Advanced Cardiovascular Devices to Revolutionize Cardiac Care

Abhrasnata Das

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Cardiovascular illnesses, or CVDs, have long been regarded as one of the medical industry's most vexing problems. With diseases like stroke and IHD (ischemic heart disease) contributing significantly to global mortality and disability, cardiovascular devices and their role in heart-related therapies are increasingly gaining attention.

CVD-related deaths have been progressively increasing throughout the years. According to a research published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology that looked at the total size of CVD trends and burden across three decades, cardiovascular illnesses accounted for roughly a third of all fatalities worldwide in 2019.

These data demonstrate the necessity for countries throughout the world to establish cost-effective health initiatives and medications to reduce the risk of CVDs. A crucial aspect of these efforts is the development and implementation of effective and innovative Cardiovascular devices. This is expected to contribute to the expansion of the cardiovascular devices market, moving the market to $10 billion by 2027, reports Global Market Insights, Inc.,

With the introduction of cutting-edge technologies like Artificial intelligence, Robotics and more, the industry is already witnessing a few revolutionary developments. In this article let's explore the key innovations amongst them.

Virtual and Augmented Reality in Cardiology

In cardiology, AR and VR are effectively used to conduct clinical trials, address various difficulties, and design complex operations for improved performance prior to the real surgery. With the use of a Virtual Reality Medical Uses software, cardiovascular surgeons and cardiologists may now practise various surgical methods in a safe and effective manner. Even before students enter a surgery room, it can help them improve their procedures and get a better grasp of human anatomy. Even the most experienced surgeons can benefit from guidance on how to use new medical techniques and equipment in a safe environment. It may enable them to stay up with all of the advancements in the medical field.

With VR programs, surgery, typical experience, human body and the overall appearance of surgery rooms can be enhanced significantly. For students, it can be very assistive – as they can have better preparation for the process. They can learn more than what can be learned from textbooks.

For example – Several healthcare professionals are already adopting virtual reality headsets with preloaded live electrophysiology device implant cases, which provide a 360-degree view of the EP lab and process while a key opinion leader gives advice and explains what they are doing throughout the surgery. This virtual physician proctoring might aid in the faster transmission of how-to information and patient access to new EP technology.

Abbott Laboratories now employs a virtual reality simulator to teach interventional cardiologists how to use the company's intravascular optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging technology to inspect lesions in coronary arteries or build 3-D representations of disease artery segments.

Wearable cardiac Device

The increasing adoption of wearable technologies will propel the growth of cardiovascular devices in the coming days. So much so that the global wearable cardiac devices market is set to reach $6.2 billion by 2026, reports Global Market Insights.

Due to the need to continuously monitor patients' heart rate, ECG, and other indicators to avoid treatment delays for conditions such as arrhythmias, the adoption of wearable cardiac devices over bulky and traditional monitoring devices is expected to grow at a rapid rate, resulting in widespread product prominence.

Non-invasiveness, compact size, and lightweight are among the notable aspects of the various wearable gadgets. Non-invasive device use has been increasing at a rapid rate throughout the world, which is expected to boost market growth in the approaching years.

For instance, Zoll LifeVest Wearable Defibrillator is a device used for remotely monitoring the rhythm of heartbeats of patients who are prone to heart attacks, and can also deliver shock in the event that the patient is unresponsive even after several warnings, which provides opportunities for the segment to grow exponentially.

On a different note, Sky Lab, an American healthcare firm, has developed a wearable ring that interfaces with a smartphone app via a wireless Bluetooth connection to track ECG readings and alert a patient if an arrhythmia is detected.

Robots in the Cardio Treatments

Robotic catheter navigation systems for the electrophysiology (EP) lab and the cardiac catheterization lab have been around for a few years, but they are not widely used. The primary concern preventing widespread implementation is whether these technologies can enhance results sufficiently to justify their costs.

Another advantage of these systems is that they allow for catheter manipulation by remote control, which removes the operator from the radiation field and allows them to remove their heavy lead aprons and sit in a control cockpit. As processes become more sophisticated and longer in duration, operators are exposed to significantly more scatter radiation than in the past. Concerns regarding the cumulative radiation exposure received by operators are growing.

What Does the Future Look Like?

The growing public awareness programs of government agencies such as the Internet, private hospital heart programs, and the CDC have increased public health awareness. Consumers are becoming wary of heart disease symptoms, requiring early diagnosis and access to treatment. The rapid expansion of the elderly population will undoubtedly increase the potential of the medical device field in the coming days.

With multiple revolutionary innovations like - wearable device, VR, AR, Robotics and lot more, the health industry will be transformed to a data driven preventive care segment.