Automatic Vein Pressure Measurement using Ultrasound

Automatic Vein Pressure Measurement using Ultrasound Orçun Göksel Computer Vision Laboratory ETH Zürich Vincent Baumann VeinPress GmbH

Central Venous Pressure (CVP) • Blood pressure in thoracic vena cava, near right atrium • Amount of blood returning to the heart • Ability of the heart to pump the blood into the arterial system • CVP for monitoring hemodynamics • Preload • Volume overload • Cardiac failure • Sepsis • … CTI MedTech Event: Venous Pressure Measurement

Conventional Measurement • Catheterization of subclavial or internal jugular vein CTI MedTech Event: Venous Pressure Measurement

Our Technique CTI MedTech Event: Venous Pressure Measurement

Automatic Measurement Device CTI MedTech Event: Venous Pressure Measurement

Measurement Process CTI MedTech Event: Venous Pressure Measurement

Under the Hood Noisy compression data (a) Robust detection (b) (c) Statistical and Model-based processing Multiple candidates CTI MedTech Event: Venous Pressure Measurement

Results Preliminary Study * Clinical study is ongoing at University Hospital Basel, Angiology Clinic (led by Dr. med. Stephan Imfeld) CTI MedTech Event: Venous Pressure Measurement

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Why VeinPress CTI MedTech Event: Venous Pressure Measurement

Why VeinPress Non-invasively The only validated method No Complications Benefit to patient 90% cost reduced Benefit to Healthcare System CTI MedTech Event: Venous Pressure Measurement

Potential Medical Applications Research tool Clinical focus areas: • Venous diseases, e.g. thrombosis • Urgency: Bleeding, sepsis, volume overload • Chronic brain edema in low gravity • Others CTI MedTech Event: Venous Pressure Measurement

Ongoing Projects 1 2 ETH Computer Vision Lab Prof. Dr. Orcun Göksel University of Basel (CH) Dr. med. S. Imfeld Dr. med. M. Aschwanden AngiologyClinic 3 NASA, Houston (USA) Dr. Dean Martin Head of Ultrasound University ofZurich (CH) PD Dr. med. Ch. Thalhammer AngiologyClinic 6 4 5 5 University of Bari (I) Prof. C. Caiati University of Toulon (FR) Starting in 11/2014 CTI MedTech Event: Venous Pressure Measurement

VeinPress Team Dr. Markus Widmer Engineering Dr. med. Ulrich Baumann Medical Vincent Baumann Legal Dr. med. Eric Odenheimer Production / Sales CTI MedTech Event: Venous Pressure Measurement

Looking into the Future CTI MedTech Event: Venous Pressure Measurement

We would like to thank… CTI Wirtschaftsförderung, Kanton Bern ETH Zurich, Computer Vision Lab Patrick Roth, CCMT All clinical partners Prof. em. Kurt Jäger CTI MedTech Event: Venous Pressure Measurement

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Automatic Vein Pressure Measurement using Ultrasound