Todisco Group donates Exablate Prime focused ultrasound system to Pisa hospital; treatment to start in 2027
Pisa's university hospital receives an Exablate Prime MRgFUS system on 13 November. Tremor treatment under the national health service is planned for early 2027.
The Exablate Prime MRgFUS system will be officially handed over to the Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana on Friday 13 November at 11:00 at PalaTodisco in San Giuliano Terme, Pisa, according to adnkronos.com adnkronos.com
adnkronos.comadnkronos.comOpen source ↗. The system is intended for treating disabling tremor in Parkinson's disease and severe essential tremor. The treatments are to be fully covered by the Servizio Sanitario Nazionale.
According to the report, the procedure requires no scalpel and no anesthesia and is done in a single session. Only one other such unit exists in Europe. In Italy the technology is available only in Milan, where waiting times exceed three years. Until now, patients with Parkinson's disease or severe essential tremor faced waits of more than three years or had to travel outside the region.
Equipment and schedule
Activation in Pisa is planned for the first months of 2027, after calibration and installation. The platform will be paired with a dedicated 3 Tesla high-field MRI scanner. The public side co-invested in the scanner and in specialized university expertise. Exablate Prime is described as an MRgFUS system for precision brain surgery without incisions.
Who is involved
The initiative was conceived and promoted by Federico Eligi, a regional councillor and vice-chair of the Tuscany health committee. The system was provided with the contribution of the Todisco Group, led by Donato Todisco adnkronos.com
adnkronos.comadnkronos.comOpen source ↗. According to Eligi, the private partner supplies the technology, while the public side invests in staff, facilities, MRI scanners and reimbursement of procedures. Todisco described the support as an ethical duty of the group.
The handover ceremony will be attended by Tuscany regional president Eugenio Giani, Eligi, Donato Todisco and the institutional and clinical leadership of the Pisa hospital. The report states that Tuscany aims to become a reference center for central and southern Italy.
