Klarity Medical

Pictured at the College of Radiographers’ Annual Radiotherapy Conference in Brighton is Vertec Scientific product specialist David White discussing Klarity O-Type and S-Type thermoplastic and hardware, with superintendent radiographer Amy Dodd and pre-treatment radiographer Emma Morris of St Luke’s Cancer Centre in Redhill. With an attendance of nearly 250 professionals, Vertec uses this popular meeting […]

Pictured at the ASTRO meeting in Chicago are Vertec Scientific managing director Bill Hipgrave, Klarity Medical president and ceo Peter Larson and Vertec product specialist Michael Davis. They discussed the imminent launch of new premium masking material Klarity Blue. The company already has two successful products in the mask technology field – White and Green […]

Radiotherapy staff at the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre are adding some fun to the intimidating process of treatment by decorating thermoplastic masks for children. This has proved very successful and children now look forward to being fitted with their own special mask. Based at Glasgow’s Gartnavel campus, the Beatson has been using Klarity […]

Pictured at the 60th annual meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) in San Antonio, Texas, are Vertec Scientific md Bill Hipgrave, Klarity Medical ceo Peter Larson and sales manager Andrew Howe with Vertec product specialist David White. Klarity Medical’s products include a comprehensive range of thermoplastics and other immobilisation technology and are […]

Senior experienced rotational radiotherapist David Pilborough, specialist healthcare science practitioner Iqbal Soor, healthcare science practitioner Rebecca Hughes and trainee medical physicist Graham Cornish. Derby Hospitals Charity has funded the acquisition of immobilisation systems for radiotherapy at Royal Derby Hospital.  Supplied by Vertec Scientific, the order comprises six Klarity Optek overlay CT compatible boards for S […]

Pictured during a follow-up visit to the Velindre Cancer Centre by Vertec product specialist David White are senior radiographers in pre-treatment Claire Register and Maxine Simmonds.  The purpose of the visit was to check users are satisfied with a recently-installed Klarity thermoplastic oven. Velindre Cancer Centre, located on the outskirts of Cardiff, provides services to […]

Radiographer Chris Broad, superintendent therapy radiographer Janet Johnson, Weston Park Hospital Cancer Charity senior manager for fundraising Helen Gentle and therapy radiographer Jemma Hattersley. Weston Park Hospital’s radiotherapy department handles 6,000 new cases of cancer annually in the community of South Yorkshire, north Nottinghamshire and north Derbyshire alone.  On average, the department has nearly 60,000 […]

Mould room manager Matthew York with Vertec Scientific product specialist David White. Vertec Scientific has supplied Northampton General Hospital’s radiotherapy department with a Klarity dry oven.  The department is part of one of the largest specialist radiotherapy treatment facilities in the UK. Mould room manager Matthew York said: “The oven gives us greater flexibility to […]