This article is more than 5 years old. Information may no longer be current.

Portable scanning device to rule out MI cleared by FDA

Add topic to email alerts

Receive an email when new articles are posted on

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on .

Subscribe

Added to email alerts

You've successfully added to your alerts. You will receive an email when new content is published.

Click Here to Manage Email Alerts

You've successfully added to your alerts. You will receive an email when new content is published.

Click Here to Manage Email Alerts

Back to Healio

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com.

Back to Healio

Creavo Medical Technologies announced the FDA cleared its portable scanning device designed to rule out ischemic heart disease in patients presenting with chest pain.

According to a press release from the company, the portable scanning device (Vitalscan) uses magnetocardiography to perform noninvasive bedside scans in 3 to 5 minutes, helping to accurately rule out ischemic heart disease and expedite the process to finding the most appropriate care pathway.

The company also announced that as a result of the clearance, it will conduct several clinical trials in U.S. centers. A multicenter trial is ongoing in the United Kingdom.

“This is a major development and brings us closer to realizing our overriding objective—to improve patient care and save time and resources for hospitals,” Steve Parker, CEO of the company, said in the release.

Disclosure: Parker is an employee of Creavo Medical Technologies.