Medtronic's Visualase Tumor Ablation Tech Beams Into UK Market

Medtronic's Visualase neurosurgery technology will be available for the first time in the UK to treat brain tumor patients at private London hospital The Harley Street Clinic. The MRI-guided laser therapy treatment has been approved in the US since 2007 but only received the CE mark in April this year.

Medtronic's Visualase treatment

Medtronic's Visualase Thermal Therapy System will be available in the UK for the first time at private London hospital, The Harley Street Clinic, to treat brain tumor patients.

The MRI-guided ablation system delivers laser energy to target brain tumor cells by heating unwanted soft tissue. Patients are first given a general anaesthetic before a small catheter is inserted...

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