• BSD Medical (Salt Lake City) reported the initial product launch for the MicroThermX Microwave Ablation System (MTX-180). BSD has placed three of these systems and will shortly place a fourth system. The MTX-180 is a compact, mobile system that includes a microwave generator, single-patient-use disposable antennas, and a thermistor-based temperature monitoring system. The design of the MTX-180 allows delivery of higher power levels using a single generator. The MTX-180 uses synchronous phased array technology that was developed and patented by BSD to provide larger and more uniform zones of ablation during a single procedure. The first two systems have been placed at clinical sites in Salt Lake City, Utah – St. Mark's Hospital, part of MountainStar Healthcare, and the George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The third system has been placed at William Beaumont Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, and the fourth system is pending placement at Rhode Island Hospital. BSD has received very positive feedback from the clinicians following liver treatments with the MTX-180.