PRECISIS GmbH
Precisis AG announces new software development with ‘iDeepBrain’
Heidelberg, February 26th, 2013. Precisis presents their plans for medical software developments as part of the recently approved ZIM (Central Innovation Program for medium sized companies) research project iDeepBrain. This includes major medical improvements in the area of high precision stereotactic and brachytherapy neurosurgery with partners from Universities in Heidelberg, Mannheim and the City Hospital Karlsruhe. Tumors are the second leading cause of death in the Western world. Chemotherapy, surgery and radiotherapy represent the three therapeutic options available to the patients, and very often a combination of all three. A special treatment called brachytherapy is combining the latter two by the insertion of miniature radioactive seeds into the cancerous tissue. In order to achieve this, high precision and a reliable simulation of the surgery is essential. The same precision is equally paramount in other neurosurgical interventions such as Deep brain stimulation – a highly sophisticated technique for the treatment of functional diseases like Parkinson or Dystonia. With these two medical issues at hand, the iDeepBrain project came to take place. iDeepBrain incorporates a total redesign of the previous PraezisPlus 3, a surgery planning software owned and distributed by Precisis AG since 2002 for that purpose. In addition to the completely redesigned and fully automated Brachytherapy capabilities, the new development will furthermore add Diffusion Tensor Imaging DTI features (also known as Fibertracking imaging techniques), capable of high-resolution display of nerve fibers in the brain. This will be of major assistance to Neurosurgeons in the field of Deep brain stimulation to precisely locate the very core of the targeted area in the brain. The project – scheduled for 3 years – is conducted with Precisis' research partners from the Heidelberg University, the University of Applied Sciences in Mannheim and the scientific advisor Dr. Donatus Cyron from city Hospital Karlsruhe. Dr. Vitor Vieira, iDeepBrain project manager expresses his expectations, when he states that 'with our partners and the expertise over the recent years in Software development for high precision application in the neurosurgical field, I'm excited to see the improvements this new software will bring to assist the surgeons and consequently to the benefit of heavily ill patients.' As a medical device manufacturer and software supplier, Precisis AG is also confident that the new generation software with its modular compilation, intuitive and ergonomic usability and restructured pricing will better serve the customer-specific requirements than all previous products.
The new software planning system will undergo the first patient trials in the third Quarter of 2013. About Precisis AG Precisis AG is an innovative solution provider for stereotactic neurosurgery and radiation therapy. Alongside the enhancement of precision software systems that are already established in the market such as PraezisPlus(R) and Virtuos(R), the Heidelberg-based medical technology provider also works to advance the use of cranial brachytherapy, precision neurosurgery and special radiotherapy techniques. Its international team of ten employees is led by company president Dr. Angela Liedler, an experienced healthcare marketing and enterprise professional. About University of Applied Sciences Mannheim / PI IMT The Institute for Process Control and Innovative Energy Conversion (PI) is part of the Institute of Medical technology (IMT) and as such conducting several projects in cooperation with the University of Heidelberg. About Heidelberg University
Die Heidelberg University task group is integrated in the Institute of Medical technology (IMT), the Institute for Technical Informatics (ZITI) and the Insititute for Scientific Calculations (IWR). As research partner for several industrial companies, many product development were successfully launched in close collaboration and assistance. The institute incorporates most modern equipment for calculation-, simulation- and testing purposes. — For more information:
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