Liverscan

Overview

Liverscan focuses on human liver fibrosis diagnosis and staging. It applies non-invasive medical ultrasound imaging technology and transient elastography (TE) technique to directly quantify the stiffness of liver and confirm stage of fibrosis. Liverscan has also streamlined the product size and device connectivity which supports more cost effective and simpler medical examination for liver fibrosis cases.

Technical name of innovation

Liverscan: Palm-sized Real-time B-mode Ultrasound Imaging Guided System for Liver Fibrosis Assessment

Research completion

2022

Commercialisation opportunities

Collaboration for product development, technology development in various application segments; Product distribution

Problem addressed

Currently, liver biopsy is a gold standard for liver fibrosis diagnosis, but it is invasive and may cause bleeding and serious complications. Therefore, Liverscan is developed to perform fibrosis evaluation through non-invasive measurement of liver stiffness and to provide a safer, more effective and comprehensive diagnostic solution for liver fibrosis assessment.

Innovation

Liverscan can raise the successful rate of obtaining a valid measurement to 100% by providing real time B-mode ultrasound imaging guided measurement. This feature could facilitate the correct placement and location of the scan probe to cover the target tissue
Product size and connectivity have been streamlined to hand-held and wireless communication which is suitable for more clinical settings to maximise their economical and geographical capacity in providing more examination services

Key impact

Non-invasive real-time liver stiffness measurement
Real-time ultrasound image guiding: enhances measurement accuracy, and allows accurate location of the measurement zone
Wireless palm-sized device
High cost-effectiveness

Award

Special Edition 2021 Inventions Geneva Evaluation Days - Virtual Event-Silver medal

Application

Diagnostic evaluation of fibrosis
Measurement of the stiffness of the liver
Diagnostic assessment of other liver problems, such as fatty liver
Possible early diagnosis of liver fibrosis and treatment monitoring to prevent progression

Patent

Exclusively licensed from PolyU US8147410B2 (US) Method and apparatus for ultrasound imaging and elasticity measurement
Exclusively licensed from PolyU 200910139336.5 (China) Method and apparatus for ultrasound imaging and elasticity measurement
CN 111772677 A (China) Method, System and Data Storage Medium For Biological Tissue Elasticity Measurement in Multi-dimension

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