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  • Título: Mirabilis announces European marketing approval for non-invasive uterine fibroid treatment
  • Fecha: 23-03-2017
  • Mirabilis Medical, developer of advanced therapeutic ultrasound technology for non-invasive surgery, announced today CE mark authorization for marketing of its system for the treatment of uterine fibroids throughout the European Union. The Mirabilis system combines high-speed ultrasound technology with an advanced robotic system to allow treatment within minutes in a medical office setting.
    Fibroids are benign tumors of the uterus that can substantially impact the quality of a woman’s life, causing heavy and prolonged menstrual bleeding, pelvic cramps, urinary frequency and urgency, and pregnancy loss or infertility. 25% of all women suffer from symptomatic uterine fibroids at some point in their lives, with annual U.S. spending on fibroids is approximately $2.5 billion. Over 40% of all hysterectomies (surgical removal of the uterus) are performed to treat fibroids. Current treatments for uterine fibroids typically involve an invasive surgical procedure that can include destroying the uterine lining to reduce bleeding (endometrial ablation), cutting out the fibroids (myomectomy), and total removal of the uterus (hysterectomy). In addition to the cost, surgical risk, and recovery time of such procedures, they often result in infertility.
    The Mirabilis system treats uterine fibroids non-invasively by focusing ultrasound energy into the fibroids from outside the body – no cutting is involved. The procedure is performed by a physician placing the Mirabilis device on a woman’s abdomen, locating the fibroid using built-in ultrasound imaging, and selecting the area of the fibroid to be treated. Under physician control, the system then automatically treats the fibroid using a robotic motion system. Proprietary Mirabilis technology allows typical treatments to be completed in less than ten minutes in a medical office, as opposed to several hours in a hospital for some alternatives.
    “The Mirabilis system has been in development for nearly ten years, and it’s very exciting to now be able to bring this technology to market,” said Jens U. Quistgaard, President and CEO of Mirabilis. “This technology has the promise of helping a large number of women worldwide, and the company is very pleased to be able to begin making it available."
    The Mirabilis system is limited by federal law to investigational use in the United States.

  • Fuente: endovascular.es