Over the years CD Leycom's clinical research device, the CFL-512 (Cardiac Function Laboratory), has enabled physicians to expose and quantify heart fail conditions such as systolic/diastolic Heart Failure and ventricular mechanical dyssynchrony. In terms of offering a real-time perspective on the intricacies of Cardiomyopathy/Heart Failure the CFL-512 is unparalleled. Since its launch over 70 devices have been distributed to university hospitals and institutes globally. Amongst them are most of the leading centers in the world. In the United States alone leading indicators regularly list four of these centers in the top ten of institutes in the field of cardiac care.

This achievement has laid a foundation for the application of the pressure-volume loop technique (conductance catheter principle) to routine-clinical settings. Also, the relationship CD Leycom has built up with leading experts in the field of Cardiology has helped guide product development bringing forth the successor to the CFL-512, the improved CFL-M (Cardiac Function Laboratory) which is branded as Inca® (IntraCardiac Analyzer), a cardiac performance monitor that enables practical and accurate perioperative ‘fine-tuning' of complex therapies.

The Leycom Inca® can improve diagnosis and therapy outcomes and reduce complications in areas related to:

• Rhythm Management (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy- CRT)
• Systolic/Diastolic Heart Failure/Cardiomyopathy (HFLEF, HFNEF)
• IABP, LVADs
• Congenital Heart Disease
• Percutaneous Pulmonary and Aortic Valve implants (PPVI, PAVI)
• HOCM

When compared to its predecessor the CFL-512, the Inca® is in a class of its own. The Inca® is designed as a routine-clinical, intra-ventricular, beat-to-beat cardiac function and performance monitor whereas the CFL-512 is merely suited for clinical research. The main feature improvements are:

• The system is modular and can be easily expanded to support various applications
• Indefinite 'monitoring' of the intracardiac pressure-volume plane and intraventricular dyssynchrony
• Real-time operator independent analysis of up to 60 variables with user definable displays
• 'Plug and play' capability
• Dimensions resemble a shoebox
• Can be seamlessly integrated with your catheter lab, hybrid cath lab or operating theatre

In short a "...state-of-the art" (Kitzman, Editorial: Circulation 2008) cardiac performance monitor that will provide the clinician with unprecedented insight into the functioning of the heart on an intra-beat and beat-to-beat to basis...