Hitachi sold the first compact system of proton therapy

On September 25, 2018 the Japanese company Hitachi signed the agreement on installation of the first compact system of proton therapy. The equipment will be installed the medical center Shonan Kamakura.

The compact system of proton therapy was created by request of Tokushukai Medical Group company. Though Hitachi will continue development of traditional devices, the chief executive of department of the systems of radiation therapy Henry Itami noted that the compact systems of radiation therapy will become one of the priority areas of work of the company.

A new system occupies less than 70% of the space required for installation of traditional devices that allows to set it in city hospitals with limited useful space and combines the compact size with the optimized configuration. It allows to minimize costs for installation and use of the equipment and to reduce runtime of transactions.

The proton system of Hitachi expected installation in one office

Besides, a system is supplied with technology of point scanning for treatment of certain forms of cancer and completely rotating platform with a conic beam for exact positioning of the patient. Thus a system can be used for highly effective low-toxic methods of treatment of local forms of cancer.

The Tokushukai company intends to allocate for the medical center Shonan Kamakura the four-storeyed building which basement store will be taken away under research department of proton and radio isotope therapy where a new compact system will be installed. Opening of the new medical center is planned for 2022.

Hitachi not for the first time works with large oncological organizations for proton therapy both in Japan, and in the USA, and its devices went over with success different researches, as formed the basis for cooperation.^[1]

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