Varian Medical Systems
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| legal form | Public |
| ISIN | US92220P1057 |
| founding | 1948 |
| Seat | Palo Alto |
| management | Dow R. Wilson (President and Chief Executive Officer) |
| Number of employees | 10,062 (2019) |
| sales | 3.22 billion US dollars (2019) |
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Medical technology software |
| Website | www.varian.com |
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Varian Medical Systems (VAR) of Palo Alto , California , develops and markets complete hardware and software systems for radiation therapy .
Medical devices include linear accelerators and software for treating cancer and other conditions using radiation therapy, radiosurgery , proton therapy, and brachytherapy . The company develops software for managing cancer clinics, radiation therapy centers, and medical oncology practices. Varian is a supplier of tubes and digital detectors for X-ray imaging in medical diagnostics, dentistry, veterinary, science, security and industrial inspection including high-energy X-ray technology for cargo control. Varian Medical Systems employs over 10,000 people in 70 sales and support offices worldwide.
In August 2020, Varian and the German technology group Siemens announced that the Siemens subsidiary Siemens Healthineers would take over the group for 14 billion euros during the first half of 2021.
history
Varian was 1948 as Varian Associates of Russell Harrison Varian , Sigurd Varian Fergus , William Webster Hansen and Edward Ginzton established to klystrons to sell.
Acquired companies
Varian Medical Systems has acquired other companies including Pan-Pacific Enterprises, ACCEL Instruments, Bio-Imaging Research, Inc, Sigma Micro Informatique Conseil, Argus Software, Velocity Medical Solutions and MeVis Medical Solutions .
Products
Linear accelerator
Varian manufactures a range of megavoltage linear accelerators with varying levels of functionality and complexity, such as: B. different numbers of multi-leaf collimators or the possibility of performing radiosurgery.
TrueBeam is an advanced radiation therapy system designed from the ground up to deliver more powerful cancer treatments with pinpoint accuracy and precision. It integrates advanced imaging and motion management technologies into a sophisticated new architecture that enables treatments to be delivered more quickly while tumor movement is monitored and compensated, and opens the door to new possibilities for treating the lungs, chest, prostate, head and neck as well other cancers.
The EDGE radiosurgery suite was launched in 2012. The first cancer centers to use the new system were the Champalimaud Foundation in Lisbon, Portugal and the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, Michigan.
In 2017, Varian introduced Halcyon, which aims to provide high quality care by optimizing rapid image-guided IMRT and RapidArc radiation therapy . The system has a unique two-layer MLC (Multi-Leaf Collimator) that enables high modulation with low dispersion for each field or each arc.
Proton therapy
Varian manufactures the ProBeam Proton Therapy System with current and planned installations at several locations worldwide, a fully pencil-beam scanning proton therapy system using IMTP (intensity-modulated proton therapy), which was developed with the Swiss Paul Scherrer Institute . Varian is also developing medical software and a radiology information system for the Proton Therapy Planning System.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Form 10-K 2019. Accessed August 2, 2020 .
- ↑ About Varian.
- ^ Cancer research: Siemens Healthineers takes over Varian. Retrieved August 2, 2020 .