{"id":43240,"date":"2026-09-02T14:09:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T19:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flex.com\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=43240"},"modified":"2026-09-02T14:09:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T19:09:44","slug":"flex-and-histosonics-earn-idea-awards-for-innovative-liver-tumor-treatment-system","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/flex.com\/de\/resources\/flex-and-histosonics-earn-idea-awards-for-innovative-liver-tumor-treatment-system","title":{"rendered":"Von der Idee zur Markteinf\u00fchrung: Flex und HistoSonics erhalten drei der wichtigsten IDEA Awards f\u00fcr ihr innovatives Lebertumor-Behandlungssystem."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"overscroll-top\" style=\"background-color: #eaeef4;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"resource-header block\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a title=\"Homepage\" href=\"\/\">Flex<\/a>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 384 512\"><path d=\"M365.3 256l-22.6 22.6-192 192L128 493.3 82.7 448l22.6-22.6L274.7 256 105.4 86.6 82.7 64 128 18.7l22.6 22.6 192 192L365.3 256z\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t<a title=\"Resources\" href=\"\/resources\">Resources<\/a>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 384 512\"><path d=\"M365.3 256l-22.6 22.6-192 192L128 493.3 82.7 448l22.6-22.6L274.7 256 105.4 86.6 82.7 64 128 18.7l22.6 22.6 192 192L365.3 256z\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t<a title=\"From concept to commercialization: Flex and HistoSonics earn three top IDEA Awards for innovative liver tumor treatment system\">From concept to commercialization: Flex and HistoSonics earn three top IDEA Awards for innovative liver tumor treatment system<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<h1>From concept to commercialization: Flex and HistoSonics earn three top IDEA Awards for innovative liver tumor treatment system<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date detail\">\n\t\t\t\tPosted on<br>\n\t\t\t\tSeptember 2, 2026\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"categories\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"categories-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cat-tag\" href=\"\/newsroom\/news\">News<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cat-tag\" data-cat-level=\"2\" data-destination=\"\/industries\/healthcare#resources\" href=\"\/industries\/healthcare#resources\">Healthcare<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"id-6a9ae71d445ed\" class=\"box block full-width dark-content de \" style=\"background-color: transparent; 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