengthen clinical confidence, build efficiency throughout the care pathway, and improve cardiac care outcomes and experiences. The new updates, aimed at innovating and advancing procedures including percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to treat the narrowing of coronary arteries, are being announced at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) annual meeting (Orlando, USA, November 4-6). In addition, Philips is putting a spotlight on new clinical data being presented at TCT that shows how novel minimally-invasive techniques are helping to innovate interventional procedures and improve patient outcomes.

The demands on cardiology departments are higher than ever before, forcing clinicians to balance the delivery of high-quality care for a growing volume of complex patients with the challenge of improving departmental efficiency at the same time.

"Interventional physicians seek ever-more precise, accurate and efficient tools to decide, guide, treat and confirm the right therapy for the right patient at the point of care," said Chris Landon, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Image Guided Therapy Devices at Philips. "At this year's TCT, we're showing how we are continuously innovating and expanding our integrated ecosystem of interventional imaging systems and diagnostic and therapeutic devices to provide clinicians with a complete solution, from diagnosis to treatment and therapy monitoring, to optimize their workflow and the treatment of each individual patient."

North America debut of Philips' mobile interventional applications platform

The new Philips Interventional Applications Platform – IntraSight Mobile – is now available in North America. IntraSight Mobile brings together imaging and physiology applications on a mobile system for coronary and peripheral artery disease therapy. The IntraSight platform allows interventional cardiologists to perform intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging and physiologic measurements of fractional flow reserve (FFR) and instant wave-free ratio (iFR) to accurately identify the location of lesions causing ischemia.

IntraSight Mobile builds on the success of Philips Interventional Applications Platform – IntraSight – a solution that integrates intravascular diagnostic applications into a smart, simple and seamless workflow solution for interventional labs. IntraSight Mobile is compatible with Philips' current and future portfolio of imaging and physiology modalities. The system includes a touchscreen panel PC and a ruggedized, multi-modality touchscreen module mounted on a modern and easy to maneuver mobile cart for all environments. IntraSight Mobile offers clinicians an intuitive user interface and simplified workflow, enhancing the user experience while optimizing lab performance. Clinicians can customize the platform and select best-in-class tools that are right for their coronary or peripheral vascular patients.

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