Breast cancer: Cianna Medical nets $4M for tumor localization tool
Cianna Medical's new, FDA-cleared SAVI Scout device meant to improve the efficacy of tumor removal in breast cancer surgeries.
Cianna Medical's new, FDA-cleared SAVI Scout device meant to improve the efficacy of tumor removal in breast cancer surgeries.
When physicians cut into a breast to draw a biopsy or excise a lump, it’s a bit of a guessing game of what’s where. The standard of presurgical tumor scouting, called wire localization, is a pretty decent – if dated – technique. SoCal device company Cianna Medical has built a way to one-up it, with a system meant to improve the acuity […]
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