Elekta’s Leksell Gamma Knife Icon cleared for use in Japan and United States
Patients and clinics to benefit from next generation stereotactic radiosurgery systemTOKYO and WASHINGTON, June 1, 2016 – Elekta (EKTA-B.ST) announces that Elekta’s Leksell Gamma Knife® Icon™ has been cleared for clinical use by both the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in the United States. Icon is the world’s most precise and sophisticated system for radiosurgery treatment of certain brain tumors, vascular malformations and functional disorders. Icon offers physicians increased flexibility by allowing either frame-based or frameless