Vivascope - Model 1500 - Noninvasive Cellular Imaging System for Skin

• Capture images up to 8 x 8
• Macro and micro imaging
• FDA 510(k) cleared

IMAGE ACQUISITION

CONFOCAL IMAGINGThe VIVASCOPE® system is an in vivo confocal imaging tool that uses a lowpowered laser to provide non-invasive, real-time, high-resolution images of the epidermis and the superficial collagen layers.* The system provides optical sectioning of unstained epithelium and the supporting stroma at a cellular level that may be reviewed by a physician to assist in forming a clinical judgment.

VIVACAM DERMOSCOPY

VIVACAM® captures both clinical and dermoscopic images with a high-precision optical system.

• High-resolution images
• Use to navigate within the macro image to specified corresponding confocal image

SINGLE IMAGE

The VIVASCOPE 1500 captures single images of skin that are parallel to the surface or on the “horizontal plane”.

The image plane, or position within the skin, is changed by moving the objective lens up, down or laterally, relative to the skin surface.    

STACK

A series of horizontal images captured in “Z-depth”, or from the surface of the skin to the superficial collagen, parallel to the skin surface. The image plane is incrementally changed by moving the objective lens of the VIVASCOPE 1500, and images are captured at consecutively deeper depths within the skin.

MOSAIC

An array of images taken on a single horizontal plane creates a mosaic. The VIVASCOPE 1500 scans the objective lens laterally over the skin while capturing a series of images and displaying them as a composite image covering an area up to 8 x 8mm.    

REIMBURSEMENT

2018 Medicare Reimbursement for RCM
The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT)* codes used for reimbursement for RCM (Reflectance Confocal Microscopy) procedure are:

• 96931  Reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) for cellular and sub-cellular imaging of skin; image acquisition and interpretation and report, first lesion
• 96932  image acquisition only, first lesion
• 96933  interpretation and report only, first lesion
• 96934  image acquisition and interpretation and report, each additional lesion
• 96935  image acquisition only, each additional lesion
• 96936  interpretation and report only, each additional lesion

• Non-invasive image capture
• Real-time cellular-level images of tissue
• VIVACAM Images
• CE Mark and FDA 510(K) cleared