High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) developer SonaCare Medical said it has joined forces with clinical visualization provider Invivo to create a real-time HIFU tracking visualization system using Invivo software.
SonaCare licensed Invivo's UroNav software, and engineers from both companies collaborated to make the device compatible with SonaCare's Sonablate system. The result is a process by which urologists experienced in using UroNav to biopsy targeted prostate tissue can now directly localize the specific tissues for ablation in the Sonablate software.
Finally, the firms have created a selling relationship that will allow Invivo to sell Sonablate directly to almost 200 U.S.-based UroNav facilities.
The two firms are creating a broad product portfolio for performing advanced diagnostics, targeted ablation, and systematic patient follow-up, along with a means for delivering that platform to the market, SonaCare said.
