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Product Highlights

Every year, new products and technologies for minimally invasive gynecology are presented at the exhibit hall at the AAGL’s Global Congress. Here are some of the 2008 highlights:

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Claire Tempany, MD
Director, Clinical Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Department of Radiology

Elizabeth A. Stewart, MD
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN

MR guided Focused Ultrasound Non-Invasive Surgery for Uterine Fibroids

ExAblate® 2000 uses MR guided focused Ultrasound non-invasive Surgery, integrating high intensity focused ultrasound energy and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to provide a uterus-sparing procedure for symptomatic uterine fibroids. There is no ionizing radiation, no anesthesia and no hospitalization so patients return to their normal activities within a few days. Over 4500 patients have been treated with significant symptom relief. For more information, please visit www.insightec.com and www.uterine-fibroids.org.