Karen Kaplan

Sonablate Corp. develops and manufactures high intensity focused ultrasound surgical ablation systems. Its products include Sonablate 450, a HIFU solution that determines the safety and efficacy of a minimally invasive prostate cancer treatment; Sonablate 500, a HIFU surgical ablation system for the treatment of localized prostate cancer that delivers ablative therapy with the possibility of reducing side effects; and Sonatherm, a laparoscopic HIFU surgical ablation system that uses a laparoscopic probe to deliver robotic ablative therapy to soft tissue with a customizable ablation zone. The company was founded by Stephen R. Puckett Sr. and George M. Suarez in 2004 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.