Real-world Accuro success stories.

Our testimonials review clinical trial results and first-hand experiences with our handheld spinal and epidural anesthesia guidance product, called Accuro.

Accuro’s state-of-the-art image guidance includes BoneEnhance®, which is designed to visualize bone landmarks, and SpineNav3D™, guides you with automatic epidural location and depth. For more information on how Accuro works, view our Principles of Operation video.

Why Anesthesiologists and CRNAs Love Accuro

Rebecca Minehart, MD, MSHPEd — Boston
Rebecca Minehart explains why adopting Accuro for epidural needle guidance in labor and delivery (especially in patients with challenging anatomy) is her recommendation and practice. Moreover, she presents a case supporting the use of Accuro to improve patient satisfaction and potentially minimize patient anxiety.

“Accuro is a handheld spinal navigation guidance device that can be used with just one hand, and it allows for better assessment of the neuraxial space. Not only does it allow you to have the picture of the ultrasound itself, but it has SpineNav3D technology that overlays and enhances the bony processes that you see, and it also gives you depth to the epidural space, which is unique to this device.”

Rebecca Minehart, MD, MSHPEd
Program Director
Massachusetts General Hospital
Obstetric Anesthesia Fellowship

Mohamed Tiouririne, MD — Charlottesville
Mohamed Tiouririne discusses the growing use of image guidance procedures in anesthesia and specifically the need for a compact neuraxial guidance devices—that can fit in your pocket—and be used to improve first attempt placement success. He continues with study findings that compare the use of Accuro with standard palpation that demonstrate improved success rates of spinal and epidural placements.

“As the PI for the first clinical studies performed with Accuro, I have been impressed with the sensitivity and specificity of the automated SpineNav3D software.”

Mohamed Tiouririne, MD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Director of Obstetric Anesthesia
University of Virginia Medical Center

Antonio Gonzalez, MD — New Haven
Antonio Gonzalez, MD, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at Yale School of Medicine discusses his experiences with Accuro for enhanced patient care in neuraxial anesthesia.

“Accuro is a game changer… I use it now in all my procedures and to train our residents. Not only are we improving our first attempt success rates with Accuro, but we are also noticing a reduction in back pain and wet taps. By improving efficiency and reducing risk, we are greatly improving the standard of care we provide to our patients.”

Antonio Gonzalez, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Yale School of Medicine

Dr. Stephen Garber, Anesthesiologist and Medical Director Obstetric Anesthesiology at Saddleback Medical Center
“As an anesthesiologist performing epidurals and spinals, we’re one of the few specialties not using imaging technology regularly to find the epidural space; this is an advancement that is due in our specialty.”

Stephen Garber, MD
Anesthesiologist, Medical Director Obstetric Anesthesiology
Saddleback Medical Center
Laguna Hills, CA

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“A morbidly obese patient had two difficult epidural placements by other anesthesia providers. Both epidurals failed after six hours… I utilized the Accuro device and placed a working CSE within five minutes…Both the surgeon and patient were pleased. It was a fabulous example of the need for the device.”

Beth Ann Clayton, DNP, MS, CRNA
Associate Professor of Clinical Nursing
University of Cincinnati

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“The Accuro learning curve is minimal. Our physicians simply move the device along the patient’s back to identify the midline and interlaminar space […] In addition, the estimated depths to the spinous process and the epidural space are displayed instantaneously on the Accuro screen […] Accuro is so intuitive and friendly that it can be mastered by many within 10 minutes and operated with ease, even with only occasional use.”

Regina Fragneto, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology
Division Chief of Obstetric Anesthesia
University of Kentucky College of Medicine

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