Philips accelerates stroke diagnosis and treatment with expanded integrated solutions and strategic partnership

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Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in #health technology, today announced a strategic #partnership agreement with NICO.LAB, a MedTech stroke care company. Together with the recently expanded stroke capabilities of #philips Image Guided Therapy System – Azurion – this new #partnership significantly advances Philips’ commitment to improving outcomes for #people who suffer a stroke. #philips is connecting information, technologies and #people across the stroke care pathway, enabling care teams to work quickly and act decisively - a key factor in providing the best patient treatment. Stroke remains the leading cause of disabilityGlobally, one in four adults over the age of 25 will suffer a stroke in their lifetime [1]. Stroke is the leading cause of disability and the second leading cause of death worldwide [2]. According to the U.S. National Stroke Association, 40% of stroke victims experience moderate to severe impairments that require special needs for the rest of their lives, with another 25% continuing to suffer minor impairments [3].

The key to reducing the risk of death or disability is to get stroke patients treated as quickly as possible. Physicians in an emergency stroke setting are fighting the clock and are under intense pressure to make optimal treatment decisions. Despite the imperative for speed, care teams currently lose valuable time due to gaps in communication, information, and access to stroke expertise.

“The biggest gain for faster treatment for stroke patients is in the workflow,” said Professor Dr. #wimvanzwam, Interventional Radiologist at Maastricht University Medical Center. “Reducing the throughput time of patients requires faster exchange of critical patient information, such as high-quality medical images, between hospitals and departments, in order to decide on the best patient treatment.” Solutions across the stroke care pathwayPhilips has a deep portfolio of stroke care solutions and a strong commitment to further innovation in this field. Its #partnership with #nicolab brings a cloud-based, end-to-end artificial intelligence (AI) based stroke triage and management solution - StrokeViewer - that aims to improve patient outcome by optimizing the stroke workflow. It analyzes CT scan data with AI, and automatically detects large vessel occlusion (LVO) and its location. It then shares this analysis with physicians at both primary stroke centers (general radiologists and neurologist) and intervention centers (stroke neurologists, interventional neurologists, and radiologists) where the patient is eventually treated.

Recent #philips innovations that optimize the imaging capabilities of its Image Guided Therapy Angiography Suite with new 3D visualization and measurement tool – SmartCT – aim to get patients into treatment quickly.