Medtronic received CE approval to launch its Visualise MRI-Guided Laser Ablation System in Europe.
Here are five takeaways.
1. The laser system is designed to provide advanced MRI-guided laser ablation technology and can be used in neurosurgery procedures.
2. As light is delivered through the applicator, temperatures in the target areas begin to rise, allowing surgeons to destroy unwanted soft tissue.
3. Patients who undergo minimally invasive surgery using the laser system typically return to their homes the following day.
4. Medtronic's laser system received FDA approval in the U.S. in July 2007 to necrotize or coagulate soft tissue.
5. The company is currently involved in a study in the U.S. to support an expanded FDA indication for the treatment of patients with drug-resistant mesial temporal lobe epilepsy.