BTG International Canada Inc., part of the global specialist healthcare company BTG plc (LSE: BTG), today announced it has received a medical device license from Health Canada for the ICEfx™ Cryoablation System.
OTTAWA, Aug. 15, 2019 /CNW/ - BTG International Canada Inc., part of the global specialist healthcare company BTG plc (LSE: BTG), today announced it has received a medical device license from Health Canada for the ICEfx™ Cryoablation System. Cryotherapy (also known as cryosurgery or cryoablation) is a minimally invasive procedure that involves cooling the tip of a very thin needle to extremely low temperatures using compressed argon gas. This process forms an ice ball at the tip of the needle, which engulfs the targeted tissue and destroys diseased cells. Cryotherapy ablation is widely used in patients with prostate cancer, kidney cancer and pain applications. To date, more than 200,000 cryotherapy procedures have been performed around the world. The ICEfx™ Cryoablation System Introduced globally in the fall of 2018 at the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE) meeting, the ICEfx™ Cryoablation System is now available for use by interventional radiologists across Canada. “BTG is pleased to add the most advanced cryoablation technology to the portfolio of minimally invasive therapies it offers to Canadian interventional radiologists and their Canadian patients. Around the globe BTG continues to demonstrate its commitment to interventional oncology, and has added the most advanced cryoablation technology to its portfolio of minimally invasive therapies and is currently supporting a number of active clinical research studies of cryoablation in bone, kidney, lung, pain and prostate,” states Brad Pearson, BTG VP Commercial Operations for Canada and Latin America. About BTG IO Ablation (Cryoablation) About BTG Interventional Oncology SOURCE BTG International Canada Inc. |