By Steve Twedt
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
PITTSBURGH, Pa. — MedLogic, a privately held Sewickley-based company founded last year, has secured domestic distribution rights for a non-invasive scanner that can detect internal and possibly life-threatening bleeding from a head injury, a device that a noted local neurosurgeon says represents “a paradigm shift in how head injuries are going to be monitored.”
The Infrascanner Model 2000 is a hand-held device that is placed against the head, then uses near-infrared light to show dark areas in or near the brain that could indicate dangerous bleeding.
“If there’s any blood on the surface of the brain or on the lining of the skull, there’s a big red spot that shows up,” said neurosurgeon Joseph Maroon, vice chairman of neurological surgery at UPMC and member of MedLogic’s medical advisory board.
Full story: MedLogic’s new scanner can show life-threatening bleeding from a head injury