First patient-centered proton treatment room
IBA Group, a leader in advanced cancer diagnosis and therapy technologies, and Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) today announced their first-ever installation of a state-of-the-art, patient-centered proton therapy treatment room in the United States.
A new addition to the Willis-Knighton Cancer Center in Shreveport, La., will be the first IBA installation to incorporate the Philips Ambient Experience.
Designed and engineered by Philips Healthcare, the Philips Ambient Experience promotes patient relaxation during proton treatments by permitting patients to selectively add comforting light, sound and images to the treatment room environment before they begin therapy. This will help improve the patient and staff experience, turning a cold, impersonal environment into one that comforts and reassures as the patient becomes an active participant in the process.
“This new installation is the first to come to fruition from the Philips-IBA cooperative agreement,” said Olivier Legrain, Chief Executive Officer at IBA. “It is demonstrative of a successful collaboration with Philips in offering highly advanced, patient-centered care, and we are delighted it will be integrated into our new proton system installations.”
“Ambient Experience enhances our ability to provide superior cancer care,” said Dr. Lane Rosen of the Willis-Knighton Cancer Center. “The soothing and empowering atmosphere will make our patients more comfortable, which will allow our staff to work more efficiently. IBA and Philips have been excellent partners, so it made sense to work with them to bring this unique experience to our patients.”
Willis-Knighton will be the first center to utilize Proteus®ONE, IBA’s single-room compact gantry solution for those looking for a more cost-effective, smaller footprint option. The $40 million project is expected to begin treating cancer patients with protons in early 2014.
Together with Philips, IBA is demonstrating a life-size model of the ProteusONE proton therapy room combined with the Philips Ambient Experience solution in booth #3019 at the 54th annual meeting of ASTRO, the American Society for Radiation Oncology, in Boston.
*Proteus®ONE is the brand name of a new configuration of the Proteus®235, including some new developments subject to review by Competent Authorities (FDA, European Notified Bodies, et al.) before marketing.
29.10.2012
