Isotron
Isotron, a Georgia research and development company, working with the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, developed a cancer treatment using atomic particles of the element Californium 252. The treatment delivers a highly concentrated dose of radiation to the site of the tumor through a very small wire.
While the patient awaits treatment, the atomic particles are kept in an after-loader, a device that isolates radiation from clinical caregivers in attendance, and then delivers it to the patient. Soltus wrote the software that controls the after-loader.
Soltus also wrote custom software for data collection. Data collected included the position of the catheter, the slippage of the catheter, and the length of time the catheter treatment lasted.
Software Applied
- Microsoft Visual Basic 6
Hardware Utilized
- Compumotor 6K
Who We Worked With
- Owner
- Internal Engineering Department
- Local Industrial Automation Dealer
- Manufacturer