Regulators in Europe gave the greenlight to Hologic Inc.’s Localizer, an implanted wireless device that promises to provide doctors greater flexibility to minimize the impact of breast surgery, the company announced Tuesday.
At the same time on Tuesday, the Marlborough medical technology company launched Unifi Workspace, a new breast diagnostic solution. The product is expected to be unveiled in December at the 105th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago.
The workstation is designed to improve workflow efficiencies for radiologists, Hologic said.
Localizer provides precise marking and targeting of lesions in breast-conserving surgery, the firm said. It was created to replace the traditional wire-guided localization method, which requires placement of a wire on the day of surgery. With this new tag, placement can be done weeks or months prior to surgery. For patients, this means they can arrive closer to their surgery time and experience fewer interventional procedures.
Unifi Workspace integrates reading of MRI, ultrasound and mammography into one platform, and is designed to allow for more efficient review of breast images.
