???The answer is that intraoperative radiation simply hasn??™t been practical until now,??? explains John Powers, CEO for IntraOp. ???Without the Mobetron, the treatment would mean equipping a special operating room with a costly, unwieldy 18,000 pound linear accelerator to generate radiation as well as a shielded radiation vault to protect staff from repeated exposure to this radiation. This is just not feasible for most hospitals.???

The other alternative, Mr. Powers points out, has been transferring patients under anesthesia with an open incision from the OR to a radiation therapy center, typically located offsite. This significantly increases the risk and duration of surgery and anesthesia. The result: despite its enormous benefits, IOERT has rarely been used in the US for breast patients.

However, IOERT has been heavily investigated in major European university hospitals and is currently in use in more than a dozen facilities. This is not surprising because historically the European medical system has been an early adopter of promising new paradigms for breast cancer diagnosis and treatment, including mammography, breast conserving lumpectomy and sentinel node biopsy.

The Mobetron

Specifically optimized for IOERT, the IntraOp Mobetron incorporates a range of technological innovations to make all the benefits of this treatment realistic and practical for women and their doctors around the world. The innovative system eliminates the risk, time, cost and complexity of IOERT by enabling delivery in any standard OR.

Unlike conventional linear accelerators, the Mobetron is relatively lightweight and can be wheeled among different OR locations. The Mobetron requires no external radiation vault or bunker because patented technologies eliminate most stray room radiation generated by conventional accelerators and because of its patented self-shielding,

To operate the device, following tumor excision, a Mobetron applicator tube is temporarily inserted into the breast to provide precise treatment directly to the tumor bed. The Mobetron is positioned for radiation delivery, and the one-minute treatment takes place.

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