Stellarray looking to make imaging cheaper and easier with Flat Panel X-ray Source

Stellarray is looking to address the issue of pricey, over-sized imaging equipment like CT scanners by introducing its new technology, the Flat Panel X-ray Source

By Nicole Oran on December 03, 2015 10:08 am

Austin-based Stellarray is looking to address the issue of pricey, over-sized imaging equipment like CT scanners by introducing its new technology. “We’re taking an open architecture approach to radiography,” Mark Eaton, Stellarray’s founder and CEO, told Xconomy. “We want to make it affordable and portable.”

The new technology, called a Flat Panel X-ray Source, is designed to easily perform functions like mammograms or irradiating blood by using a specially engineered array of cathodes. In a X-ray tube currently, a single cathode is used. Within the panels, a Self-Contained Blood Irradiator is used, which is reportedly a third of the size and weight of irradiators currently being used.

St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia will be one of three institutions participating in a Stellarray’s pilot program. The company is also currently pursuing a 510(k) medical device clearance from the Food and Drug Administration. If all goes as planned, according to Eaton, the device could be available for sale next year for $200,000.