MEDICAL device company Compumedics says its Germany-based division has been awarded a European patent for a new approach to diagnose and treat strokes via ultrasound.
The brain blood-flow Doppler-sonography division in Germany, DWL, is developing a an automatic system for detecting and treating blood vessel stenosis or occlusion, in order to prevent and treat strokes, and also monitor traumatic brain injuries.
DWL has combined the latest principles and technology behind automated tracking and treatment management of vascular dysfunction associated with traumatic brain injury (TBI) along with similar potential functionality during stroke management.
The system promises to simplify the current, largely manual, process for assessing blood flow through the brain, opening up applications such as remote and automatic diagnosis of traumatic brain injury, telehealth, and use in local clinics.
The patent covers a servo-controllable transducer, which allows automatic signal detection in the brain supplying arteries as well as the discovery of narrowing (stenosis or occlusion) in the arterial system. Blood vessel stenosis or occlusions are characteristic of 80% of strokes.
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