LAP GmbH Laser Applikationen and Pius-Hospital Oldenburg enter into an innovation partnership for the further development of radiotherapy

LAP GmbH is a world leader in systems for increasing quality and efficiency in the healthcare sector and industry. Its state-of-the-art systems are used worldwide for precise patient positioning. In addition, LAP phantoms and software enable reliable and fast quality assurance in radiotherapy.

Pius-Hospital Oldenburg, the largest Catholic hospital in northwest Germany with 13 clinics and many institutes and specialist departments, is contributing its expertise and clinical resources to the partnership.

The focus of the collaboration is on supporting reproducible patient positioning and monitoring of patient surface movement during radiotherapy and radiosurgery treatments, as well as CT simulation for radiotherapy planning using LAP's innovative LUNA 3D Surface-Guided Radiation Therapy (SGRT) system.

Jens Gauthier, Managing Director of LAP GmbH Laser Applikationen, emphasizes: "Our innovation partnership is groundbreaking in the field of medical devices and aims to improve radiotherapy and thus increase the chances of recovery for people with cancer."

Dr. med. Kay Willborn, Director of the University Clinic for Medical Radiation Physics: "This cooperation opens up exciting possibilities, and we look forward to the collaboration results."

Dr. Kay C. Willborn, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Björn Poppe and Dr. H. Looe from Pius-Hospital Oldenburg will play a key role in implementing the partnership.

LAP GmbH and Pius-Hospital Oldenburg are convinced that this partnership will significantly contribute to improving cancer treatment.