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The SPY Imaging System fulfills a significant unmet clinical need by again leveraging Novadaq’s core technology platform. SPY enables surgeons to pre-, intra- and post-operatively visualize and evaluate organs, nerve bundles and the lymphatic system in real-time during urological procedures such as tumor resection and radical prostatectomy. SPY may be used to both confirm surgical technical success and to provide visual guidance to the surgery from start to finish. SPY allows surgeons to plan or alter the course of the surgery in real-time, if required.

More than 250,000 men in North America are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year. Approximately 100,000 of them will undergo radical prostatectomy, the most common treatment for localized prostate cancer and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH). Approximately 30-50% of these men will suffer post-surgical complications related to nerve damage during the surgery, including impotence and urinary incontinence. The use of SPY during radical prostatectomy may spare many men the often severe side-effects of this life-saving surgery.

Other applications for the SPY System includes tumor resection, correction of testicular torsion, and urological reconstruction procedures. SPY is not yet cleared or approved for sale for use in urology in any jurisdiction outside of Canada.