Guest
Barrow Neurosurgeons Announce First-Ever Patient Treatment Utilizing ZAP-X®, A New Gyroscopic Radiosurgery Platform Phoenix, AZ: January 24, 2019 – Barrow Brain and Spine (BBS), a partner of Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona, began the first clinical treatments with the ZAP-X® Gyroscopic Radiosurgery™ platform. FDA-cleared in September of 2017, the ZAP-X platform – by ZAP Surgical Systems, Inc. – delivers high-dose stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) to non-invasively treat brain tumors and other select intracranial conditions. For numerous indications, SRS is proven to be an effective brain tumor treatment alternative to invasive surgery. Although each year more than one million brain tumor patients worldwide are potential candidates for SRS, only 150,000 currently receive such treatment. The ZAP-X platform was created to address this unmet need and grant more patients access to effective, non-invasive brain tumor treatment options. To deliver the radiation necessary for SRS, Z
