According to a source in the rocket and space industry, a design that could work in operating rooms is currently being developed
MOSCOW, September 11. /TASS/. JSC "Information Satellite Systems" named after Academician M. F. Reshetnev " (part of Roscosmos) with partners is developing a medical complex of radiation therapy for the treatment of cancer patients. The first samples will be ready in two years, a source in the rocket and space industry told TASS.
"Now we are developing a design, an upgraded version of the betatron [particle accelerator] and a design of the installation that could work in operating rooms, would be quite mobile, not very heavy from the point of view of special requirements," the agency interlocutor noted.
It is assumed that the betatron of the medical complex will have a power of 12 MeV to smoothly adjust depending on the application. "In about two years, the first two samples are expected to be sent for clinical trials, after receiving the conclusion, changes can be made to the complex," the agency interlocutor added.
According to the source, the development is being carried out in cooperation with Tomsk Polytechnic University (developing a betatron and its control system) and the Tomsk National Research Medical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (issues installation requirements, characteristics, issues methods for working with the device). In the future, the Polyus company may join the project.
ISS JSC manufactures spacecraft for the GLONASS navigation system, the Gonets-D1M personal satellite communication system, the Luch multifunctional space relay system, the GEO-IK-2 geodetic satellite system, and builds telecommunications satellites based on the Express-1000 (medium class) and Express-2000 (heavy class) platforms.