The FDA Approves Novocure's New Head Flexible Electrode Transducer Arrays For Use With Optune Gio For Adult Patients With Glioblastoma Multiforme, Novocure Plans To Convert Optune Gio Users In The U.S. To The New HFE Arrays Through The First Half Of 2025 Through A Controlled Transition Plan
Optune Gio is a wearable, portable device that produces alternating electric fields known as Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields), which are delivered through non-invasive, wearable arrays. TTFields exert physical forces on the electrically charged components of dividing cancer cells, which disrupt the rapid cell division exhibited by cancer cells.
The new HFE arrays utilize a flexible polymer material in place of the ceramic discs used in the current Optune Gio arrays, making them one-third lighter and 50% thinner.
