Profound Medical Corp. announced that it has entered into a non-exclusive collaboration with Siemens Healthineers. The collaboration is aimed at laying the groundwork for Profound to begin marketing a complete therapeutics solution, combining its TULSA-PRO system with the MAGNETOM Free.Max magnetic resonance scanner from Siemens Healthineers, via Profound's own sales force.

Profound will also continue to market TULSA-PRO as a stand-alone offering, providing its customers with the flexibility to use the technology with the MR hardware of their choice. The Transurethral Ultrasound Ablation procedure, performed using Profound's TULSA-PRO system, employs real- time MR guidance for precision to save patients' vital functions while killing the targeted prostate tissue via a precise sound absorption technology that gently heats it to kill temperature (55°C). TULSA-PRO® enables surgeons to ablate whole- or partial-gland prostate tissue in patients with low-, intermediate, or high-risk prostate cancer; with benign prostatic hyperplasi; as well as those prostate cancer patients on active surveillance seeking treatment of their cancer and relief from their symptoms of BPH.

TULSA is a "one-and-done" procedure, performed in a single session that takes a few hours, and no hospital stay is required. Most TULSA patients report quick recovery to their normal routine. MAGNETOM Free.Max from Siemens Healthineers is an innovative MRI scanner that combines a 0.55 Tesla field strength with advanced hardware design and deep learning technologies.

By doing so, the scanner broadens the range of MR clinical applications and provides customers with the inherent clinical benefits of a mid-field MR scanner. The first and only 80 cm wide-bore system available on the market, MAGNETOM Free.Max also facilitates MR scanning for larger and/or claustrophobic patients, enhancing the patient experience. At less than 7,700 Lbs and 80 inches high, MAGNETOM Free.Max is the most lightweight, compact whole-body scanner ever offered by Siemens Healthineers.

Its reduced size permits installation with only minimal structural modifications. Furthermore, where MR scanners typically require several hundred liters of helium and a quench pipe for cooling purposes, the new magnet of the MAGNETOM Free.Max uses less than 1 liter of liquid helium, reducing lifecycle and infrastructure costs. For these reasons, MAGNETOM Free.Max has simplified MRI integration in locations previously not suitable for MR imaging.

Subject to the completion of TULSA-PRO® and MAGNETOM Free.Max system integration, the companies currently expect Profound to initiate sales of the combined solution in 2025.