TECHNOLOGY

FibroScan examination process

FibroScan

A mechanical pulse at the surface of the skin triggers propagation through the liver of an elastic waves velocity is measured by ultrasound.
Rib cage Electrodynamic transducer Ultrasonic transducer Ribs

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Liver To frame

User interface

A more flexible examination tool for improved patient comfort

This waves velocity is governed by the stiffness of the environment it crosses. The velocity is correlated directly to the degree of fibrosis: the stiffer the liver is, the more severe the fibrosis can be. The examination is composed of 10 acquisitions. Easy to perform, and rapid, the measurement is expressed with a clear figure in kPa. The patient lies on his/her back, right arm raised behind the head. The measurement is made on the right lobe of the liver by intercostal route using a dedicated probe with a vibrating system. The result is delivered at the end of the 10 acquisitions.

FibroScan

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LIVER STIFFNESS DETERMINES THE DEGREE OF FIBROSIS

IN PRACTICE

ULTRASOUND ELASTOGRAPHY A major contribution to medical practices

The FibroScan technique is used to quantify hepatic fibrosis in a totally non-invasive and painless manner, with no contra-indications for the patient.
PAT H O LO G I E S

A flexible examination tool

1 The FibroScan is a reliable and totally non-invasive tool which expands the panel of tools already available to practitioners. This device enables to quantify the liver fibrosis, evenif the patient is coinfected or under treatment. The examination is done by the practitioner and is fully repeatable. The results are fast delivered. No hospitalization nor dedicated infrastructure is required to perform a FibroScan examination.

Soft liver: normal condition

Hard liver: severe fibrosis

A P P L I C AT I O N S

Whatever the stage of the illness, the FibroScan meets the practitioners expectations:
1 A reliable diagnostic and prevention tool. In the early stages of the illness, the symptoms are virtually nonexistent. The more advanced the fibrosis is, the more complications appear. The FibroScan is the ideal diagnostic tool for any practitioner wishing to accurately and immediately assessing the stage of a patients hepatic fibrosis. Integrated into the patients medical file, the examination results will enable a better follow up and an orientation of the treatment indications. An indefinitely reproducible monitoring tool. With no restriction on frequence of use, the FibroScan can show the progression, stagnation, or regression of the fibrosis (patient with or without treatment). FibroScan is the only pre- and posttransplantation examination tool to assess liver fibrosis in the world.

Benefits are for all patients suffering from a chronic liver disease
1 The liver is a vital organ that purifies the blood and synthesises, stores and transforms substances essential to the body; those functions are degraded by fibrosis. Excessive alcohol intake, drugs, diabetes and certain diseases such as HBV, HCV, biliary diseases or haemochromatosis, may cause hepatic fibrosis. The FibroScan has a a very particular interest for populations for whom biopsy is difficult or impossible (haemophiliacs, transplant recipients, etc.) and to patients that originally refuse the biopsy.

For greater patient comfort

4 The FibroScan examination is completely non-invasive, rapid and painless. 100% of patients accepted a FibroScan examination.

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