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Collaboration Between Focused Ultrasound Foundation and Arms Wide Open Childhood Cancer Foundation Aims to Revolutionize Neuroblastoma Treatment for Children
November 8, 2023, Charlottesville, VA —The Focused Ultrasound Foundation and Arms Wide Open Childhood Cancer …
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US FDA Clears Focused Ultrasound to Noninvasively Treat Liver Tumors
HistoSonics’ novel therapy platform – called Edison – uses histotripsy to treat liver tumors.
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The Focused Ultrasound Foundation Designates the University of Oxford as a Center of Excellence
Oxford has become Europe’s fifth Center of Excellence and eleventh worldwide.
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Global Reach
Two new foundations are advancing focused ultrasound in Europe and Asia.
What is Focused Ultrasound?
Like a magnifying glass focusing beams of light on a single point, focused ultrasound concentrates ultrasound energy on a target in the body without harming healthy surrounding tissue.
Read MoreWhat can focused ultrasound treat?
Focused ultrasound is being researched for over 170 diseases worldwide. While most are in the early stages, commercial treatment is now available in the US for essential tremor, Parkinson’s disease, liver tumors, uterine fibroids, bone metastases, osteoid osteoma, and the prostate, and others are being treated elsewhere.
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Clinical Registries to Evaluate Focused Ultrasound Therapies: A Detailed Examination
Written by Rick Hamilton – Published: November 8, 2023
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Why It Takes So Long to Develop a Medical Technology (Part 14)
Written by Mark Carol, MD – Published: October 25, 2023
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Reimbursement Through the Eyes of CMS
Written by Thomas Scully, former administrator of CMS and Foundation Council member – Published: August 24, 2023
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Evidence Development for Medical Devices
Written by Jill Hagenkord, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Optum Genomics – Published: August 10, 2023
Donor Profile: Mo and John Pritzker
Foundation Council member Mo Pritzker and her husband, John, share why they support the Foundation and how they see focused ultrasound changing medicine.
Read More See all donor profiles >Investigator Profile: Professor David Cranston
Professor David Cranston has worked in focused ultrasound for more than 20 years and is the clinical director of the high-intensity focused ultrasound unit at the University of Oxford.
Read More See all expert profiles >Company Profile: EXACT Therapeutics AS
EXACT Therapeutics AS is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Oslo, Norway. The company is developing Acoustic Cluster Therapy (ACT®), a novel ultrasound-mediated technology platform for delivering targeted therapeutics.
Read More See all industry profiles >Focused Ultrasound By The Numbers *
* This information will be updated periodically.