The EU funded MARIANA lung cancer treatment project has moved into its final year
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(14.01.2020) Six leading European universities / research organizations, medtech companies, and software companies in 2017 formed a R&D consortium named MARIANA to create the most advanced image-guided flexible catheter platform on the market with immediate application to diagnosis and treatment of intraluminal disease such as lung cancer. Key characteristics of the new catheter is ease of operation and a low price compared to existing instruments on the market. A new high-speed, high precision wireless tracking system has been developed and implemented with miniature sensors integrated into the catheter and in the guidewire tips. A simplified User Interface and semi-automated data processing reduces the need for training on of the doctors to a minimum. A full validation and approval program has been launched and will run in parallel with the search for investors.
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