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Pulse Wave Analysis 2.0
Disrupting cardiovascular diagnostics
Groping in the dark is over! Advanced, game-changing diagnostics of the heart and arteries no longer rely on plain old and conventional surrogate parameters such as pulse wave velocity or augmentation index. Instead, we measure arterial stiffness and vascular compliance directly in an individual-derived, live-simulated model of the human arterial tree.
Non-invasive, AI-supported, and reliably repeatable at any time. Above all:
Spectacularly precise.
Pulse wave analysis for dummies
What are pulse waves?
Pulse waves come from the heart, acting as the driving engine, carrying blood in bursts up the arterial tree. As a result, different pressure curves are formed in the respective arterial sections depending on the heart’s condition and how elastic or stiff the arteries are. These pulse pressure curves are called pulse waves for short. If we touch our wrists, we can feel them by palpating the pulse with our fingers.
Why is it essential to examine pulse waves?
If the heart is in bad shape (e.g., has limited function due to weakness), and likewise, if the arteries deteriorate over time, this will drastically affect the pulse waveform. Studying the pulse wave and analyzing its shape provides invaluable insight into aortic and vascular health. This knowledge is the crucial basis for any cardiovascular diagnosis and, thus, the go-to determining factor for any chance of successful therapeutic interventions. In contrast to imaging techniques such as X‑ray or magnetic resonance, pulse waves reveal the functional capacity of the heart and arteries.
The Superiority of Model-based Pulse Wave Analysis
Only state-of-the-art Model-based Pulse Wave Analysis (mbPWA) brings out the inherent full potential of pulse wave analysis. At first, we record at least eight pulse waves at up to four body sections with high resolution and high sampling frequency using designated cuffs. Then, based on that measurement, we calculate a virtual image of the arterial tree and the heart, i.e., we create an individualized “vascular avatar .” Its purely virtual nature enables extensive measurements that would be impossible if carried out invasively or only with extreme effort. On the other hand, we can painlessly and non-invasively infer the characteristics of the heart and arteries in any patient within a few minutes, thanks to the electronic image of the respective cardiovascular system.
Our vision
The artificial intelligence-based, patent-pending Model-based Pulse Wave Analysis (mbPWA) is unique in its form. Therefore, it has tremendous potential to revolutionize cardiovascular diagnostics: The variety of clinically relevant information represents an indispensable tool for the early detection, prevention, and therapy of cardiovascular maldevelopments and diseases. To us, it is incomprehensible that the instrument of pulse wave analysis is still rarely practiced and generally underestimated, despite its included, meaningful treasure trove of cardiovascular data. Therefore, we aim to promote this valuable diagnostic allrounder instrument, ultimately improving the lives of high-risk patients: Model-Based Pulse Wave Analysis (mbPWA) must become the standard diagnostic tool for cardiovascular prevention.
Pulse wave and vascular age
Even arteries have an expiration date
Elastic arteries with unimpeded blood flow can be read from the pulse wave, as can stiff and constricted vessels, against whose increasing resistance the heart must pump with increased pressure: Atherosclerosis starts earlier than many of us would think.
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Everything you need to know about Model-based Pulse Wave Analysis (mbPWA)
Arteries
The systemic supply network
The functionality of the arteries has a significant impact on our cardiovascular and overall health.
Previous measurement methods
Missing the target
Take the most circuitous route thinkable: The traditional approach used so far to determine arterial stiffness.
Measure arteries directly
The Mission
The diagnostic shortcoming of old-school and inaccurate cardiovascular diagnostics inspired us to invent something better.
The clinical benefits
Mission accomplished!
Based on a simulation model, the individual cardiovascular properties of each patient are — for the first time ever — directly visible in the arterial tree and thus in the highest precision. The outcome: spectacular benefits for diagnostics and therapy.
Preventing cardiovascular damage
VASCASSIST: The revolutionary multifunctional tool
Used at an early stage, VASCASSIST helps to effectively protect the heart and arteries as a differential diagnostic allrounder tool with various parameters and diagnostically highly relevant measurement data.
The arterial flow resistance
The wisdom of the pulse wave
Well-known, yet so far amazingly underestimated. For us, however, by far, the most fascinating and diagnostically significant cardiovascular parameter.
Measurement technology with universal benefits
A win-win for doctors and patients
Both medical professionals and patients benefit from the new diagnostic options made possible by Model-based Pulse Wave Analysis (mbPWA).
The application of Model-based Pulse Wave Analysis
Case Studies
A collection of representative patient stories — typical clinical pictures and exceptional cases.
VASCASSIST: A diagnostic tool like no other
Clinically validated and award-winning
The enormous diagnostic performance and the numerous application possibilities of VASCASSIST and Model-based Pulse Wave Analysis have been consistently and impressively demonstrated in clinical studies.
The path to a doubt-free diagnosis
Diagnostic aide
Interpretation guidelines for various pulse waveforms.
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Insights and more
News about inmediQ, our devices, and Model-based Pulse Wave Analysis (mbPWA).
