Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center Purchases ViewRay's MRIdian Linac for MRI-Guided Radiation Therapy
On October 14, 2020, ViewRay, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRAY) announced the purchase of its MRIdian Linac MRI-Guided Therapy System by the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center. This advanced system enhances radiation therapy by allowing real-time visualization of tumors, adaptive treatment based on anatomical changes, and protection of healthy tissue. Patients can benefit from fewer treatment sessions, ranging from one to five, compared to the conventional 25 to 40 sessions. ViewRay currently has 39 MRIdian systems in use globally, having treated over 10,000 patients.
- Acquisition of MRIdian Linac system enhances treatment capabilities.
- Patients may complete treatment in fewer sessions, improving patient experience.
- Current installations of 39 MRIdian systems indicate market presence.
- Over 10,000 patients treated, supporting system efficacy.
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CLEVELAND, Oct. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- ViewRay, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRAY) announced today that the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio has purchased the MRIdian® Linac MRI-Guided Therapy System, a cutting-edge radiation therapy device that combines the latest innovations in precision radiation delivery and ground-breaking MR-guidance.
MRIdian offers advantages for the delivery of safe and effective radiotherapy, including the ability to see the tumor and surrounding tissue during treatment, adapt the therapy in response to changes in patient anatomy and tumor size during treatment, continuous tracking of the tumor during treatment, and automatic pausing of the radiation if the tumor moves outside of the boundary. As a result, the system delivers ablative, high-dose radiation to the tumor while protecting the surrounding healthy tissue from damage.
The ability to deliver high-dose radiation treatments, referred to as stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), means patients can receive their treatment in fewer sessions than conventional radiation therapy. Instead of 25 to 40 treatment sessions, patients receiving SBRT may complete treatment in as few as one to five treatment sessions. This is particularly beneficial for patients who may have to travel a long distance for treatment.
The Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center is part of the VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, which provides comprehensive, seamless health care and social services for 112,589 Veterans across Northeast Ohio. The VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System focuses on treating the whole Veteran through health promotion and disease prevention. VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System contributes to the future of medicine through education, training, and research programs.
"We're proud to support the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center in their mission to offer the most advanced technologies to Veterans," said Paul Ziegler, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at ViewRay. "Their investment in a MRIdian program furthers their commitment to delivering the highest quality health care to our nation's heroes."
Currently 39 MRIdian systems are installed at hospitals around the world, where they are used to treat a wide variety of solid tumors and are the focus of numerous ongoing research efforts. MRIdian has been the subject of hundreds of peer-reviewed publications, scientific meeting abstracts and presentations. More than 10,000 patients have been treated with MRIdian. For a list of treatment centers, please visit: https://viewray.com/find-mridian-mri-guided-radiation-therapy.
About ViewRay
ViewRay, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRAY), designs, manufactures and markets the MRIdian® radiation therapy system. MRIdian is built upon a proprietary high-definition MR imaging system designed from the ground up to address the unique challenges and clinical workflow for advanced radiation oncology. Unlike MR systems used in diagnostic radiology, MRIdian's high-definition MR was purpose built to address specific challenges, including beam distortion, skin toxicity, and other concerns that potentially may arise when high magnetic fields interact with radiation beams. ViewRay and MRIdian are registered trademarks of ViewRay, Inc.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. Statements in this press release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements include, among other things, the rate of new orders, upgrades, and installations, ViewRay's anticipated future operating and financial performance, and ViewRay's conference calls to discuss its quarterly results. Actual results could differ from those projected in any forward-looking statements due to numerous factors. Such factors include, among others, the ability to commercialize MRIdian Linac System, demand for ViewRay's products, the ability to convert backlog into revenue, the timing of delivery of ViewRay's products, the timing, length, and severity of the recent COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, including its impacts across our businesses on demand, operations and our global supply chains, the results and other uncertainties associated with clinical trials, the ability to raise the additional funding needed to continue to pursue ViewRay's business and product development plans, the inherent uncertainties associated with developing new products or technologies, competition in the industry in which ViewRay operates, and overall market conditions. For a further description of the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those expressed in these forward-looking statements, as well as risks relating to ViewRay's business in general, see ViewRay's current and future reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, as updated periodically with the company's other filings with the SEC. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this press release, and ViewRay assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those projected in the forward-looking statements, except as required by law.
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