• Addresses:
    Registered Office:
    Galleria del Pozzo Rosso, 13
    36100 Vicenza – Italy
    Factory Premises:
    Via dell’Industria, 1/A
    04011 - Aprilia (LT) - Italy

  • Contact Us:
    info@soiort.com

LIAC: the grandfather of LIAC HWL

LIAC was the predocessor of LIAC HWL.

Stable, compact and reliable, LIAC performed thousands of IOeRT treatments and has a proven record: a single Italian institution has performed more than 10.000 IOeRT treatments with it!

LIAC is available in two models:

  • – model 10 MeV, with energies 4, 6, 8 and 10 MeV;
  • – model 12 MeV, with energies 6, 8, 10 and 12 MeV.

FLEXIBLE & EASY TO USE

LIAC weighs only 400 kg (1257 lb). It is SIT lightest IOeRT accelerator. Its flexible architecture allows to easily perform a fast hard-docking procedure ensuring proper coverage of any anatomic region where the IOeRT treatment shall be delivered. LIAC HWL captures the scene in the OR only when the target is ready to be irradiated and leaves immediately after treatment is delivered.

EASY TRANSPORTATION

Because of its dimensions (210x76x180cm add inch) LIAC can be easily moved from one operating room to another and from one floor to another with any stretcher elevator.

POWERFUL & SAFE

Adequate energy and applicator selection allows the target treatment with a thickness of up to 3.8 cm inside the 80% isodose (up to 3.2 cm inside the 90% isodose).

The radioprotection disk temporarily inserted between the mammary gland and the chest wall fully protects the healthy tissue underneath.

NO NEED OF STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE OPERATING ROOM

For its installation and deployment, LIAC requires no structural changes to the OR.

A high workload is always possible at any floor thanks to the modular horizontal shield.

QUICK & EFFECTIVE

LIAC high mobility when combined with its high dose rate (IOeRT irradiation time is less than 2 minutes) ensures the implementation of faster and more reliable operating procedures. LIAC allows to deliver the IOeRT dose to the target extremely fast, avoiding fluids and bleeding potential interfering with dose deposition.

FAST COMMISSIONING

LIAC allows performing the first IOeRT treatment after only 5 days delivery thanks to a very sophisticated software developed on Monte Carlo simulation.

LIAC commissioning is performed in accordance with primary international protocols through the use of standard dosimetric instrumentation, as well as use of proprietary software based on a Monte Carlo Simulation. The use of such software allows to dramatically reduce the dosimetric characterization of the accelerator to three days following its acceptance tests performed at the main factory. The clinical dosimetry of the total combinations (4 energies x 9 diameters of the applicator x 4 bevel angles) is immediately available, thus allowing the need of execution of the whole experimental characterization. Scientific publications are backing up this method and today the correspondence between the simulated and experimental data is incredibly precise.

PLUG & PLAY INSTALLATION

LIAC is a plug & play device. It is sufficient to connect the mobile unit and the control unit by a dedicated cable. LIAC installation only requires availability of:

  • – socket 230/110 mono-phase + ground [V] 50/60 [Hz];
  • – acoustic and optical signaling system (where required).

After just 5 days of delivery at its destination site, the system is ready for the first IOeRT treatment.

BREAST & MULTI-CANCER APPLICATION

More than 30,000 patients diagnosed with neoplastic disease have been treated worldwide. Two protocols developed for the treatment of breast cancer are adopted internationally: the ELIOT protocol for breast single dose (entirely realized with SIT’s IOeRT systems) and the HIOB protocol for the breast boost. IOeRT’s Single dose and IOeRT’s Boost are today supported by ESTRO and ASTRO guidelines. Many more non breast studies demonstrate IOeRT effectivenes and today 8 IOeRT indications are recommended by NCCN guidelines for Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Rectal Cancer, Colon Cancer, Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma, Cervical Cancer, Endometrial Cancer, Uterine Sarcoma and Bladder Cancer.

LIAC APPLICATORS

LIAC collimates the dose to the target through applicators made of medical grade PMMA. This solution allows a very high surface dose especially designed to treat targets surgically exposed. Experimental data also showed PMMA is the best available material to limit any stray radiation coming from beam-applicator interaction.

– Standard supplied applicators diameters are: 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 120 mm

– Applicators available bevel angles are: 0°, 15°, 30° and 45° offering both circular and elliptical fields.

Thanks to the combination of available diameters, bevel angles and energies, LIAC offers up to 144 different dosimetric fields.  

The appropriate energy and applicator selection allow treatment of any volume of clinical interest (target) with a thickness up to 3.2 cm inside the 90% isodose (3.8 cm inside the 80% isodose)

LIAC RADIOPROTECTION DISCS

The radioprotection disc is intended to be used for the protection of healthy tissue during breast carcinoma IOeRT treatment.

Two types of disc are available: suturable and non-suturable radioprotection disc.

Suturable radioprotection disc consists of two discs, one made of AISI 316L steel and one made of PTFE, both biocompatible medical grade. The disc has 4 holes along the crown, enabling it to be temporarily sewed to the tissue located immediately under the tumor bed ensuring patient protection and the ability to perform a safe IOeRT treatment.

Non-suturable radioprotection disc consists of two discs, one made of AISI 316L steel and one made of Tecapeeck, both biocompatible medical grade.

MACHANICAL ARM

A mechanical arm holder is also available: it holds securely and safely the applicator in any desired position during the docking procedure performed for IOeRT; it is compact and light and can be easily attached to any operating table and ready for immediate use. No additional power or air connections are required.