ViewRay earns premarket clearance for MRI-guide radiotherapy system

ViewRay has received FDA 510(k) premarket notification clearance for its MRI-guided radiation therapy system.

The system provides continuous soft-tissue imaging during treatment so clinicians can see and record  where radiation therapy is being delivered as it’s being delivered, according to Cleveland-based ViewRay.

The company recently closed a round of venture capital financing intended to advance the ViewRay system toward commercialization. The first ViewRay system is installed at the Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

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