Elekta (STO:EKTA B) today said it’s delaying the rollout of its Unity device, designed to combine magnetic resonance imaging with a linear accelerator for radiation therapy, saying it needs more time to finalize and validate the linac control system. The Swedish company said the decision means it’s postponing its bid for CE Mark approval in the […]
Elekta inks stereotactic development, software, co-marketing deals
Medical software and equipment company Elekta has signed separate deals with Ion Beam Applications and Brainlab to share and integrate their technologies. In the memorandum of understanding with Ion Beam Applications, the two companies agreed to collaborate on investment in software development and the sale and marketing of each other’s products through a joint portfolio. […]
Elekta taps Brainlab as select EU distro partner for stereotactic neuro devices
Elekta (STO:EKTA B) said today it tapped Brainlab to distribute its stereotactic neurological devices across select markets in the European Union. The distribution agreement covers Elekta’s Leksell Vantage Steretactic target localization and coordinate referencing neurosurgery system, the company said, which received CE Mark approval in the EU in March. The device is currently pending 510(k) clearance […]
Feds charge ex-Medicare employees with insider trading
Former employees at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services used confidential information on Medicare reimbursement changes for radiation treatments and dialysis in a nearly $4 million insider trading scheme, federal prosecutors and the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission alleged today. An SEC lawsuit and a criminal complaint accuse political consultant David Blaszczak, founder of Precipio Health Strategies […]
Shockwave Medical picks up ex-HeartWare CEO Godshall | Personnel Moves – May 11, 2017
Shockwave Medical said today it tapped former HeartWare CEO Doug Godshall as its new prez & CEO. Godshall served as CEO of HeartWare for 10 years until the business was acquired by Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) for $1.1 billion last August, Fremont, Calif.-based Shockwave Medical said. Prior to his time at HeartWare, Godshall held various executive and leadership […]
Varian Medical, Elekta bury the hatchet in radiosurgery spat
Varian Medical (NYSE:VAR) and Elekta (STO:EKTA B) said yesterday that they agreed to bury the hatchet in their patent infringement war over radiosurgery technology. The agreement covers litigation in the U.S., Germany and the U.K. and includes a lawsuit brought by Elekta and William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich., Varian and Elekta said. The settlement did not involve […]
Elekta wins Health Canada nod for Leksell Gamma Knife Icon SRS system
Elekta (STO:EKTA B) said today it won Health Canada approval for its Leksell Gamma Knife Icon radiosurgery system. The Stockholm, Sweden-based company touted its Leksell Gamma Knife Icon radiosurgery system as the only SRS system designed specifically for targeting brain tissue. The Icon is the 6th generation version of the radiosurgery system from the Elekta. “Robust clinical […]
Elekta wins FDA 510(k) clearance for Venezia gynecological brachytherapy applicator
Elekta (STO:EKTA B) said today it won FDA 510(k) clearance for its Venezia applicator for gynecological brachytherapy, now cleared for the treatment of advanced-stage cervical cancer. The company’s Venezia device is designed to facilitate pre-defined, consistent needle placement for interstitial brachytherapy and to allow operating clinicians the ability to access tumors that extend outside of the […]
Elekta touts MR-imaging radiotherapy combo at ASTRO
Richard Hausmann built his career on the physics of imaging – he spent 23 years at Siemens (NYSE:SI) and 4 years at GE (NYSE:GE) developing the magnetic resonance and computerized tomography businesses before joining Elekta (STO:EKTA B) as president & CEO in June 2016. Hausmann told MassDevice.com yesterday that Elekta’s new MR-linac system, which combines MR imaging […]
Elekta, Philips to install MR-linac system at Wisconsin cancer center
Elekta (STO:EKTA B) said it and its MRI tech partner Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG) began installation of an investigational high-field MR-adaptive linear accelerator system at Wisconsin’s Froedtert & MCW Clinical Cancer Center at the Froedtert Hospital. Get the full story at our sister site, Medical Design & Outsourcing.
Elekta inks U.S. brachytherapy distro deal with Kobold Medical.
Elekta (STO:EKTA B) said yesterday it inked a distribution deal with Kobold Medical to distribute its brachytherapy applicators within the U.S. Through the deal, Elekta will market and distribute 4 kobold applicators, as well as its prostate template, the company said. “We are pleased to offer our brachytherapy users in the United States these high quality […]
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