SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY) announced that class A user licenses for Accuray products were awarded to 16 hospitals during February by the Chinese National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC). TomoTherapy® System licenses were received by 12 hospitals and CyberKnife® System licenses were received by four hospitals. Of the 16 licenses just issued, Accuray believes that six licenses will allow orders already in backlog to be recognized as revenue in the near future and 10 licenses are expected to lead to new system orders entered into backlog in the coming months. In total, between 2013 and year to date 2015, the NHFPC has released 32 of its planned 60 licenses.
"There is a significant unmet patient need in China for precision radiation therapy systems that can effectively treat cancer while maximizing patients' quality of life," said Joshua H. Levine, president and chief executive officer of Accuray. "We're encouraged by the NHFPC's vote of confidence in our company's precise innovative tumor treatments and our systems' ability to make a positive difference in the lives of Chinese cancer patients. Our TomoTherapy and CyberKnife Systems will enable clinicians to offer their patients radiation therapy options, tailored to each patient's needs, which precisely target the tumor while avoiding healthy tissue."
About the CyberKnife and TomoTherapy Systems
The Accuray CyberKnife M6™ Series and TomoTherapy H™ Series treatment solutions cover the entire spectrum of radiation therapy needs. The CyberKnife M6 Series enables precise, high-quality, dose distributions to be confidently delivered to the patient with extreme accuracy over a minimum number of treatments, reducing side effects and preserving patients' quality of life. The CyberKnife System is the only robotic full-body radiosurgery system available today. The TomoTherapy H Series efficiently enables physicians to customize treatment plans for the entire range of radiation therapy patients and disease types. Its innovative design enables treatment plans to be delivered with integrated, daily CT image guidance, enhancing accuracy and delivering highly precise, intensity-modulated radiation for optimal sparing of healthy tissue and critical structures.
About Accuray
Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY) is a radiation oncology company that develops, manufactures and sells precise, innovative tumor treatment solutions that set the standard of care with the aim of helping patients live longer, better lives. The company's leading-edge technologies deliver the full range of radiation therapy and radiosurgery treatments.
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