GlycoCheck Vision
GlycoCheck is exposing the critical role of the endothelial glycocalyx in the health of the microvascular system. Research using GlycoCheck will reveal where there can be improvement to the health and longevity of people worldwide.
Microvascular Health Solutions will drive a preventative approach that researchers and healthcare practitioners can take as they understand how early warning signs and conditions lead to serious diseases and runaway health care costs.
We are collaborating with leading research hospitals and institutions worldwide, confirming the central role of the glycocalyx in multiple conditions and diseases.
GlycoCheck Milestones
We have developed, and are now refining patented imaging and software technologies, that have led to breakthrough discoveries and will lead to more in the future. The imaging technology employs a microscope video camera system, using proprietary algorithms, that calculates the MicroVascular Health Score for individuals.
From this research, we have developed a patented formula that has been clinically shown that it’s not too late to restore, regenerate and protect the glycocalyx and microvascular system.
Company Overview
GlycoCheck is the leading provider of imaging and measurement software of the endothelial glycocalyx layer. GlycoCheck technology is a complete microvascular imaging solution. It includes the patented GlycoCheck software installed on a dedicated laptop or all-in-one computer. It’s optimized to run the GlycoCheck software application. It comes with a digital intravital microscopic video camera with disposable sanitary tips. The technology measures and monitors changes in the glycocalyx layer non-invasively, accurately, and in real time. The software generates a report and records historical changes in glycocalyx, capillary function, and microvascular blood flow for each patient.
GlycoCheck is currently being used by healthcare practitioners, and for clinical studies in more than 120 hospitals, and universities in Africa, Asia, Australia, China, Europe, Japan, Russia, and the United States. The studies focus on the relationship of the health of the endothelial glycocalyx and its implications for microvascular health in diabetes, kidney disease, cardiovascular disease, vascular dementia, preeclampsia, sepsis, and many other conditions. We have a long list of peer-reviewed published papers using GlycoCheck.
GlycoCheck was developed in the Netherlands at the Cardiovascular Research Institute of Maastricht University (CARIM). GlycoCheck has been awarded patents in the U.S., EU, China and Japan, with more patents pending worldwide.
The glycocalyx is perhaps the most important system in the body. The microvascular system provides nutrients to organs and removes waste. Within every blood vessel is a naturally occurring, gel-like lining called the glycocalyx. This gel-like lining helps all blood vessels protect themselves from molecular structures sticking to the vessel wall within the normal range, and plays a decisive role in the early stages of cardiovascular and a number of other diseases that arise when the glycocalyx deteriorates.