Arupturedcerebralaneurysmisthethirdmostcommoncauseofdeathinindustrialcountries.
WiththeLeicaFL800,forintra-operativefluorescence-aidedvideoangiography,surgeonscannowdeterminethepatencyofvessels.
Duringsurgery,thepatientisinjectedintravenouslywithICG(indocyaninegreen)dye,whichiswelltolerated andspreadsquickly.Anearinfraredcamerathenshowsthebloodstreaminblack-and-whitedirectlythroughthesurgicalmicroscopeeyepiecesand/oronavideomonitor.
Seebloodflowintra-operatively
TheLeicaFL800fluorescencemoduleenablesthesurgeontoobservebloodflow throughthe microscopeeyepiecesoronthevideomonitorinrealtime,withoutadditionalmeasuringapparatus.Itisafast,easymethodofcheckingduringsurgerywhethertheaneurysmhasbeenperfectlyclippedandwhetherbloodflowisproperlyflowingthroughthebypass.
Simpleandfast
TochangefromwhitelighttoNIRmode,thesurgeonsimplypushesabuttonfoundonthehandgripofthesurgicalmicroscope.OperatingtheLeicaFL800thusperfectlyblendsintothesurgicalworkflow.Itissimpleandfast,thisbeingamaincriteriaincerebralaneurysmsurgery
FlexIBLeViewing
UsingtheLeicaFL800incombinationwithadigitalimagingcolormodule(LeicaDIC500orLeicaDIC700)enablesthesurgeontodisplaytheICGfluorescenceimageintotheeyepiece.Thesurgeoncanchoosehowtoviewthecollecteddata.
PictureinPictureFunction
TheLeicaFL800combinedwiththeLeicaNIRDualVideoAdapterandtheMedXchangeHDMD®recordingsystemprovidesthe"picture-in-picture"function,whichenablesre-visualizationofprecedingrecordedtracksforeasierintra-operativedecisionmaking.
Modularitytomeetyourneeds
TheLeicaFL800alongwiththeLeicaFL400*,andLeicaFL560*canbesuppliedfullyintegratedintotheLeicaM530OH6surgicalmicroscopethankstoTriFluorotechnology.Switchingbetweenmodulesrequiresjustafewbuttonclicks. TheLeicaM720OH5surgicalmicroscopeofferstheLeicaFL800witheitherLeicaFL400*orLeicaFL560*built-in.Easilyexchangemodulesaccordingtoyourneeds.TheLeicaFL800andLeicaFL400canbeintegratedintotheLeicaM525OH4,whiletheLeicaM525F50offersLeicaFL800fluorescence.
