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NOVADAQ SPY Imaging System
Novadaq Technologies Inc.
Toronto, Ontario
ca. 2005-2009
Source: Institute of Biodiagnostics, National Research Council of Canada, Winnipeg, MB
Cardiac surgeons used this first generation Novadaq Technologies SPYTM imaging system at St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg in the study of a procedure to correct the narrowing of the carotid artery.
This device was originally developed for heart bypass operations and was used in conjunction with a contrasting agent injected into a patient - the fluorescent properties of indocyanine green dye (ICG) was detected by the imaging system to produce images of blood flow in vessels. Surgeons could then tell if a graft was working, assess the patient while on the operating table, and take corrective action prior to closing the incision.
The technology behind this imaging system was developed at the National Research Council of Canada’s Institute for Biodiagnostics in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Clinically tested in part at the Ottawa Heart Institute, SPYTM imaging is an example of a Canadian success story - Novadaq was formed as a privately-held company spun off from the National Research Council of Canada. Today it offers its product worldwide.
Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation
Photo credit: CSTMC
NOVADAQ SPY Imaging System
Novadaq Technologies Inc.
Toronto, Ontario
ca. 2005-2009
Source: Institute of Biodiagnostics, National Research Council of Canada, Winnipeg, MB
Cardiac surgeons used this first generation Novadaq Technologies SPYTM imaging system at St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg in the study of a procedure to correct the narrowing of the carotid artery.
This device was originally developed for heart bypass operations and was used in conjunction with a contrasting agent injected into a patient - the fluorescent properties of indocyanine green dye (ICG) was detected by the imaging system to produce images of blood flow in vessels. Surgeons could then tell if a graft was working, assess the patient while on the operating table, and take corrective action prior to closing the incision.
The technology behind this imaging system was developed at the National Research Council of Canada’s Institute for Biodiagnostics in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Clinically tested in part at the Ottawa Heart Institute, SPYTM imaging is an example of a Canadian success story - Novadaq was formed as a privately-held company spun off from the National Research Council of Canada. Today it offers its product worldwide.
Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation
Photo credit: CSTMC