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Cryo Ablation Products
Tuesday, 28 September 2010 15:19 | 
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Cryotherapy, also called cryosurgery, cryoablation or targeted cryoablation therapy, is a minimally invasive treatment that uses extreme cold to freeze and destroy diseased tissue, including cancer cells. Although cryotherapy and cryoablation can be used interchangeably, the term “cryosurgery” is reserved best for cryotherapy performed using an open, surgical approach. During cryotherapy, liquid nitrogen or argon gas is applied to diseased cells located outside or inside the body. Physicians use image-guidance techniques such as ultrasound, computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance (MR) when using cryotherapy inside the body.
Below is a table of selected cryo-based products for ablation.
Cryotherapy Ablation Device Companies, Products, Applications* & Market Status*
Company Product Clinical Market Segment
Atricure Cryo1 malleable cryoablation probe Cardiovascular Disease
ATS Medical ATS CryoMaze Surgical Ablation System Cardiovascular Disease
Boston Scientific PolarCath Peripheral Dilatation System Cardiovascular Disease
CooperSurgical Her Option Endometrial Cryoablation Product Line (acquired from American Medical Systems, Feb 2010) Gynecologic Applications
CryoCor (Boston Scientific) CryoCor Cardiac Cryoablation System Cardiovascular Disease
CryoMedix Ablation technologies Cardiovascular Disease
Galil Medical CryoNeedle SeedNet System General Surgery
HealthTronics Cryocare CS (from Endocare) Cancer Therapy
IceCure Medical Ltd IceSense ablation technology General Surgery
Medtronic CryoCath Arctic Front Cardiac Cryoablation Catheter System Cardiovascular Disease
Medtronic CryoCath Freezor Cardiac Cryoablation Catheter Cardiovascular Disease
Medtronic CryoCath Freezor MAX Surgical Cardiac Cryoablation Device Cardiovascular Disease
Medtronic CryoCath Freezor Xtra Surgical Cardiac Cryoablation Device Cardiovascular Disease
NuVue Therapeutics CryoCool System ultrasound-guided cryothermal ablation Cancer Therapy
Optikon 2000 S.p.A. Cryo-Line Ophthalmic Surgery
Sanarus Medical Technologies LLC Visica 2 Cryoablation System General Surgery
Zeltiq Aesthetics Zeltiq System Aesthetic Treatments
*Note: For detail on each product’s primary application, U.S. market status and international market status, see Report #A145.
Source: MedMarket Diligence, LLC; Report #A145, “Worldwide Ablation Technologies Market 2010″.
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