UHV systems for treatment and diagnostics
Medical technology
Reliability in every application
With full mastery of accelerator technology, PINK manufactures UHV components for leading institutions in medicine and research. The product portfolio covers dipole, quadrupole and sextupole chambers as well as diagnostic chambers, diagnostic elements and IH structures.
Accelerator technology for cancer treatment
PINK supplied central components of the accelerator ring and the interdigital H-field structure for the ion beam treatment unit at Heidelberg's University Clinic (HIT). The interdigital H-field structures (IH-structures) play a key role in accelerating ions. They make it possible to accelerate the particles to the required speed, thus guaranteeing high-precision tumour treatment.
The HIT was the first therapy unit of its kind in Europe and makes it possible to treat malignant tumours with heavy ions or protons. A particularly innovative feature is the rotating beam guide in the therapy centre – the only one of its kind worldwide.
The “intensity-modulated raster scan technique” used at HIT achieves unprecedented precision in the three-dimensional irradiation of tumours.
