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Avicenna.AI Partners With UpCare To Deliver Innovative Value Based Solution to Canadian Health Providers

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Toronto & Marseille – July 27th , 2021 –Medical imaging AI specialist Avicenna.AI today announced a partnership with UpCare Partners & Associates to distribute, deliver and implement a fully integrated stroke detection AI solution for any PACS Platform in Canada.

With this partnership, Avicenna provides UpCare with its FDA-approved CINA Head triage AI solution for neurovascular emergencies, which detects two of the leading causes of stroke – intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) and large vessel occlusion (LVO) – from CT-scan imaging.

Using a combination of deep learning and machine learning technologies, CINA Head automatically detects and prioritizes acute ICH and LVO cases within 20 seconds, seamlessly alerting the radiologist within their existing systems and workflow.

CINA’s ICH detection capability was validated using data from 814 cases conducted at more than 250 imaging centers across the United States, with 96% accuracy, 91.4% sensitivity and 97.5% specificity. The product’s LVO detection capability was validated based on 476 cases, with 97.7% accuracy 97.9% sensitivity and 97.6% specificity.

“Canada is a Leading Country in the world of Neuroscience, the partnership will enrich physicians’ resources for accessing and qualifying Stroke events and ICH seamlessly in a record time; we are always looking to provide our customers with enhanced and expanded imaging capabilities” said Benoit Sai, Co-Founder & CCO, UpCare Partners & Associates. “By adding Avicenna’ proven and validated solutions to our Neuroscience ecosystem, Canadian healthcare providers have access to innovative automated advanced brain imaging technology, allowing them to deliver better patient care.”

Cyril Di Grandi, co-founder and CEO, Avicenna.AI, said, “Our partnership with a Canadian distributor focussing on ecosystems approach toward the continuum of care in the field of neurosciences combined with expertise in medical imaging, medical devices and ai like UpCare Inc is a testament to the excellent accuracy, sensitivity and specificity data that has been gathered during our validation phase. We look forward to working with our new partner to bring the benefits of our AI-powered stroke triage solution to the emergency room and beyond in Canada.”

About UpCare Partners & Associates
Founded in 2019, UpCare Partners & Associates, a Canadian MedTech Company, is the gateway to the Canadian market for start-ups and international OEM. The company provides the best expertise in each field by committing special attention and a focussed approach to your product on a Pan Canada basis. In this challenging time for Healthcare Institutions UpCare Partners & Associates works with its partners on Value Based Solutions for the best Patient Outcome and Continuum of Care. www.upcarepartners.com

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Viz.ai and Avicenna.AI Partner to Launch World-class AI-Driven Intelligent Care Coordination for Pulmonary Embolism and Aortic Disease

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SAN FRANCISCO and PARIS – July 15, 2021 – Viz.ai, the world leader in AI-driven intelligent care coordination has partnered with Avicenna.AI, a global leader in artificial intelligence solutions, to enable intelligent care coordination and improve patient triage of patients suffering from pulmonary embolism (PE) and aortic disease (AD). The collaboration will pave the way for faster clinical decision making and care for patients suffering from these two life threatening conditions.

Diagnosis and care coordination of patients suffering from PE and aortic disease can be challenging. Avicenna.AI’s FDA-approved algorithms for PE and Type A and Type B aortic dissection (AD), leveraged on the Viz intelligent care coordination platform, will empower multidisciplinary care teams to easily coordinate patient care by sending notifications paired with dynamic imaging and detailed patient information to each provider’s desktop or mobile device as soon as a PE or an aortic dissection is detected. As part of Viz.ai’s commercial aortic module offering, access to imaging and workflows supporting the coordination of care for patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA), rupture, stenosis and transection will be available in addition to the AD algorithm. Similarly, the PE algorithm will be available on Viz.ai’s commercial PE module.

“The addition of AI powered workflows should decrease the time from diagnosis to treatment and help to coordinate care for patients suffering from life-threatening PE and aortic disease, as it has in the treatment of ischemic stroke. It will help to facilitate faster and easier treatment decisions across health systems, and this should improve outcomes for patients,” said Dr. Richard Saxon, interventional radiologist Tri-City Medical Center.

The Viz Platform is clinically proven and validated by Medicare, which reimburses hospitals directly via a New Technology Add-On Payment for Viz LVO, the time-saving ischemic stroke product. Pairing team alerts enhanced by AI with high-fidelity mobile image viewing, patient information and full-stack secure communication enables multidisciplinary teams to make faster treatment decisions for patients. The result increases access to care and improves outcomes for patients.

“We are proud to become a trusted partner of Viz.ai, who is committed to giving access to high-standard healthcare systems worldwide. Thanks to our AI-based solutions, we hope to facilitate an optimal medical response within a short time frame and improve patient care. We look forward to bringing the benefits of our pulmonary embolism and aortic dissection triage tools to the emergency room and beyond,” said Cyril Di Grandi, chief executive officer of Avicenna.AI.

PE is a potentially deadly form of venous thromboembolic disease, a common cause of cardiovascular death, and is associated with multiple inherited and acquired risk factors affecting hundreds of thousands of people every year globally. PE occurs when a blood clot gets lodged in an artery in the lung, blocking blood flow to part of the lung. Similar to PE, aortic disease is potentially deadly and can require urgent surgical intervention to prevent death.

“We’re delighted to partner with Avicenna to bring intelligent care coordination to the peripheral vascular and vascular fields. This will form part of a broader Viz.AI platform, where any patient with life threatening diseases can benefit from AI powered triage, fast mobile communication and synchronized care coordination,” said Dr. Chris Mansi, Viz.ai CEO and co-founder. “This partnership will bring the advantages of artificial intelligence to more patients and help hospitals achieve better clinical outcomes.”

About Viz.ai, Inc.
Viz.ai is the leader in AI-driven intelligent care coordination. Viz.ai’s mission is to fundamentally improve how healthcare is delivered in the world, through intelligent software that promises to reduce time to treatment, improve access to care, and increase the speed of diffusion of medical innovation. Viz.ai’s clinically validated platform leverages advanced deep learning to communicate time-sensitive information to specialists who can more quickly and easily make treatment decisions for the patient. In February 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted a De Novo clearance for Viz LVO, the first-ever computer-aided triage and notification software. Viz.ai announced its second FDA clearance for Viz CTP through the 510(k) pathway, offering healthcare providers an important tool for automated cerebral perfusion image analysis. A third FDA clearance was granted in 2020 for Viz ICH, which uses AI to automatically detect suspected intracranial hemorrhage on CT imaging. In 2020, CMS granted Viz.ai the first New Technology Add-on Payment (NTAP) for artificial intelligence software for Viz LVO.

Viz.ai is located in San Francisco and Tel Aviv and backed by leading Silicon Valley investors, including Kleiner Perkins, Google Ventures, Greenoaks, CRV, Threshold Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, Susa Ventures, Scale Venture Partners and Insight Partners.

Click here and find out more about Viz.ai.

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Arterys & Avicenna.AI Join Forces on AI Stroke Detection

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San Francisco, CA & Paris, FRANCE – December 1, 2020 – Medical imaging AI specialist Avicenna.AI today announced that its FDA-cleared CINA Head triage AI solution will be offered by cloud-based imaging platform Arterys. Supporting the treatment of stroke and neurovascular emergencies, CINA Head detects intracranial hemorrhages (ICHs) and large vessel occlusions (LVOs) from CT-scan imaging.

Arterys has fully integrated the CINA Head AI algorithms and will make them available via its FDA-cleared MICA platform to its installed base in the coming weeks. The platform’s cloud SaaS model enables CINA Head’s workflow-enhancing algorithms to be delivered instantly to any of Arterys’ existing customers.

“Given CMS’s recent NTAP reimbursement decision regarding AI-powered LVO detection, we believe that AI is finally ready to transform clinical practice, and we’re excited to make Avicenna’s AI innovations available to doctors around the world,” said John Axerio-Cilies, Arterys co-founder and CEO. “We’ve tuned the experience for seamless workflow integration—towards the ends of efficient and effective analysis of non-contrast head CTs and CTAs and accurate detection of intracranial hemorrhages and LVO strokes.”

Using a combination of deep learning and machine learning technologies, CINA Head automatically detects and prioritizes acute ICH and LVO cases within 20 seconds, seamlessly alerting the radiologist within their existing systems and workflow.

“Arterys’s platform is the most agile in this new internet-based era of medical AI,” said Cyril Di Grandi, co-founder and CEO of Avicenna.AI. “They help companies like us go from code-to-clinic in weeks not years, giving radiologists the ability to instantly enhance their workflows with our AI – whenever they want to.”

About Arterys

Arterys is the market leader and the world’s first internet platform for medical imaging. Its objective is to transform healthcare by transforming radiology. The Arterys platform is 100% web-based, AI-powered, and FDA-cleared, unlocking simple clinical solutions. For more information on Arterys, please Arterys website.

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Avicenna.AI Partners With Canon Medical on AI Stroke Detection

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Paris, FRANCE – November 10, 2020 – Medical imaging AI specialist Avicenna.AI today announced a partnership with Canon Medical Systems Corporation to deliver a fully integrated stroke detection AI solution for Canon’s Automation Platform.

With this partnership, Avicenna provides Canon with its FDA-approved CINA Head triage AI solution for neurovascular emergencies, which detects two of the leading causes of stroke – intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) and large vessel occlusion (LVO) – from CT-scan imaging.

Using a combination of deep learning and machine learning technologies, CINA Head automatically detects and prioritizes acute ICH and LVO cases within 20 seconds, seamlessly alerting the radiologist within their existing systems and workflow.

CINA’s ICH detection capability was validated using data from 814 cases conducted at more than 250 imaging centers across the United States, with 96% accuracy, 91.4% sensitivity and 97.5% specificity. The product’s LVO detection capability was validated based on 476 cases, with 97.7% accuracy 97.9% sensitivity and 97.6% specificity.

Toshiki Kato, General Manager of Healthcare IT, Canon Medical Systems, said, “Our partnership with Avicenna demonstrates our commitment to providing our customers with AI solutions that help them to improve the quality of care. With its proven ability to help radiologists to identify pathologies quickly, but also to highlight those that require the most urgent care, CINA Head is exactly the kind of innovative solution that we want to offer clinicians.”

Cyril Di Grandi, co-founder and CEO, Avicenna.AI, said, “Our partnership with a medical imaging modality leader like Canon Medical Systems is a testament to the excellent accuracy, sensitivity and specificity data that has been gathered during our validation phase. We look forward to working with our new partner to bring the benefits of our AI-powered stroke triage solution to the emergency room and beyond.”

About Canon Medical Systems Corporation
Canon Medical offers a full range of diagnostic medical imaging solutions including CT, X-Ray, Ultrasound, Vascular and MR, as well as a full suite of Healthcare IT solutions, across the globe. In line with our continued Made for Life philosophy, patients are at the heart of everything we do. Our mission is to provide medical professionals with solutions that support their efforts in contributing to the health and wellbeing of patients worldwide. Our goal is to deliver optimum health opportunities for patients through uncompromised performance, comfort and safety features.

At Canon Medical, we work hand in hand with our partners – our medical, academic and research community. We build relationships based on transparency, trust and respect. Together as one, we strive to create industry-leading solutions that deliver an enriched quality of life. For more information, visit the Canon Medical website: https://global.medical.canon.

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Sur le marché de la radiologie, Avicenna.Ai se place en challenger

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Sur un marché de plus en plus concurrentiel, Avicenna.AI a choisi de prendre son temps. Ce marché, c’est celui de la radiologie intelligente. Celle qui permet de guider le regard du médecin, de l’aider à détecter des pathologies qui lui auraient échappé à l’œil nu. “Le marché est occupé par des acteurs trop gros pour développer des outils comme le nôtre“, observe Olivier Fuseri, chargé d’affaires de l’entreprise. “Il y a aussi de plus en plus de startups qui organisent d’importantes levées de fonds”.  Face à ces acteurs, Avicenna.Ai a choisi de se placer en challenger. “Nous sommes restés cachés le plus longtemps possible”, le temps de perfectionner sa solution et d’atteindre des performances élevées. Ainsi, alors que la plupart des solutions d’imagerie intelligente indiquent au radiologue le moindre élément anormal – “ce qui lui fait perdre du temps” – le logiciel développé par Avicenna.Ai ne veut l’alerter qu’en cas d’urgence, “avec très peu de faux positifs“.

Car l’idée est bien d‘offrir à un gain de temps à des radiologues souvent en sous-effectifs, mais aussi d’améliorer la prise en charge du patient.

Pour l’heure, l’entreprise a développé trois produits capables de détecter, à partir des scanners du malade, des hémorragies intracérébrales et l’occlusion de gros vaisseaux. Des pathologies pour lesquelles chaque seconde compte. “Chaque seconde, des neurones sont perdus et ne seront jamais régénérés“. D’où l’intérêt d’une prise en charge rapide. “Cela permettra un temps de récupération drastiquement réduit avant de reprendre une vie normale”. Et qui dit meilleure récupération dit moins de coûts pour la collectivité et le système de santé. “C’est moins d’interruptions de travail, moins de complications à soigner…”

En attente d’une certification de la FDA américaine

Après le temps du développement, place à celui du marquage, plus chronophage. Deux produits ont déjà obtenu la certification européenne, ils attendent son équivalent américain, le marquage par la Food and drug administration (ou FDA). “Les États-Unis sont notre principale cible. Lorsque je discute avec de grosses entreprises internationales, elles m’expliquent qu’elles n’investissent pas dans des entreprises françaises qui ne sont pas capables de travailler pour la FDA”. Un Graal pour lequel il faudra patienter encore quelques mois avant la commercialisation prévue au second semestre de cette année.

Et le marché est immense. “Tous les centres, y compris les plus petits, ont des scanners” et sont donc des clients potentiels. Mais pour s’adresser à eux, l’entreprise fait le choix de passer par des distributeurs. “Notre but est de travailler au travers de partenaires formés qui connaissent bien les produits“. Il pourra s’agir de marketplaces ou bien de fournisseurs d’outils en radiologie. “Ceux-ci proposent avant tout du matériel et ne font pas de traitement d’images. Leurs clients leur demandent à ce que cela soit ajouté à leurs outils”. Avicenna.Ai vise aussi les fabricants d’IRM et de scanners qui pourraient eux aussi intégrer le logiciel à leurs produits.

Grâce à ces partenaires, l’entreprise espère voir ses produits présents dans dix à vingt centres de santé d’ici la fin d’année. “Ce sera une année d’incubation pour voir comment le marché se présente“. A terme, l’ambition est de devenir “un des leaders sur l’imagerie d’urgence mais aussi sur d’autres sujets”. L’oncologie pourrait être l’un d’eux. “Cela dépendra des opportunités de recherche qui se présenteront“.

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The start-up Avicenna.AI completes its first round of financing for 2.7 million dollars.

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Marseille, February 6th, 2020 – Avicenna.AI, a company specialized in the development of software for the detection of emergency pathologies in CT scanners, announces the completion of its first capital increase with Innovacom and CEMAG Invest for an amount of almost 3 million dollars. This is one of the largest fund raising in France this year in the medical imaging field.

Avicenna.AI develops new generation of algorithms dedicated to the detection of life threatening lesions. For detecting these pathologies affecting a large number of patients worldwide, Avicenna.AI offers healthcare professionals new tools of unrivalled effectiveness, enabling them to improve patient care, in particular by helping specialists to identify faster the patients who need to be treated as a priority in an emergency context.

Avicenna.AI was created by gathering experts in medical software and radiologists to offer solutions that are in line with clinical routines. This partnership has led to important collaborations with hospitals, research laboratories and one of the largest tele-radiology groups in the world, providing the necessary confidence to the major manufacturers in the field to integrate our solution into their offer.

“Avicenna.AI’s ambition is to become a leader in the diagnostic assistance for radiologists. By concentrating our efforts on emergency imaging, we will enable a reduction in interpretation time, faster patient care and improved diagnostic quality in a clinical context that everyone knows is tense. With this funding, Avicenna.ai will be able to commercially develop its product in Europe and register it in the United States, and continue its R&D program to reliably improve the radiologist’s routine,” said Cyril DI GRANDI, co-founder and president of Avicenna.ai.

“Our solution  seamlessly integrates into the clinical routine and requires no additional interfaces for the radiologist, who is already overwhelmed by a multiplicity of them, whether dictating the report or viewing images. In addition, our software offers the dual advantage of being totally secure and offering unequalled performance in the detection of pathologies”, explains Peter CHANG, MD, co-founder and leader opinion in artificial intelligence.

About Innovacom

Since 1988, Innovacom has invested closed to one billion euros, supported more than 300 digital startups, participated in more than 20 IPOs and completed 150 industrial disposals.

Innovacom has contributed to several recent successes in various sectors: electric vehicles (G²mobility), ad tech (Videoplazza), medical imaging (Olea Medical), digital customer relations (Dimelo), connectivity in trains (21Net Ltd) or components for smartphones with the Heptagon unicorn.

Innovacom currently supports high-potential companies such as Aryballe Technologies, CAILabs, Cozy Cloud, Exagan, Feeligreen, Intersec, Iten, Kolibree, MicroEJ, Matrixx Software, Robart Gmbh and Scintil Photonics.

Its recent association with the Turenne Group, one of France’s leading independent private equity firms, has given rise to a €1 billion platform under management. Present in Paris and Marseille, Innovacom is a company approved by the Autorité des Marchés Financiers.

About Cemag Invest

Cemag Invest is a family office dedicated to healthcare and technology, with a focus on adding value to patients. Cemag Invest has notably invested in Wandercraft, Diabeloop, and alongside innovacom in Aryballe Technologies. 

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