Galil Medical Launches Cryo-Therapy For Thoracic Surgery; FDA Approves CryoHit System for CryoAnalgesia and Ablation of Arrhythmic Cardiac Tissue.Business Editors and Health/Medical Writers WOBURN, Mass.--(BW HealthWire)--Nov. 13, 2001 Galil Medical has received FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. approval to market its CryoHit(R) system for minimizing post-operative pain and for the ablation of cardiac arrhythmic ar·rhyth·mic adj. Lacking rhythm or regularity of rhythm. tissue. Cryoanalgesia is used during open-heart surgery, allowing the patient to experience a fast and pain free recovery. Many patients have testified that they experienced a painless and short recovery period after receiving CryoHit(R) cryoanalgesia. Galil Medical is conducting a multi-center study to verify the results across a wide group of patients. Four leading hospitals are participating, with results to be published in the second quarter of 2002. Galil will pursue business opportunities related to selling CryoHit to cardio-thoracic surgery centers. Preliminary results from this study are very encouraging and were presented in a multi-national European cardiac congress last month. Valavanur A. Subramanian, MD, Director, Department of Surgery in Lenox Hill Hospital Lenox Hill Hospital, on Manhattan's Upper East Side, is a 652-bed, acute care hospital and a major teaching affiliate of NYU Medical Center. Founded in 1857 as the German Dispensary, today's 10-building Lenox Hill Hospital complex has occupied its present site since 1868 when it in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. is currently using CryoHit(R) to numb the intercostal nerves of cardiac patients during surgery. He noted, "These patients seem to experience less pain when treated at the end of their procedure with the CryoHit system." Lenox Hill Cardiothoracic cardiothoracic /car·dio·tho·rac·ic/ (-thah-ras´ik) pertaining to the heart and the thorax. car·di·o·tho·rac·ic n. Of or relating to the heart and the chest. Surgeon, James D. Fonger, MD, stated, "Galil has an exciting technology that should dramatically reduce the discomfort experienced during the recovery after cardiac surgery." Galil Medical's President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , James McGlone asserted, "For an institution to perform "pain free" cardiac surgery is revolutionary and we are proceeding with plans to successfully enter the cardio-thoracic market with a product that can dramatically impact patient outcomes." Galil Medical Ltd. Galil Medical Ltd., with operations in Israel and the U.S., specializes in the development, manufacture, and marketing of state-of-the-art minimally invasive medical products and systems. The company's new generation of innovative, high-resolution SeedNet(TM) cryo-therapy for the treatment of prostate cancer, features patented ultra-thin needles that are inserted through a template in a method similar to brachytherapy. Instead of radioactive seeds, SeedNet(TM) implants IceSeeds(TM) using temperatures as low as minus 180 degrees Celsius for complete destruction of tissue. Incorporating advanced hypercooling technology, the Galil system allows extremely fast, high-resolution, and controlled destruction of cancerous tissue. Lumenis, Ltd., formerly ESC See escape character and escape key. See also ESC/P. ESC - escape Medical Systems, Ltd. (Nasdaq: LUME LUME Light Utilization More Efficient ) and Elron Electronics Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq: ELRN) are major shareholders of Galil Medical. Visit the Galil Medical's NEW Website at www.galilmedical.com for more information. |
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