Improvement of breast cancer treatment
Using innovative technology to improve breast cancer treatment and minimize damage to healthy tissue
Sirius Medical developed a non-radioactive system that makes locating and surgical removal of non-palpable breast tumors more comfortable for the patient. During the treatment, a magnetic marker is positioned within non-palpable breast tumors. Using the high accurate Sirius Pintuition system, the marker, and with it the tumor, are located after which the tumor can be surgically removed. This pinpoint approach optimizes the surgery, allowing surgeons to navigate towards the tumor more precisely and minimizing damage to healthy tissue.
Batenburg Applied Technologies is involved in the development of the Sirius Medical's Pintuition system and assembles the entire medical unit. During development we contributed ideas for the housing, the registration of the individual components, and the selection of critical electronics. To house the technical part of the system, a housing from our Swiss supplier Elma was selected and redesigned for this medical purpose.
About Sirius Medical
Sirius Medical, founded in February 2017, is a spin-out of the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) and the University of Twente (UT). Their goal is to improve the health of cancer patients with innovative yet affordable solutions that enable the precise and efficient surgical removal of tumors. For more information, visit: www.sirius-medical.com.
See how the system works in this video: