Methinks, a digital health Company that specializes in early detection and management of Acute Stroke (AS), using artificial intelligence (AI), announced that it has received CE mark for its medical imaging software, Methinks Stroke Suite following a milestone year of development progress, enabling commercialization in Europe and to assist in emergency settings for the benefit of AS patients.
Methinks Stroke Suite is the first CE marked medical device that assists in finding large vessel occlusions (LVO) both hyperdense and not. Large Vessel Occlusion (LVO) is the obstruction of large, proximal cerebral arteries which accounts for approximately 30% of Acute Ischaemic Stroke (AIS) patients as cited in the National Library of Medicine.
Acute stroke is a serious life-threatening medical condition that affects approximately 17 million people globally each year. Early detection is vitally important to improve the chance of recovery, reduce permanent disability and reduce the need for extensive rehabilitation.
Pau Rodriguez, CEO of Methinks, said: "We are delighted with the CE mark approval for our medical imaging software, Methinks Stroke Suite, which paves the way to enhance stroke patient outcomes by decreasing detection time and reducing disabilities. Our software has the potential to be used in every hospital globally to improve the standard of care of patients. The approval comes at a pivotal time ahead of US FDA submission and launching a series A financing to accelerate our growth plans by leveraging and personalizing imaging-software."
Tudor Jovin, Chair of Neurology at Cooper University Health Care in Camden, New Jersey, USA and Member of Methinks Board of Directors said: "Stroke is a leading cause of disability and death globally and early diagnosis and treatment of ischemic stroke due to large vessel occlusion (LVO) which is the most severe type of stroke. Early detection and diagnosis are crucial to improving a patient's outcomes. This disruptive technology is capable of detecting LVO from NCCT images and will undoubtedly have an impact on our clinical practice due to the potential of significantly, shortening the time from stroke onset to reperfusion in a large number of patients with LVO stroke. As an interventional neurologist, I look forward to having the product available in the US soon".
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