SWIIFT IMAGING: L'INNOVATION QUI LIBÈRE L'ÉCHOGRAPHIE DE LA DISTANCE

Ultrasound saves lives, but it never reaches underserved areas. A French company has finally brought it there. CT scans, MRIs, and X-rays have long been readable from miles away, but ultrasound was an exception. It requires a hand, that of a doctor who moves the probe in real time, feels the resistance of the tissues, and searches for the right image. But this hand couldn't travel, and the examination remained confined to large cities, unavailable at night, on weekends, and far from major urban centers. Where everyone saw an insurmountable obstacle, SWIIFT Imaging has broken through. Its robotic arm becomes the exact extension of the doctor's hand. It replicates their movements identically on a patient located hundreds of kilometers away and provides them with the sensation of the body beneath their fingers. The doctor is never replaced; they are simply transported to places they could never have reached before. This success is truly remarkable. In the field of telesurgery, France isn't playing catch-up with the American giants; it's leading the way. The technology was developed in partnership with the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), and SWIIFT is the top-ranked French company in Clarivate's Top 100 Global Innovators 2024. For once, we're ahead of the curve. One question remains, and it encapsulates the central issue of this program: When a country invents remote imaging before others, does it choose to deploy it in its own underserved areas, or does it let it go abroad? Coming soon on David Opère, I'll be interviewing Jean-Alexandre Kaminisky, CEO of SWIIFT Imaging.