Precision Needle Targeting
…in ultrasound-guided interventional procedures, such as cancer biopsy, drug delivery, and regional anaesthesia.
Unrivalled
Visibility
Ultrasonic technology provides unrivalled needle visibility during ultrasound guidance in Doppler mode, helping the operator to avoid critical deep-tissue structures.
Reduced
Pain
Vastly reduced needle penetration forces, especially during the initial skin puncture, can result in less pain and trauma to tissue and an improved patient experience.
Less
Deflection
Ultrasonic vibration facilitates more efficient needle-tip penetration through tissue interfaces, even at challenging angles and deeper anatomical locations. This can lead to more accurate placement.
Enhanced
Therapeutics
Ultrasonic intratumoural delivery can significantly enhance perfusion and deposition rates of a variety of therapeutic agents.
Active Needle Technology will enable clinicians to safely and efficiently perform highly accurate needle-based interventional procedures whilst cost-effectively benefitting patients and healthcare providers.
A Revolutionary Step
Active Needle’s goal is to reduce the significant physical and monetary cost paid by patients and providers from errors and re-admissions associated with misplaced and failed needle procedures.
Unrivalled Visibility
Active Needle Technology allows important features of the needle to be visible under Doppler ultrasound even at challenging angles and deep tissue locations.
The Doppler technique, routinely used for blood flow measurements, generates a colour-coded map of needle velocity superimposed on the grey-scale images of tissue anatomy. ANT’s ultrasonic needle technology can be activated or de-activated at the clinician’s discretion, offering complete control during needle placement.