The Revolutionary New Way of Taking Prostate Biopsies
The advanced technique of the Remote Controlled Manipulator significantly enhances diagnostic accuracy. It reduces the need for unnecessary biopsies, minimizes patient discomfort and improves personalized treatment decisions.
Less Stress
High Accuracy
Fast Procedures
Benefits of In-bore Biopsy
- High precision: In-bore biopsy offers exceptional precision and accuracy in targeting suspicious areas within the prostate, reducing the likelihood of false-negative results.
- Increased confidence: In-bore biopsy minimizes the risk of sampling errors, ensuring that biopsy cores are taken from the exact tumor suspicious areas.
- Tailored treatment plans: The precise information obtained from in-bore biopsies helps in the development of personalized treatment plans based on the location and aggressiveness of the cancer.
System Overview
The main component of the system consist of a fully MR compatible manipulator made of high quality plastics. This manipulator is connected via 7-8 meters of tubing to a control unit using a wall feed. The control unit is based in the MR control room and relays the motion derived from the dedicated software system.
Wall feed: Requires 90mm diameter wave guide
Easy Storage
The RCM system typically will be delivered on a cart. This makes the system easy to store and setup for the procedure. It also helps to minimize the clutter in the control room when the system is not used.
Dimensions: 1145mm x 710mm x 620mm (HxWxD)
Weight: approx. 90kg
Workflow
With the easy-to-learn workflow the software guides the user through the steps of performing the biopsy. Based on an intuitive tab system the received images are used to reidentify the target area. After the calibration of the device relative to the patient it allows the user to select the target on the MR image and move the needle guide towards this position. A fast scanning sequence confirms the location and enables the physician to take the biopsy sample.
Due to the flexibility of the placement of the RCM on the table plate the users can focus on the positioning of the patient on the scanner table. With the preparation and relative comfortable patient positioning, the procedure can be executed in the least amount of time.
Soteria provides online demonstrations of the Remote Controlled Manipulator for MR-guided prostate biopsies on request.
MRI In-bore Biopsy
An MR-guided in-bore biopsy is an advanced medical procedure used to collect targeted tissue samples from the prostate gland for the examination of prostate cancer. This procedure employs the high sensitivity of MRI imaging, specialized equipment and software to plan and guide the biopsy route. This ensures that the sample is taken at the exact location of the suspicious area on the MRI, resulting in highly accurate results.
The MR-guided in-bore biopsy represents a remarkable advancement in prostate cancer diagnosis by significantly reducing uncertainties and errors in the process. In-bore biopsy is typically used to collect 2-3 samples of tumor suspicious areas only and thereby lowering the number of overall cores and complications. The real-time MRI feedback of the needle guide location provides high confidence of the biopsy results and true aggressiveness of potential prostate cancer.
Soteria Medical
Soteria Medical B.V. is a annex of Radboudumc in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Many years of development and clinical research have resulted in a new approach to perform MRI-guided interventions by utilizing a robotic device, which is fully MR-compatible and allows real time positioning in the MR scanner.