Philips touts new gantry design for Azurion

Philips (NYSE:PHG) today touted the launch of its Azurion with FlexArm, which the company said enables physicians to more easily perform image-guided procedures.

As the clinician moves the system, the image bean maintains alignment with the patient and provides consistent visualization, according to Philips.

Azurion with FlexArm moves on eight axes, controlled by the Axsys controller. In simulation tests, use of the system significantly reduced patient repositioning. This is of particular importance during minimally invasive procedures that require access through the patient’s wrist, Philips said, because it reduces the risk of unintentional pulling of wires and tubes.

Philips launched Azurion in February of 2017 and more than 450,000 people have been treated around the world since then, according to the Amsterdam-based company.

“With FlexArm, Philips’ engineers have overcome near-impossible geometric and mechanical barriers to enable clinicians to achieve clinical excellence in image-guided therapy,” Dr. Barry Katzen, founder & CMO of the Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute, said in prepared remarks.

“FlexArm enables us to dramatically optimize procedures around the patient: we can get the optimal view of what’s going on inside the patient without encumbering all of the clinicians that are working around the table. The result is an innovation that’s not only clinically important but also very simple and intuitive to use – a critical factor in the heat of a complex procedure,” Katzen added.

“Two years on from its launch, Azurion is now established as our leading platform for interventional procedures, favored by clinicians for its intuitive, seamless approach that enables them to focus on treating the patient, and by hospital administrators for its positive impact on productivity and efficiency,” Ronald Tabaksblat, business leader for Philips’ image guided therapy systems unit, said. “FlexArm is the natural next step in our Azurion innovation journey, combining clinical and operational benefits to improve patient care and reduce costs, while opening up opportunities for new image-guided procedures as the field continues [sic] grow.”

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