TURNING A REVOLUTIONARY MEDICAL CONCEPT INTO REALITY: THE INSIGHTEC STORY

From Idea to Reality a recipe? Dr. Kobi Vortman January 28, 2016

Replace surgery (& radio therapy) with a non-invasive, outpatient therapy, next day back to your life. The vision behind the startup

The vision behind the startupSurgery probably is as old as humanity, we have proof of Craniotomies that were done ~10,000 years ago and the patient survived.

If surgery survived for such a long time in an eco-system that is changing relatively fast, it must have a couple of attributes that are highly desired.

Surgery unique attributes: focal therapy (to differentiate from systemic therapy); real time feedback on treatment outcome that is generated by vision and palpation; ability to fix functionality

The vision behind the startup (2)

Surgery weaknesses are: Trauma, morbidity; slow recovery; collateral damage (on the way to the target); on the average 5% to 10% adverse events

Could we keep the focal therapy aspect coupled with the real time feedback on treatment outcome while overcoming/minimizing TraumaMorbiditySlow recoveryAdverse events

Translating the idea into an implementable conceptThe implementable concept:Turn the patient body into transparent body using existing imaging modality

Develop the ability to destroy targeted tumor deep inside the anatomy without collateral damage

Develop a real time tissue viability feedback that will allow us to monitor treatment outcomes in situ in real time non invasively

Develop treatment strategies, using this new technology, that will be significantly safer: