Device Debut: Procept Biorobotics Expects To Make A Splash With AquaBeam

The clinical trial data that earned the AquaBeam Aquablation system de novo clearance from US FDA in December shows Aquablation is as effective as transurethral resection of the prostate at treating symptoms of benign prostate hyperplasia, but carries a lower risk of complications associated.

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Procept BioRobotics' AquaBeam System For Treatment Of BPH • Source: Procept BioRobotics Corp.

Procept BioRobotics Corp. is preparing to launch its AquaBeam Aquablation robot-controlled waterjet prostate resection device at the American Urological Association conference in San Francisco in May, touting it as a technology that will "fundamentally transform" the treatment of benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH).

About nine years after the Silicon Valley company was founded to develop the Aquablation technology, US FDA cleared AquaBeam via the de novo pathway on Dec

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