A breakthrough treatment for stroke patients
A world first: tiny camera captures colour video from inside the brain
January 24, 2024
Physicians tasked with diagnosing stroke patients have a new tool in their arsenal thanks to an innovative treatment devised by Vena Medical, a company spun out of Velocity, the University of Waterloo’s start-up incubator.
Using a tiny camera invented by Vena Medical that provides physicians with a real-time, full colour view of inside the brain’s blood vessels, doctors at The Ottawa Hospital were able to diagnose and treat a patient who was suffering from multiple strokes, a world’s first. The doctors were able to use Vena’s MicroAngioscope™ to not only pinpoint the cause of the stroke attack but also treat the patient in just one hour.
![Dr. Fahed holding the microangioscope, which is a tiny camera.](https://velocityincubator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Dr.-Fahed-body-image-940x526.jpg)
Read the full story on Waterloo News“What our camera does is allow doctors to see exactly what’s going on inside a blood vessel, providing information they’ve never had before.”
Michael Phillips, co-founder and CEO of Vena Medical.