Short description
RITA Medical Systems develops, manufactures and markets innovative products for patients with solid cancerous or benign tumors.
Description
RITA Medical Systems develops, manufactures and markets innovative products for patients with solid cancerous or benign tumors. The proprietary RITA system uses radiofrequency energy to heat tissue to a high enough temperature to ablate it or cause cell death. While the Company's current focus is on liver cancer and metastatic bone cancer, the Company believes that its minimally invasive technology may in the future be applied to other types of tumors, including tumors of the lung, breast, uterus, prostate and kidney. The Company has received regulatory clearance in major markets worldwide,
including the United States. In March 2000, RITA became the first radiofrequency ablation company to receive specific FDA clearance for unresectable liver lesions in addition to its previous general FDA clearance for the ablation of soft tissue. In October 2002, RITA again became the first
company to receive specific FDA clearance, this time, for the palliation of
pain associated with metastatic lesions involving bone. The Company has sold
over 40,000 of its disposable devices throughout the world.
Last funding
Blurry Noaccess
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Total funding
$$2020202
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Location
Fremont, California, United States, North America
Founded on
January 1, 1994
Closed on
November 28, 2016
Exited on
November 28, 2006
Non-profit?
No
Acquired?
No
Employees count
1001-5000
Investors
Nopepepe, Noaccessforu
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