Vivant Medical
Clinical study of microwave ablation for lung cancer to begin at RI hospital
Published in Medicine and Law Weekly, October 22nd, 2004
In the study, Rhode Island Hospital will be using Vivant's VivaWave Ablation System, which has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for coagulation of soft tissue. Damian Dupuy, MD, director of Minimally Invasive Therapy and Ultrasound at Rhode Island Hospital, will be the principal investigator.
Microwave ablation is a new, heat-based treatment used to destroy tumors. Under Dupuy's lead, Rhode Island Hospital's staff has already performed procedures in...
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