18-08-2009 MeVis Medical Solutions AG sets a new benchmark with three-dimensional reporting in its Distant Services business

Bremen, August 18, 2009 – MeVis Medical Solutions AG announced today the successful launch of its new, interactive reporting format for preoperative planning in liver surgery. The outstanding features of the new format are its high degree of system independence and ease of handling, which further increase the clinical benefit for surgeons. The planning information contained in each report is supplied in the PDF format from Adobe Systems, Inc., making it easily accessible for all the physicians involved.

MeVis Distant Services offer an exceptional worldwide service for preoperative planning of liver surgery. The tumor volumetry, the complex vascularization of the liver and at-risk vascular territories are all precisely calculated. This enhances the quality of surgical planning and thus helps to significantly increase the safety and success rate of interventions – both for the removal of liver tumors and for liver donations from living donors.

MeVis serves its clinical end-customers direct from Bremen (Germany) and Pewaukee (USA), where MeVis Distant Services employ specially trained radiology technicians under expert medical supervision. Dedicated software developed by MeVis is used to process the slices into three-dimensional data. This software received clearance from the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) in the USA and was CE-certified in 2005.

Thanks to the new form of reporting, liver surgeons are now able to obtain an even more precise picture of the liver, taking into account the relative position of all structures. The Clinician is not required to use specialized software or a particular operating system, so the analytical data can be easily exchanged with colleagues in other specialties, considerably simplifying the discussion of treatment options – for example, at interdisciplinary tumor conferences.

The image information required for surgical planning is provided interactively in the new reporting format. Within the PDF report, the images can be simply rotated in all planes and enlarged to suit the intraoperative conditions.

Since the commercial service began in 2005, MeVis has gained more than 150 customers around the world. In the meantime, the company has carried out over 4,000 risk analyses at its Bremen facility. “Our new interactive 3D reporting format enables us to fulfill the requirement of our customers in both surgical departments and associated clinics for the most efficient and effective reporting of our planning results. Our aim in changing over to the interactive form of reporting is to increase customer satisfaction still further in this area”, explains Dr Carl J.G. Evertsz, CEO of MeVis Medical Solutions AG.

Leading international liver surgeons now use the MeVis service routinely for the operations they perform, which involve living donor transplantation in over fifty percent of cases. Precise planning of the liver volume to be harvested from the donor is essential because the donor must not be put at risk under any circumstances. The enhanced quality of surgical planning means that the safety and success rates of the interventions themselves can be maximized. Furthermore, unnecessary operations are avoided, and patient stress is reduced accordingly. Dr. Evertsz: “So you see, MeVis Distant Services also help to relieve the burden on the state health care system”.

Contact MeVis Distant Services Germany:

MeVis Medical Solutions AG
Nicholas Wendt, MD
Medical Director
Phone: +49 (421) 22495 0
E-mail: mds-officemevis.de

Contact MeVis Distant Services USA:

MeVis Medical Solutions, Inc.
Matthew W. Womack
Clinical Product Manager
Tel: +1 (866) 93 MEVIS
E-mail: infomevismedical.com