Pierre Lemire, Kent Imaging’s CEO, has been featured in Innovations of the World – celebrating and connecting the world’s top innovators, as part of the Calgary, Alberta leaders’ profile. Historically, not being known as a medical tech hub, Pierre works with his team and peers to heighten Calgary’s profile as a thriving healthcare technology innovation center. Mr. Lemire is a technology commercialization expert with over 30 years of experience in the high-tech world of imaging. His past roles as a CTO at Autodesk Inc, and co-founder of Calgary Scientific provide key experiences that he uses to guide Kent Imaging’s corporate strategy.
Company MILESTONES
Near the start of the millennium, the National Research Council of Canada had completed a lab model to show proof of concept of near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) to look at human tissue for the concentration of oxygen. Kent’s Founder and Executive Chairman, Don Chapman, was intrigued by its potential in the medical setting and Kent Imaging was formed. • In 2022, Snapshot V4.0 (KD204T) was released with advanced wound measurement functions as well as a customizable reporting feature. • In 2022, Kent Imaging appointed two specialized CMO’s for Wound Care & Limb Preservation and Reconstructive Surgery. • In 2023, the company expanded its sales to new international markets including Australia, Israel, and Egypt. • Kent Imaging’s CEO, Pierre Lemire, won the Medical Technology Executive of the Year 2023, Canada, from Executive Global magazine. • In the Summer of 2023, Kent Imaging moved its Calgary-based headquarters to a larger office and production space.
WHAT IS THE INNOVATIVE SNAPSHOTNIR?
SnapshotNIR is a near-infrared (NIR), reflectance-based technology that measures tissue oxygen saturation (StO2) in superficial tissue. Using multiple wavelengths of NIR light, SnapshotNIR measures relative amounts of oxygenated and deoxygenated hemoglobin in the microcirculation where oxygen exchange is happening. Snapshot provides users with a near-instantaneous tissue oxygenation map that can be used in medical decision-making, for tracking and trending oxygenation, and evaluating tissue viability in wound care and surgical applications where flap tissue can be compromised.
WHY IS SNAPSHOTNIR IMPORTANT?
Chronic wounds are a serious global health problem with significant reductions in quality of life that can have devastating consequences. 15-25% of patients with diabetes mellitus will develop a diabetic foot ulcer during their lifetime. In reconstructive surgery, 1 in 3 mastectomies result in post-operative complications over
The next two years and up to 20% of those reconstructions will require more surgery.
Current diagnostic tools to assess tissue health are either costly or difficult to employ and visual assessment alone is not adequate to see the whole picture. SnapshotNIR is a portable and repeatable tool to monitor a patient and obtain accurate and actionable data at every visitwhich is improving outcomes and reducing complications for patients. From an economic standpoint, the device can significantly reduce healthcare costs. The documented reports can be used to support medical necessity and proof of therapeutic efficacy for hospital systems. The device can assist in identifying what advanced wound therapies will work best, saving time and wasting fewer consumables. The device is also easy to operatedoctors and nurses can quickly be trained on its use.
6. What advice do you have for them “The technology we are building is unique and extremely valuable. It’s changing how clinicians treat acute and chronic wounds with critical insights they have never had before.” – Pierre Lemire
The technology we are building is unique and extremely valuable. It’s changing how clinicians treat acute and chronic wounds with critical insights they have never had before.”
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