BioSphere gets FDA clearance for UFE microspheres

AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nov 26, 2002

Interventional device developer BioSphere Medical of Rockland, MA, has received Food and Drug Administration clearance for its uterine fibroid embolization (UFE) product, Embosphere Microsphere. The product uses microspheres to block the growth of uterine fibroids by cutting off their blood supply.

Embosphere Microspheres have already been approved for UFE in Europe and Canada. They been approved since April 2000 by the FDA for use in treating hypervascularized tumors and vascular malformations.

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
November 27, 2002

Related Reading

MRI-guided cryotherapy shows promise as uterine fibroid treatment, July 3, 2002

UFE proves feasible in postmenopausal women, May 13, 2002

BioSphere uterine fibroid embolization device comparable to hysterectomy in study, April 9, 2002

UAE fights fibroids, paves way for pregnancy, April 9, 2002

Pelvic MRI proves more reliable than ultrasound for uterine fibroids, April 8, 2002

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