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Pulse Biosciences' Shoots For US Clearance Of Nano-Pulse Platform

 
• By Reed Miller

Pulse Biosciences' nano-pulse technology, PulseTx, precisely targets and kills cells with short electrical pulses that induce cell death and induce an immunogenic response. The company has submitted a 510(k) application to the US FDA for the technology, seeking a broad soft-tissue ablation indication, but it is developing PulseTx for immunoncology and dermatology indication.

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Pulse Biosciences Inc. expects to begin a pilot study of its PulseTx nano-pulse system for immunoncology applications within a year, building on preclinical research showing that very short pulses of electricity can both induce cell death without residual tissue damage and induce an immunologic response that prevents cancer from coming back.

"I think the year ahead was really about clinical development," Darrin Uecker, CEO and president of Pulse Biosciences, told Medtech...

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