Therapy Equipment

Philips and Radboud University Medical Center Debut Wearable Diagnostic Prototype for Chronic Illness at Dreamforce 2014 Event

Co-developed prototype for proactive COPD patient management will run on Philips cloud-based HealthSuite Digital Platform ANDOVER, Mass. and SAN FRANCISCO- – Today at the Dreamforce 2014 conference in San Francisco, Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHIA) and Nijmegen NL-based Radboud university medical center (Radboudumc) announced the debut of a prototype to support patients with chronic...

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Nexstim Supports 6th International Symposium on Navigated Brain Stimulation in Neurosurgery

HELSINKI – Nexstim Oy ( Nexstim or the Company ), a medical technology company aiming to improve rehabilitation for stroke patients through the use of noninvasive brain stimulation, announces its support for the 6th International Symposium on Navigated Brain Stimulation in Neurosurgery to be held in Berlin on 10-11 October 2014. With growing acceptance of Navigated Brain Stimulation (NBS) for...

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Varian Medical Systems Completes Commissioning of Five Proton Therapy Treatment Rooms Plus Deployment of ProBeam® System Upgrade at Scripps Proton Therapy Center

ProBeam version 2.5 successfully installed to enhance workflow at the San Diego site; technology is on display at the ASTRO meeting in San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO - ASTRO Booth #618 - Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) today announced that the company completed commissioning of five treatment rooms at the Scripps Proton Therapy Center earlier this year, and has upgraded the ProBeam® system...

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ViewRay to Showcase World's Only MRI-Guided Radiation Therapy System In Clinical Use at Largest Radiation Oncology Meeting

Doctors from Leading Cancer Center Will Discuss Firsthand Experience with MRIdian's Adaptive and Soft-Tissue Tracking Capabilities CLEVELAND - ViewRay™, a privately held medical device company, announced today that it will showcase its MRIdian™ (me-rid-i-an) system, the world's first and only MRI-guided radiation therapy system, at the 56(th) Annual Meeting of the American Society for...

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Elekta Introduces Information-guided Cancer Care, Highlighting Knowledge Management, at ASTRO 2014

SAN FRANCISCO - At the 56(th) Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), September 14-16 in San Francisco, Elekta (booth #1308) will highlight solutions that support the connections health care providers make to their practices, their patients and the world. Elekta's theme at ASTRO 2014 is: Connected Care. Because the future is collaborative. As software continues to...

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Varian Medical Systems' ASTRO Exhibit Spotlights Technology and Software that Support Knowledge Sharing among Oncology Professionals

Varian will also showcase the company's full range of radiotherapy and radiosurgery solutions, including tools for real-time imaging, tumor tracking, and motion management SAN FRANCISCO - ASTRO Booth #807 - Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) will showcase technologies developed to support knowledge sharing among oncology professionals at the meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology...

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Varian Medical Systems Selected to Equip First Satellite Radiotherapy Center in Scotland

GLASGOW, Scotland - Cancer patients in the west of Scotland will gain access to state-of-the-art cancer treatment closer to home when a new radiotherapy center opens near Glasgow next year. Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) has been selected to equip the new department and an order was placed in June for four TrueBeam™ medical linear accelerators. Two of the new TrueBeam systems, which offer...

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Varian to Highlight Software that Augments Quality Assurance Processes in Radiation Oncology at the 2014 American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Meeting

Exhibit will also showcase tools that facilitate knowledge sharing, as well as recent enhancements to the TrueBeam™ system for image-guided radiotherapy and radiosurgery AUSTIN, Texas –- Varian Medical Systems (NYSE:VAR) will showcase tools designed to augment essential quality assurance processes in radiation oncology at the 2014 annual meeting of the American Association of Physicists in...

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ViewRay to Showcase Its MRIdian System in Booth 639 at 2014 Medical Physics Meeting

MRI-Guided Radiation Therapy Selected as Hot Topic for Largest Annual Gathering of Medical Physicists CLEVELAND - ViewRay™ Incorporated, a privately held medical device company, will be featuring its MRIdian™ (me-rid-i-an) system in booth 639 at the 2014 annual meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), which will be held July 20-24 in Austin, TX. The MRIdian system...

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Researchers Show that the Edge(TM) Radiosurgery System from Varian Medical Systems Can Target Cancer with Sub-millimeter Accuracy

Seven presentations at the 2014 American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) meeting to focus on early adopters' work with Varian's Edge radiosurgery system AUSTIN, Texas - Medical researchers have confirmed that the Edge™ radiosurgery system from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE:VAR) can deliver dose to a targeted tumor with sub-millimeter isocenter accuracy.-  The researchers, from the...

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