ELANA Heart Bypass Procedure
Scroll down to learn more about our work in visualizing a sutureless heart bypass procedure using the minimally invasive ELANA® Heart Bypass technique.
Client: AMT Medical
We worked together with AMT Medical to create an animated explainer video about their ELANA® Heart Clip, a connector clip the size of a grain of rice that removes the need for sutures in a heart bypass procedure. This educational video accompanies their E-learning module that will be used to educate surgeons on how the ELANA® technique works.
01 - Overview
Artists:
Margot Ceelen
Ezra Van Hattem
02 - What is the ELANA® Heart Bypass?
A traditional coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) is a surgical procedure used to treat coronary heart disease. The heart, like all organs, requires a constant supply of blood. Atherosclerosis is a condition where one of the coronary arteries narrows from fatty plaque build-up and becomes clogged. This can result in anginas, blood clots, and heart attacks.
A CABG diverts the blood around the blocked artery using a graft from another part of the body (usually the chest, leg, or arm). A traditional heart bypass procedure is often highly invasive as it requires a large incision into the chest to access the heart. ELANA® Heart Clip connects the donor vessel to the blocked vessel and allows blood to flow freely through the newly made path without a need for sutures. This tiny clip stays in the body upon completion of the surgery. Due to the minimally invasive nature of this procedure, there is a decreased chance of infections, internal bleeding, stroke, and a significantly shorter recovery time.
03 - Our Solution ✨
After thoroughly researching traditional CABG procedures in comparison to the ELANA® CABG technique, we created storyboards with a bold 2d illustrative style that would clearly show the procedure step by step. Check out our process below!
1. Storyboard: Each animation begins with a storyboard to serve as a visual representation of still pictures of your video. It marks the key moments of each video so that you can map out your ideas.
2. Style Frame: This represents a full-colored and rendered visualization of the planned frame. These frames let the client know what the end result will look like.
3. Animatic: Next we cut together a rough animatic, which acts as a preliminary version of the animation. This involves stringing together the storyboard frames with a rough voice over.
4. Final Product: Voila! After incorporating client feedback, refining timing, and adding in motion graphics effects, we have the final animation.
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