- Upgrade capabilities are designed to help health systems harness the latest Allia™ innovations while maximizing existing infrastructure investments
HealthCare today announced Allia™ platform upgrade pathways designed to help customers modernize select legacy Innova™ and Discovery™ Image Guiding Solutions (IGS) systems. These pathways provide access to Allia technologies and workflows that support efficiency and procedural decision-making while helping preserve existing infrastructure, avoid major construction work, extend interventional room lifetime, and minimize disruption to clinical operations.
As procedural complexity and patient volumes grow and installed systems age, healthcare providers are looking for flexible ways to modernize interventional environments while balancing operational, infrastructure and capital planning priorities. According to the European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical and Healthcare IT Industry (COCIR), one-third of interventional X-ray systems in Europe are more than 10 years old, highlighting the importance of technology renewal planning to support increased access to advanced care.i
The upgrade pathways can help customers extend the value of existing systems through workflow enhancements, expanded interoperability capabilities and access to Allia innovations, while helping reduce infrastructure replacement needs and support long-term operational and sustainability goals.
“Interventional care continues to evolve rapidly, and health systems are looking for technology strategies that balance innovation, operational continuity and long-term value,” said Jyoti Gera, CEO, CardioVascular and Interventional Solutions, Advanced Imaging Solutions, GE HealthCare. “These Allia upgrade pathways reflect our commitment to helping customers modernize on their own terms by extending the capabilities of existing systems while providing access to the latest Allia innovations and AI-enabled technologies in a less disruptive, more sustainable way.”
Depending on system configuration, market availability and applicable regulatory requirements, upgrade options may provide access to capabilities and to third party solutions, including:
- CleaRecon DL,ii an AI-enabled deep learning reconstruction technology designed to support CBCT image interpretation confidence by reducing streak artifacts caused by the pulsatile nature of blood flow during procedures.
- 3DStent,iiian intraprocedural tool for 3D visualization of the coronary stent designed to remove major stent imaging barriers and provide easy to interpret images.
- OmnifyXR™ Interventional Suite, an augmented reality guidance solution designed to support workflow efficiency and ergonomics and provide improved visualization and collaborative care for procedures such as prostate embolization.iv
- Embo ASSIST AI, an augmented guidance solution designed to optimize embolization strategies and streamline clinical workflow.v
- Medis Quantitative Flow Ratio®vi, a software solution, designed to assess coronary physiology in patients with coronary artery disease.
- AVVIGO™+ intravascular imaging (IVUS) platformvii multimodality guidance platform that enhances the IVUS and physiology experience and integrates percutaneous coronary intervention tools to support users in the catheterization lab.
GE HealthCare also provides Tube Watch and/or OnWatch™ Predict service options on all upgraded systems. These options help customers proactively manage system performance and maintenance by providing an AI-poweredviii estimated lead time to failure, supporting efforts to reduce unplanned downtime.
