What is HIFU with the Sonablate® 500?
The Sonablate 500 is a minimally invasive medical device, developed by Focus Surgery, Inc., that uses HIFU to treat localized prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). The Sonablate 500 uses a single transducer to obtain real-time images of the prostate during treatment and provides treatment in three treatment zones from top to bottom, and two treatment zones from side to side. The Sonablate 500 software allows the surgeon to safely ablate the entire gland in one to three hours with a single treatment.
