Original article title
Medical Devices; General and Plastic Surgery Devices; Classification of the Focused Ultrasound System for Non-Thermal, Mechanical Tissue Ablation
Takeaway
FDA codified class II special controls for focused ultrasound that mechanically destroys tissue without thermal ablation. This October order formalizes a classification applicable since 2023; it should not be read as fresh evidence of superior cancer outcomes.
Keep in mind
Final device-classification order; not an outcomes study.
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