Largest customer order of C-RAD Sentinel systems

Press release 2009-10-02

 

C-RAD AB with its three fully owned subsidiaries is all active in the field of
radiation therapy. The company recently received the largest order of Sentinel
systems from one customer. The order includes four Sentinel scanner systems and
will be installed at important university hospitals in Korea. 

C-RAD and its distributor in Korea, HDX Corporation (formerly HaeDong Co.,
Ltd.) have received a large and prestigious order of Sentinel laser scanner
systems. The systems will be installed in the two university hospitals; Inje
University Busan Paik Hospital and Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital. The
order includes four Sentinel laser scanners and associated software. The order
is the single largest customer order received by C-RAD and net order value is
2.2 MSEK. The systems will be installed and integrated with accelerator systems
delivered from Varian Medical Systems. The delivery will include full
functionality for fast and efficient patient positioning and automated motion
detection of the patient during treatment. Also included in the order is
complete new functionality for advanced respiratory gated treatments. The
Sentinel system will communicate with the CT- scanner at the clinics, its
treatment planning systems and the linear accelerator to control the
respiratory gated procedure. 

 

Erik Hedlund, CEO, C-RAD AB:

"We are very pleased to have been selected as supplier to Inje University Busan
Paik Hospital and Inje University Haeundae Hospital. The customer has
recognized the potential with the Sentinel concept and has ordered full
functionality including our new functionality for advanced respiratory gating.
This order is a result of our focused strategy to establish C-RAD and the
Sentinel system in south-east Asia and our largest customer order so far.” 

 

For further information: 

Erik Hedlund, CEO C-RAD AB, Telefon 018 - 66 69 31, E-post erik.hedlund@c-rad.se