Medical Xpress March 23, 2023
First-in-human clinical trials have been initiated at Kuopio University Hospital with a device that assists in the identification of cancerous tissue during surgery. The tissue monitoring technique developed by startup company Marginum is based on the interdisciplinary research of the University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio University Hospital Neurosurgery and the Eastern Finland Microsurgery Center.
It is the first time such a tissue recognition technology is brought into the operating theater. “Our goal is to refine the technique into a golden standard for fluorescence-guided surgery,” says Adjunct Professor of Experimental Neurosurgery and Marginum’s Chairman of the Board Antti-Pekka Elomaa.
The aspirate tissue monitor is attached to a surgical suction tube routinely used in the operation, through which the tissue is removed....
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