Sirius Medical offers the Pintuition system, a wire‑free surgical navigation solution that uses a tiny permanent magnetic marker implanted up to 180 days before breast surgery. The handheld probe and GPSDetect™ software provide real‑time visual and audio cues, indicating distance and direction to the lesion for precise, shortest‑path incisions, eliminating the need for radioactive seeds, wires, and same‑day placement.
Funding
$10.3M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Surgeons often rely on bulky, radioactive seeds or wire localization to locate non‑palpable breast lesions, which require same‑day placement, involve radiation safety procedures, and can limit scheduling flexibility. These methods also provide limited directional feedback, making it difficult to determine the optimal incision path and potentially leading to larger tissue excisions.
Solution
Sirius Medical’s Pintuition system replaces traditional localization with a tiny, permanent magnetic surgical marker and a wire‑free navigation platform. The Pintuition Marker is implanted up to 180 days before surgery using a 14 G pre‑loaded needle and is visible on ultrasound, X‑ray, and contrast‑enhanced mammography without radiation. During the operation, the Pintuion Probe (or Slim Probe) detects the marker’s magnetic field and, together with GPSDetect™ software, provides real‑time visual and audio cues indicating distance and direction to the target. The TargetLOC™ feature alerts the surgeon when the probe is perfectly aligned, enabling a precise, shortest‑path incision. The system requires only a one‑time calibration per case, is reusable, and does not need dedicated capital equipment, simplifying workflow and reducing procedural costs.
Target Audience
Primary customers are breast surgeons and oncologic surgical teams, as well as radiology departments that place localization markers for non‑palpable breast lesions and lymph‑node biopsies.
Features
- Magnetic Pintuition Marker: tiny, nickel‑free titanium‑encapsulated permanent magnet, visible on US, X‑ray, and CEM, with no signal decay over time
- Wire‑free navigation: handheld probe with multi‑array sensors delivering 50 mm detection range and directional guidance
- GPSDetect™ software: real‑time visual and auditory feedback, including distance readout and TargetLOC™ alignment indicator
- One‑time per‑procedure calibration and reusable probe (including sterilizable options)
- Slim Probe variant: 55 % smaller form factor and longer working length for minimal incisions and axillary procedures
- No radiation or nuclear medicine requirements; compatible with MRI (conditional safety) and long‑term implantation up to 180 days
- Simple deployment via 14 G pre‑loaded needle, eliminating same‑day scheduling constraints