Just months after the first patients received care using Boston Scientific's Seismiq system, Powers Health introduced the therapy for treating peripheral artery disease.
As the first health system in Indiana to offer the intravascular lithotripsy system, physicians will use the acoustic pressure wave therapy to treat patients with calcified peripheral artery disease.
“This next generation of minimally invasive technology enhances our ability to treat patients with advanced, calcified peripheral arterial disease in a more efficient manner,” said Dr. Dean Ferrera, an interventional cardiologist at Powers Health, in a press release. “I fully expect many people will benefit from these techniques.”
Ferrera led the team that performed the first procedure at Community Hospital in Munster.
The Seismiq system uses lasers to generate the pressure waves though a balloon catheter to break up the calcium, which has hardened. The circulatory disease usually affects blood flow to patients' limbs, specifically their legs.
Traditional therapies often aren't successful in treating the condition.
Catherine Jennings, president of Peripheral Vascular at Boston Scientific, announced the company's milestone in a January LinkedIn post.
“For patients living with peripheral artery disease, innovation like this matters,” she wrote in the post. “IVL technology has the potential to help physicians more effectively treat complex calcified disease, expanding options and improving procedural outcomes for patients who need them most.”
