Elekta receives EU CE marking for Connexion modular couchtop

 

Elekta's Connexion™ modular couchtop is CE marked and successfully released for sale in the European Union. Connexion meets the clinic's need to tailor patient set-up to accommodate the unique therapy requirements of the individual patient.

With a growing range of imaging and treatment techniques available, couchtops need to be able to support different approaches without compromising patient set-up. With its distinctive modular design, Connexion removes the restrictions of a single couchtop, allowing clinicians to adapt the couch to each patient's needs. The CE marking of Connexion enables clinics and hospitals in Europe to offer exceptional versatility in patient set-up when Elekta begins delivery of the couchtop.

Connexion allows clinics to maintain patient throughput with easily interchangeable, lightweight modules, providing seamless transition of the individual sections, which connect directly to a baseboard and a variety of extensions.

As a single solution, Connexion offers the following fully indexed modules:

  • Imaging Module: Designed to address the needs of IGRT, IMRT and VMAT techniques, this module features low, homogenous beam attenuation properties.
  • Lateral Opening Module: Designed for techniques that use oblique fields, such as SBRT, this module features additional clearance around the couchtop, providing extra flexibility in treatment set-up when needed.
  • Central Opening Module: Enables the reduction of skin doses via a dedicated area where attenuation and dose build-up are minimized.
  • Head and Neck Module: In accordance with Elekta's open system philosophy, this module supports head and neck immobilization, by providing a common interface to a wide range of immobilization solutions.

"The CE marking of Connexion is exciting for the entire Elekta team," says Chris Snook, Director, Elekta Product Supply Centre, Schwabmunchen, Germany. "Connexion represents the next generation of adaptable positioning solutions from Elekta, and is designed to help our customers improve treatment outcomes."

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