Page 28 - Southern Exposure - November '23

Page 28, Southern Exposure

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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 Pediatric services are provided at the Palm Beach
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System™ For Bedside Imaging Of ICU Patients Children’s Hospital at St. Mary’s Medical Center, which
St. Mary’s Medical Center is the first hospital in is the only dedicated children’s hospital between Fort
Florida to acquire the Swoop Portable MRI unit capable Lauderdale and Orlando. Along with 24/7 dedicated
of providing critical brain images at the patient’s bedside, pediatric emergency and trauma care, Palm Beach
to help doctors diagnose and treat patients. Children’s Hospital’s medical staff consists of 196
This device is ideal to treat young patients, who might pediatricians in 36 subspecialties.
be intimidated by the conventional MRI system, which is To learn more about St. Mary’s Medical Center and
louder and bigger than the portable MRI. It has the ability Palm Beach Children’s Hospital, visit www.stmarysmc.
to perform a shorter scan with a family member in the com, www.palmbeachchildrens.com or call (561) 844-
room to hold their hand if they are not able to remain in 6300.
one place long enough to obtain clear images. It can also About Hyperfine And The Swoop Portable MR Imaging
help if a patient is too ill to travel to the MRI suite. With System
the Swoop system, brain imaging occurs at the patient’s Additionally, the Swoop system allows follow-up scans to Hyperfine (NASDAQ: HYPR) is the groundbreaking
bedside, where the patient is overseen by the primary be performed at the patient’s bedside and can potentially medical technology company that created Swoop,
care team without traveling out of the care environment. help patients move sooner to a lower level of care, which the world’s first FDA-cleared portable magnetic
Bedside imaging with the Swoop system means most optimizes bed utilization in critical care units. resonance imaging (MRI) system capable of providing
patient support equipment can remain in place. Recently, “St. Mary’s is a thought-leading institution in South neuroimaging at the point of care. The mission of
we performed an MRI on a premature baby in the NICU. Florida. Their adoption of the Swoop system will be a Hyperfine is to revolutionize patient care globally
“By having more tools available to help patients, it beneficial addition to the hospital’s diagnostic toolset,” through transformational, accessible, clinically relevant
ensures the best possible outcome. By acquiring this device said Hyperfine Chief Medical Officer Dr. Khan Siddiqui. diagnostic imaging, and data solutions. Founded by Dr.
at St. Mary’s, we can better treat the whole patient and “The system enables clinicians to provide excellent Jonathan Rothberg in a technology-based incubator
not cause more stress, making the sole focus on healing,” medical care quickly and delivers a completely new, called 4Catalyzer, Hyperfine scientists, engineers, and
said Dr. Kaveh Asadi, a pediatric neurosurgeon with the convenient, and comfortable MR imaging experience.” physicists developed the Swoop system out of a passion for
Paley Orthopedic and Spine Institute at St. Mary’s. Visit stmarysmc.com to learn more about our redefining brain imaging methodology and how clinicians
Critical patients are often hooked up to monitoring capabilities. can apply accessible diagnostic imaging to patient care.
equipment incompatible with the magnet strength of About St. Mary’s Medical Center Traditionally, access to costly, stationary, conventional
conventional high-field MRI systems (ranging from St. Mary’s Medical Center (SMMC), part of the Palm MRI technology can be inconvenient or not available when
1.5 to 3-Tesla). By contrast, the ultra-low-field Swoop Beach Health Network, is a 420-bed acute care hospital needed most. With the portable, ultra-low-field Swoop
MRI system has a field strength of 64 millitesla, which in West Palm Beach. The hospital has been serving Palm system, Hyperfine is redefining the neuroimaging workflow
is beneficial in maintaining access to critical care and Beach County and the Treasure Coast for more than by bringing brain imaging to the patient’s bedside. For
monitoring equipment for safer patient management. 80 years. SMMC is a Level 1 Trauma Center, a state- more information, visit hyperfine.io.
While conventional MRI has the potential to be an designated Pediatric Trauma Referral Center, certified
important diagnostic tool for ICU patients, transporting Comprehensive Stroke Center, and has a level III NICU. Medical Matters on page 29
them out of the ICU to a conventional MRI can delay
a diagnosis or cause complications related to transport
in time-sensitive settings. Moving a patient requires
the coordination of a transport team of two to four staff
members, disconnecting the patient from life-sustaining
devices in the ICU, and moving the patient outside the
safety of the ICU environment to the imaging suite.
The Swoop Portable MR Imaging System is an MRI
with a unique design that allows brain imaging at the
patient’s bedside in the ICU, where the primary care
team oversees them and remain attached to essential life-
sustaining devices. Further, the Swoop system’s open
design offers the potential to reduce patient anxiety.
The duration of a Swoop exam is comparable to that of
a conventional MRI system. However, the overall process
is more efficient. Bringing an MRI system to the patient’s
bedside eliminates transport and scanner wait time and
doesn’t tie up the staff required to transport the patient.

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