Medulla Pro

Medulla Pro is developing an ultrasound-guided imaging system for lumbar puncture in partnership with the National Healthcare Group (one of the major health care clusters in Singapore), Trendlines Labs, and A*STAR, the national R&D institution in Singapore.

IP

Filed provisional patent

Lumbar puncture is an invasive procedure used to access the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from the subarachnoid space in the spine to investigate neurological disorders or to administer therapeutic or diagnostic agents.

A total of 2.7 million lumbar puncture procedures and 11 million epidural spine injections are performed in the United States annually.*

*Sources: Neurology 2012;78:109–113 and N Engl J Med 2014; 371:75-76