Our idea derives from the knowledge on the “state-of-the-art” of the intraoperative cardiovascular imaging field. At the present, the assessment of the cardiac mechanical function during open chest surgeries can only be performed through Transesophageal Echocardiography. However, this technique is invasive and strictly depends on the user experience in both video acquisition and analysis. Moreover, it is used to assess the Left Ventricle but falls short in measuring the mechanical function of the Right Ventricle.

Therefore, the overall cardiac mechanical function is not fully evaluated during open chest surgeries. As of today, only the right ventricle mechanical activity is visually checked by the surgeons and cardiologists through their experience.

JEM Tech has developed the Videocardiograph (VCG), a new medical device whose novelty consists in being contactless and able to intraoperatively quantify the mechanical function of the Right Ventricle via an algorithm driven analysis. The VCG is as simple as innovative: it consists in placing a high-speed 3D-video camera above the patient’s heart during open chest surgeries via a robotic arm.

Then, the acquired videos are processed by JEM Tech’s proprietary software to measure the following clinically relevant mechanical parameters:

• Velocity
• Cardiac efficiency
• Force of contraction (cardiac fatigue)
• Ventricular compliance