December 10, 2020 – Abbott has announced the global release of a comprehensive new training program that incorporates virtual reality (VR) with traditional training techniques to increase experience and expertise in using Abbott’s OCT imaging and improve outcomes in patients needing a stent to open clogged arteries.
The virtual reality-based training program is designed to change how interventional cardiologists are trained in using optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging technology.
Abbott is expanding its training portfolio to help physicians gain experience with new therapy options, imaging and diagnostic tools to help improve patient outcomes. The company says that VR “presents a promising approach to OCT training because it enables physicians to have the full experience of being in the catheterization laboratory by putting them in the “driver’s seat” with imaging technology.”
OCT is an intracoronary imaging platform offered by Abbott that helps physicians view and assess coronary arteries from inside the vessel with high precision. This view allows for an improved look at the nature of a patient’s coronary artery disease to improve treatment decisions and the quality of stent deployment.
Abbott’s new OCT virtual reality-based training programs are powered by Oculus Go.