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St. Mary’s Medical Center First Hospital In Florida To

Adopt Portable MRI Technology

SMMC Acquires The Swoop® Portable MR Imaging The Swoop Portable MR Imaging System is an
System™ For Bedside Imaging Of ICU Patients MRI with a unique design that allows brain imaging at
St. Mary’s Medical Center is the first hospital in the patient’s bedside in the ICU, where the primary care
Florida to acquire the Swoop Portable MRI unit capable team oversees them and remain attached to essential life-
of providing critical brain images at the patient’s bedside, sustaining devices. Further, the Swoop system’s open
to help doctors diagnose and treat patients. design offers the potential to reduce patient anxiety.
This device is ideal to treat young patients, who might The duration of a Swoop exam is comparable to that
be intimidated by the conventional MRI system, which is of a conventional MRI system. However, the overall
louder and bigger than the portable MRI. It has the ability process is more efficient. Bringing an MRI system to the
to perform a shorter scan with a family member in the patient’s bedside eliminates transport and scanner wait
room to hold their hand if they are not able to remain in time and doesn’t tie up the staff required to transport the
one place long enough to obtain clear images. It can also patient. Additionally, the Swoop system allows follow-
help if a patient is too ill to travel to the MRI suite. With up scans to be performed at the patient’s bedside and can
the Swoop system, brain imaging occurs at the patient’s potentially help patients move sooner to a lower level
bedside, where the patient is overseen by the primary of care, which optimizes bed utilization in critical care
care team without traveling out of the care environment. units. To learn more about St. Mary’s Medical Center and
Bedside imaging with the Swoop system means most “St. Mary’s is a thought-leading institution in South Palm Beach Children’s Hospital, visit www.stmarysmc.
patient support equipment can remain in place. Recently, Florida. Their adoption of the Swoop system will be a com, www.palmbeachchildrens.com or call (561) 844-
we performed an MRI on a premature baby in the NICU. beneficial addition to the hospital’s diagnostic toolset,” 6300.
“By having more tools available to help patients, it said Hyperfine Chief Medical Officer Dr. Khan Siddiqui. About Hyperfine And The Swoop Portable MR
ensures the best possible outcome. By acquiring this device “The system enables clinicians to provide excellent Imaging System
at St. Mary’s, we can better treat the whole patient and not medical care quickly and delivers a completely new, Hyperfine (NASDAQ: HYPR) is the groundbreaking
cause more stress, making the sole focus on healing,” said convenient, and comfortable MR imaging experience.” medical technology company that created Swoop,
Dr. Kaveh Asadi, a pediatric neurosurgeon with the Paley Visit stmarysmc.com to learn more about our the world’s first FDA-cleared portable magnetic
Orthopedic and Spine Institute at St. Mary’s. capabilities. resonance imaging (MRI) system capable of providing
Critical patients are often hooked up to monitoring About St. Mary’s Medical Center neuroimaging at the point of care. The mission of
equipment incompatible with the magnet strength of St. Mary’s Medical Center (SMMC), part of the Hyperfine is to revolutionize patient care globally
conventional high-field MRI systems (ranging from Palm Beach Health Network, is a 420-bed acute care through transformational, accessible, clinically relevant
1.5 to 3-Tesla). By contrast, the ultra-low-field Swoop hospital in West Palm Beach. The hospital has been diagnostic imaging, and data solutions. Founded by Dr.
MRI system has a field strength of 64 millitesla, which serving Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast for Jonathan Rothberg in a technology-based incubator
is beneficial in maintaining access to critical care and more than 80 years. SMMC is a Level 1 Trauma Center, called 4Catalyzer, Hyperfine scientists, engineers, and
monitoring equipment for safer patient management. a state-designated Pediatric Trauma Referral Center, physicists developed the Swoop system out of a passion for
While conventional MRI has the potential to be an certified Comprehensive Stroke Center, and has a level redefining brain imaging methodology and how clinicians
important diagnostic tool for ICU patients, transporting III NICU. can apply accessible diagnostic imaging to patient care.
them out of the ICU to a conventional MRI can delay Pediatric services are provided at the Palm Beach Traditionally, access to costly, stationary, conventional
a diagnosis or cause complications related to transport Children’s Hospital at St. Mary’s Medical Center, which MRI technology can be inconvenient or not available
in time-sensitive settings. Moving a patient requires is the only dedicated children’s hospital between Fort when needed most. With the portable, ultra-low-field
the coordination of a transport team of two to four staff Lauderdale and Orlando. Along with 24/7 dedicated Swoop system, Hyperfine is redefining the neuroimaging
members, disconnecting the patient from life-sustaining pediatric emergency and trauma care, Palm Beach workflow by bringing brain imaging to the patient’s
devices in the ICU, and moving the patient outside the Children’s Hospital’s medical staff consists of 196 bedside. For more information, visit hyperfine.io.
safety of the ICU environment to the imaging suite. pediatricians in 36 subspecialties.
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