PRNewswire06.13.19
NuVasive Inc., the leader in spine technology innovation, announced today that its LessRay radiation reduction and workflow enhancement system was voted a gold winner in the Radiological, Imaging, and Electromechanical Devices Category at the 2019 Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) held in New York City.
The Medical Design Excellence Awards is the premier awards program for the medtech industry with a mission of recognizing significant achievements in medical product design and engineering that improve the quality of healthcare delivery and accessibility. This year, the jurors selected forty-six finalists in nine medical technology product categories based on patient benefits, market differentiation, benefits to overall healthcare, design, and engineering innovation, and functional innovation. The MDEA award is actually the second honor the LessRay platform has achieved in 2019; the platform was voted a gold winner in the Advanced Surgical Instruments category at the 2019 Edison Awards earlier this year.
"We are honored to be recognized by the MDEA for the LessRay platform and our ongoing commitment to delivering better clinical outcomes in spine surgery," said Matt Link, president of NuVasive. "Studies show surgeons can receive their lifetime occupational radiation limit within the first decade of their career, and NuVasive is proud to play an integral role in building a safer operating room experience for patients, surgeons and staff."
The LessRay platform is built on a proprietary algorithm that captures and enhances low-dose, low-quality images to produce images with similar diagnostic capabilities as conventional full-dose images. This technology has the ability to reduce radiation emissions to the operating room staff and patient by 75% compared to standard fluoroscopy. It also contains a number of surgical efficiency features designed to save time during spine surgery, as well as compatibility with picture archiving and communications systems, enabling seamless information transfer between LessRay and hospital networks.
By maintaining the diagnostic image quality and anatomical visualization necessary to perform minimally invasive surgery procedures during spine surgery, the platform accelerates the adoption of minimally invasive surgery, enabling potential benefits, including decreased blood loss, lower risk of infection, and faster recovery time.
The Medical Design Excellence Awards is the premier awards program for the medtech industry with a mission of recognizing significant achievements in medical product design and engineering that improve the quality of healthcare delivery and accessibility. This year, the jurors selected forty-six finalists in nine medical technology product categories based on patient benefits, market differentiation, benefits to overall healthcare, design, and engineering innovation, and functional innovation. The MDEA award is actually the second honor the LessRay platform has achieved in 2019; the platform was voted a gold winner in the Advanced Surgical Instruments category at the 2019 Edison Awards earlier this year.
"We are honored to be recognized by the MDEA for the LessRay platform and our ongoing commitment to delivering better clinical outcomes in spine surgery," said Matt Link, president of NuVasive. "Studies show surgeons can receive their lifetime occupational radiation limit within the first decade of their career, and NuVasive is proud to play an integral role in building a safer operating room experience for patients, surgeons and staff."
The LessRay platform is built on a proprietary algorithm that captures and enhances low-dose, low-quality images to produce images with similar diagnostic capabilities as conventional full-dose images. This technology has the ability to reduce radiation emissions to the operating room staff and patient by 75% compared to standard fluoroscopy. It also contains a number of surgical efficiency features designed to save time during spine surgery, as well as compatibility with picture archiving and communications systems, enabling seamless information transfer between LessRay and hospital networks.
By maintaining the diagnostic image quality and anatomical visualization necessary to perform minimally invasive surgery procedures during spine surgery, the platform accelerates the adoption of minimally invasive surgery, enabling potential benefits, including decreased blood loss, lower risk of infection, and faster recovery time.