QualityStocks would like to highlight MRI Interventions, Inc. (OTCBB:MRIC), creating innovative platforms for performing the next generation of minimally invasive surgical procedures in the brain and heart. Utilizing a hospital's existing MRI suite, the company's FDA-cleared ClearPoint® system is designed to enable a range of minimally invasive procedures in the brain. In partnership with Siemens Healthcare, MRI Interventions is developing the ClearTrace™ system to enable MRI-guided catheter ablations to treat cardiac arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation.
In the company’s news yesterday,
MRI Interventions announced the first use of the company’s ClearPoint® system in an MRI-guided brain biopsy.
The system provides physicians with guidance for the placement and operation of surgical instruments used during neurological magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) procedures. Simply put, when a physician uses the ClearPoint system, he/she aims the system at the neurological target of choice, and watches via MRI as the surgical instrument is advanced to the target.
ClearPoint is applicable for a range of procedures, including biopsies and catheter and electrode insertions, and is designed to work in collaboration with a hospital’s existing MRI suite.
The procedure was performed at MD Anderson in Houston, Texas, where neurosurgeon Dr. Ashwin Viswanathan and Dr. Sujit Prabhu utilized the integrated system of reusable components, disposable components, and intuitive, menu-driven software.
“The system worked well,” Dr. Prabhu stated in the press release. “The clear advantage is confirming the position of the needle tip prior to a biopsy and also identifying a safe trajectory to the lesion.”
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