Competitive Landscape Flashcards
Sonablate energy and approach
HIFU/transrectal
Profound energy and approach
directional US/Transurethral
InsightTec energy and approach
HIFU/transrectal
How is Cryo delivered
transperineal
Sonblate image guidence
ultrasound
profound image guidence
MRI
Insighttec image guidence
MRI
What two ablation competitors require an MRI suite
1.Profound
2. InsighTec
Patient position that creates gas interference with US
Lithotomy
Director competitor using in-OR ultrasound guided HIFU
Sonablate
Ablation time comparrison focal one/sonablate
Focal One: 40 minutes
Soboblate: 120 minutes
Competitor committed to moobiel service providers
sonoblate
Sonoblate claims (3)
- Precise
- Poor image quality
- user-dependant and usually requires an expert technologist for everycase
- Long compareed to Focal one
Competitor with no capital cost and pay for click model
Profound
Transurethral ablation inside MRI and targeting image centers
Profound
What call points are Profound trying to consolidate
Imaging Centers
Benefits of Profound
- real time MRI monitoring during the ablation
- Access to anterior lesions
Profound negitives
- long procedure
- need a radiologist
- transureathral approach is not idea for posterior lesions
- No Cat. 1 CPT Code
Provides transrectal HIFU ablation inside of MRI, but with a focus on nuero
Insightec
Has significantly more cases due to committment to mobile service provider model
Sonablate
Reimbursement for Cryo therapty facility/surgeon
Level 6 Urology/30% less than HIFU
Ablation modality that has survived due to trend towards partial bland ablation`
Cyrotherapy
Limitations of Cryotherapy
- High morbidity for ED
- can’t anticiapate the extent of the ice zone
- it is old technology and has exhusted its potential