Press Releases from SonaCare Medical

C-code goes into effect on July 1, 2017

affording greater opportunity to prostate patients in the United States

Charlotte, NC, May 23, 2017 – SonaCare Medical, leading developer and manufacturer of high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) technologies, announces the imminent reimbursement for HIFU prostate tissue ablation with a newly approved C-code.

23 May 2017

Read more: SonaCare Medical Announces Acceptance of Medicare C-Code application for HIFU Prostate Ablation

Charlotte, NC (PR Newswire) April 11th, 2017 - SonaCare Medical, the leading developer and manufacturer of high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) technologies, announces the launch of an International Sonablate HIFU Registry. The High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Evaluation and Assessment of Treatment (HEAT) Registry will be a globally accessible, web-based, platform for storing HIFU data on patients treated with Sonablate.

11 April 2017

Read more: International Sonablate HIFU Prostate Registry Officially Launched

Charlotte, NC (PR Newswire) January 11th, 2017 - SonaCare Medical, leading developer and manufacturer of high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) technologies, reports receipt of 510(k) regulatory clearance to market its latest version of Sonablate® in the United States. Sonablate was the first HIFU device to receive regulatory authorization from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the focused ablation of prostate tissue.

11 January 2017

Read more: SonaCare Medical Granted FDA Regulatory Clearance for Updated HIFU Prostate Tissue Ablation Device

Charlotte, NC (PR Newswire) Oct 5th, 2016,  SonaCare Medical, leading developer and manufacturer of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) Technologies, reports over 40 acquisitions of Sonablate® technology since the device received FDA clearance on October 09, 2015.

05 October 2016

Read more: SonaCare Medical Paves the Way with the First HIFU Device Cleared by the FDA for Prostate Tissue...

Charlotte, NC (PR Newswire) May 5th, 2016, SonaCare Medical, the leading developer and manufacturer of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) Technologies, announces today a marketing alliance with Invivo, a business of Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHIA) with over 20-years of history as the pioneer of progressive MRI coils, advanced clinical visualization systems, and MRI-compatible interventional devices.

05 May 2016

Read more: SonaCare Medical and Invivo Join Forces to Help Physicians Better Locate and Track Appropriate...

“A fast and accurate fusion is the key to being able to use disease-based information from a diagnostic MRI to drive a focused ultrasound ablation”

CHARLOTTE, N.C., APRIL 26, 2016 – SonaCare Medical, the leading developer and manufacturer of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) Technologies, announces today the execution of a groundbreaking licensing agreement with MIM®, a world leader in the development and deployment of medical imaging and analysis software applications.

26 April 2016

Read more: SonaCare Medical Announces Strategic Partnership with MIM®, a World Leader in Medical Imaging...

SonaCare Medical achieves a successful pilot using the Company's new remote monitoring software, Sonalink™.

CHARLOTTE, N.C., FEBRUARY 10, 2016 -- SonaCare Medical, LLC reports the introduction of a highly anticipated expansion to their comprehensive training and support program, Sonalink™ remote monitoring. The inaugural launch of this new technology occurred over the course of two Sonablate^® HIFU procedures performed on Friday, February 5th, connecting Dr. Samuel Peretsman to a HIFU technical expert at SonaCare Medical headquarters.

10 February 2016

Read more: SonaCare Medical Launches Remote Monitoring Platform During Live HIFU Procedures

Dr. Lepor becomes first urologist in the Northeast to perform the newly authorized Sonablate prostate tissue ablation procedure.

CHARLOTTE, N.C., JANUARY 26, 2016 -- SonaCare Medical, LLC announces that Drs. Herbert Lepor and James Wysock performed a HIFU Sonablate prostate tissue ablation procedure in New York City last week, making them the first physicians to use the device in the Northeast since Sonablate® received FDA clearance in October 2015.

26 January 2016

Read more: SonaCare Medical's Prostate HIFU Device Used in New York by Dr. Herbert Lepor

Dr. Peretsman launches his U.S.-based prostate High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) program in Huntersville, North Carolina by performing two HIFU procedures on the same day.

CHARLOTTE, N.C., JANUARY 13, 2016 -- SonaCare Medical, LLC announces the completion of two Sonablate^® prostate tissue ablations performed by Dr. Samuel Peretsman. Both procedures were completed on Friday January 8th, 2016.

13 January 2016

Read more: SonaCare Medical's Sonablate® Performs Prostate HIFU in Huntersville, NC