A new device worn like a visor can detect an emergent large-vessel occlusion in patients with suspected stroke with 92 percent accuracy, report clinical investigators at the Medical University of South Carolina. Endovascular therapy within 24 hours is the standard of care for emergent large-vessel occlusion, but the chance of achieving a good outcome decreases by approximately 20 percent for each hour that passes before treatment. The researchers hope that the device will save valuable time -- especially important in stroke where time is brain -- when it is deployed with emergency medical personnel in the field.
This is because the accuracy of the device simplifies the decision made by emergency personnel about where to take patients first, according to the professor of neurosurgery and chief of the Neuroscience Integrated Center of Clinical Excellence at MUSC. In the study, the VIPS…
