The implementation cost of current proton beam radiotherapy (PBRT) designs is $100 million and up which has limited the deployment of this Medicare-approved treatment modality to a handful of large institutions. In fact, only about twenty proton therapy centers have opened around the world.
Still River Systems is designing the Monarch250™ PBRT System, a practical, cost-efficient, single-room PBRT system scaled for use at most cancer centers. Using state of the art engineering techniques and materials, the heart of the Monarch250 System will be a compact, superconducting high field magnet which directs a proton beam toward a precisely defined isocenter.
Included in the Monarch250 PBRT System will be a cyclotron, the proton beam delivery system, a treatment couch with pendant control, a radiographic patient positioning system, proton beam treatment planning, and a link to a treatment record and verify system.