Our mission is to eliminate diagnostic and treatment uncertainties and improve the care of patients

Today our products are sold in over 40 countries, with 600 systems installed worldwide. Cellvizio has over 930 scientific publications which demonstrate the clinical utility and safety of live unlimited tissue assessment.

Our Technology - Real Time Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy (CLE)

Cellvizio^® belongs to a specific category of microscopes, called “confocal laser microscopes”. This means that the images made by Cellvizio come only from a very thin focal plane that is optically projected into the tissues. This optical slicing capability plays the role of the physical slicing of endoscopically extracted tissue samples (or biopsies) as done in standard histology. The images produced by Cellvizio are not entirely comparable to physical biopsies.

As opposed to traditional method of taking “blind biopsies,” which consist of removing tissue from patients and bringing it under a microscope, sometimes days after, Cellvizio shows digital microscopic video sequences displayed live on a monitor during the endoscopic evaluation. This added immediate information allows to make more informed and efficient treatment decisions for patients who may be suffering from gastrointestinal cancers and other diseases.

CLE performed with the GastroFlex, AlveoFlex, CholangioFlex, CelioFlex, ColoFlex, UroFlex and Cystoflex miniprobes are termed probed-based CLE (pCLE), whereas CLE performed via the AQ-Flex miniprobe through an FNA needle is termed needle-based CLE (nCLE).

Dr Kouichi Nonaka Cellvizio Endomicroscopy in Japan Video