Prostate Implant Articles & Analysis
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The XFLO Expander System is designed to provide patients with immediate relief BPH-related symptoms (LUTS) by placing an expander implant in the prostatic urethra using a low-profile delivery catheter and a standard flexible cystoscope. ...
A review of implant techniques examining variability and/or similarity of different sized prostates for each brachytherapist was undertaken. ...
The Urocross Expander System consists of two primary components: the Urocross Delivery System and the preloaded Urocross Expander Implant. The implant is made of Nitinol and delivered to the prostatic urethra through the working channel of a flexible cystoscope. When deployed, the implant’s struts expand to place gentle and ...
Study results from the Spring System from Zenflow, Inc., a medical device company developing a minimally invasive treatment for urinary obstruction caused by enlarged prostate, or benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), were featured at the American Urological Association 2021 annual meeting. ...
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for the use of C4 Imaging’s Sirius positive-signal MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) Markers with Isoray’s Cesium-131, brachytherapy seeds. Sirius is implanted during the treatment of prostate cancer with brachytherapy and is used to facilitate brachytherapy seed localization within the ...
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for the use of C4 Imaging’s Sirius positive-signal MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) Markers with Isoray’s Cesium-131, brachytherapy seeds. Sirius is implanted during the treatment of prostate cancer with brachytherapy and is used to facilitate brachytherapy seed localization within the ...
Previously only gamma sterilization was available; the addition of ethylene oxide as an option increases convenience for customers and allows the benefits of MRI assisted brachytherapy with Sirius, also known as MRI assisted radiosurgery or MARS, to be made available to more prostate cancer patients. Brachytherapy, or radioactive seed implantation is a ...
PSMA is over-expressed on prostate cancer and expression increases as the cancer metastasizes and becomes castrate-resistant. ...