Calypso Medical's implantable Beacon electromagnetic transponders received a new FDA indication for the use of with the Calypso System in external beam radiation therapy.
Orfit Industries America's Efficast thermoplastic mask, part of the Raycast High-precision Patient Immobilization/Positioning System, which applies a new technology for head, neck and shoulder immobilization systems used in radiation therapy, is on display at ASTRO 2008.
The system is said to allow for less than 2 mm of movement by the patient. Orfit is also offering a hands-on demonstration of the system for the duration of the show at the George R. Brown Convention Center.
TQA, or Tomo Quality Assurance, is reportedly the first integrated, machine-specific quality assurance (QA) solution to be offered by a radiation therapy vendor. The TQA application streamlines the collection and simplifies the review of data used to monitor radiation therapy equipment and procedures. All TQA data can be exported for third-party validation.
Bionix Radiation Therapy’s Prone Breast System utilizes prone positioning for breast treatment to deliver less irradiation to the lung, cardiac tissue and contralateral breast. Gravity is utilized to separate cancerous masses from surrounding lung and cardiac tissue and for greater reproducibility of the breast being treated.
BrachySciences recently introduced its AnchorSeed, which features a patent pending design intended to give existing low dose rate prostate brachytherapy sources the ability to maintain their position within tissue, thereby allowing physicians to confidently place seeds in more strategic and beneficial locations than in the past.
July 31, 2008 — eHealth Global Technologies released its eHealthConnect online request service designed to streamline the process required for institutions to retrieve outside patient medical records for referred-in patients.
The online request service provides customized forms for each healthcare institution customer of eHealth Global, and automatically generates the appropriate HIPAA release of information forms to allow access to these records under HIPAA guidelines.
July 31, 2008 - According to a recent study at the Mayo Clinic, a CT scanner called MiniCAT captures images at a dose nearly 10 to 12 times lower than conventional CT scanners.
July 31, 2008 – Hologic Inc. disclosed its third quarter fiscal 2008 operating results, reporting it reined in revenues totaling $429.5 million, a 124 percent increase compared to revenues of $191.5 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2007.
The surge in revenues was primarily attributable to the inclusion of approximately $191.5 million of revenues from the new product lines acquired in the merger with Cytyc Corporation on October 22, 2007.
July 30, 2008 - The International Brain Mapping and Intraoperative Surgical Planning Society (IBMISPS) presented GE Healthcare with the Society’s “Pioneer in Technology” award, rewarding GE’s leading role in the development and commercialization of image-guided technologies in healthcare.
The IBMISPS Pioneer Award is presented to companies and individuals who lead the fight for scientific excellence in research, development and education. IBMISPS now honors GE Healthcare for its excellence and efforts to promote the highest standards in technology development and patient care.
The Pelvis/Belly PLUS System from Bionix is designed to immobilize the patient while keeping patient comfort a major priority.
The Pelvis/Belly PLUS System is made with a comfortable foam design for added patient comfort and features a T-Form Multi-Treatment Base, also used with Prone Breast System.
It comes in three different abdomen sizes (small, medium, large), and allows for supine or prone positioning. The ruled edges are designed for better accuracy and alignment.
