We are shaping the future of liver health- Laurent Sandrin on CNEWS

Watch the interview of Laurent Sandrin, Chairman and Chief Science and Technology Officer, in “Le Rendez-vous de l’Innovation” on CNEWS.

By Agence Delta

Echosens was born in 2001 from Laurent Sandrin’s thesis work at the ESPCI’s Waves and Acoustics Laboratory. Thanks to the development of the concept of impulse elastography, this doctoral student in physics succeeded in measuring the elasticity of soft media. Working with doctors at the Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Laurent Sandrin decided to apply his invention to the evaluation of the hardness of the liver, which can be used to predict the health of the organ. Following the first clinical trials, the first FibroScan^® was put on the market in 2003.

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