Date: May 15, 2013 Author: Mark Eaton Source: 2013 SBIR National Conference
Stellarray develops and manufactures flat panel radiation sources and systems using them to solve important problems in irradiation and imaging. Our first major product, scheduled for summer 2013, is a self-contained blood irradiator (SCBI) which uses our proprietary flat panel x-ray sources (FPXS) to ensure the safety of transfusion blood supplies. We are also developing smart, digitally addressable x-ray sources (DAXS), to enable CT systems with no moving parts for improved medical and industrial imaging.
In over 10% of blood transfusions, the blood must be irradiated to eliminate the risk of fatal graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). This is now done with radioactive isotopes, primarily of cesium, which require increasingly costly and burdensome security procedures. Stellarray’s self-contained blood irradiator (SCBI), using our FPXS panels on either side of a compact, easy-to-use, bench-top cabinet, is perfect for the job. SCBI can deliver the required radiation dose more quickly, in a smaller footprint, with a lower cost of ownership and none of the regulatory burden of isotopes.
