Royal Philips has launched Philips UniGuide 3D Live Guidance, a CE-marked solution that brings preprocedural CT insights into the live Azurion workflow for PCI, structural heart and complex vascular procedures. It combines CT-derived information with live image guidance through 3D overlay visualization or a synchronized side-by-side display.
Philips said interventional care increasingly depends on combining information from multiple imaging sources. CT insights are often reviewed separately from the systems used during procedures, requiring physicians to switch between platforms and correlate planning information with live image guidance.
For CT-guided PCI, UniGuide uses insights from a coronary CT angiography (CCTA) scan performed before PCI. The system makes vessel information, plaque characteristics and other disease-related information available during the procedure. Physicians can access CT and planning information on the large FlexVision display and interact with 3D guidance through the tableside Touch Screen Module.
UniGuide supports planning information from Philips Advanced Visualization Workspace and compatible third-party solutions within the Azurion workflow. Philips said a usability study found that 93% of participating clinicians believed bringing planning information into the procedural workflow could help improve cath lab efficiency and performance; 80% indicated UniGuide’s automation and user experience could help physicians maintain focus during procedures.
Prof. Javier Escaned, head of the Interventional Cardiology Section at Hospital Clínico San Carlos and Complutense University in Madrid, said physicians can review CT images using the table-side touchscreen and synchronize the movement of the 3D CT rendering with the C-arm.
Philips UniGuide 3D Live Guidance is available for sale in CE-marked markets from October 23, 2026. It is not currently available for sale in the United States.
