Have you ever watched a futuristic sci-fi film or TV series in which scientists do amazing things using holograms? A startup based in northern Israel has made that a reality. And it seems that investors are enthusiastic about the idea, too – last week, RealView Imaging raised $10 million in a Series C round of financing.
RealView Imaging's Holoscope-i system creates 3D volumetric holograms based on data from medical imaging, which float in free space, allowing physicians a unique form of access to the patient's anatomy during invasive procedures.
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The Holoscope was unveiled at Toronto General Hospital in 2019 at a ceremony attended by President Reuven Rivlin. Toronto General became the first medical facility in the world to use holographic imaging in an interventional cardiology procedure.
RealView, founded by Aviad Kaufman, Shaul Gelman and Professor Carmel Rotschild, also collaborated with Philips Healthcare and Schnieder Children's Medical Center in Petah Tikva in the first-ever clinical study on the feasibility of live 3D holographic imaging in a clinical setting.
"By incorporating medical holography into routine clinical workflow, we expect to revolutionize the way clinicians engage with 3D medical imaging," said RealView chairman and seed investor Dr. Shimon Eckhouse.
The company is focusing on commercializing its Holoscope-i, initially in North America and Europe, Eckhouse noted.
New investors in RealView Imaging include OurCrowd, a hi-tech venture capital fund; and Dr. Kobi Richter, who said, "I believe RealView can significantly impact the growing field of structural heart interventions, as well as additional future clinical fields such as electrophysiology and interventional oncology procedures."
Dr. Morry Blumenfeld, a venture partner at OurCrowd and formerly Managing Director of GE Healthcare Israel, said he envisions holography becoming "a major tool in therapeutic medical procedures, supporting the required accuracy and minimizing errors."
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