Indigenous Development of Medical Linear Accelerators

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Indigenous Development of Medical Linear
Accelerators

• Amol Bhagwat,
• Medical Electronics Division,
• SAMEER, Hill Side, IIT Campus,
• Powai, Mumbai 400 076.

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Vision Statement

• To design develop, quality medical linac
  machines and facilitate continual support to
  user.
• To develop new accessories giving value addition
  to the linac machine in tune with latest
  technology and harness the developed technology
  for spin off products.

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Goal and Objective

• To develop and deploy these workhorse machines in
  various parts of the country and abroad and
  provide a quality economical solution to the
  needy cancer patients

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Todays Situation

• The need in India alone as on date is of 1000
  machines and total number of linacs is only 52
  (Source W.H.O. report)

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How Did SAMEER Get Here?

• The first indigenous linear accelerator for
  research in Physics was made in India, in the
  60s in TIFR, Mumbai and SAMEER, Mumbai was
  formed from the same group.

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The first travelling wave Linac was developed by
Prof. Sitaram in TIFR in 1960s.
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How Did SAMEER Get Here?...contd

• The said group developed the first indigenous
  medical linac , JEEVAN JYOTI, in 1990, at PGI
  Chandigarh. The effort was jointly taken up by
  DoE (now DIT), SAMEER, CSIO and PGIMER,
  Chandigarh demonstrating a rare synergy between
  different organizations.

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Transfer of Technology

• PSU ToT was attempted for 4 MV Medical Linacs in
  the 1990s.
• Phase-I of Jai-Vigyan is for ToT to industry
  partner started in 2K1.
• BOL option being attempted.

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4MV linac at CCWH, KolkataJeevan Jyoti-1
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4MV linac at GMCH, ChandigarhJeevan Jyoti-2
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Transfer of Technology contd

• PSU option did not work out. Diversity of
  technology, long gestation period made PSUs back
  out.
• Industry partner working on ToT and the exercise
  is still ON. No capital investment has been made.

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6MV Linac under Jai-Vigyan project SIDDHARTH-1
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Transfer of Technologycontd

• BOL option will be attempted for following
  advantages
• Infrastructure Facility will be built specially
  for Linac machines, designers will invite
  industries to build machines and spare capacity
  will be leased on commercial terms.
• Augmented trained manpower is generated for
  potential manufacturers to hire.
• More machines can be build due to larger capacity.

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Transfer of Technology contd.

• Lock-in period of six years or so for the initial
  capital investment should be accepted.
• Demand for machines should be matched with
  preparation of users conforming with Regulatory
  Board requirements.

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BOL option is the best choice

• In the initial period minimum three machine will
  roll out every year. More machines per year to
  come with leasing to industry.
• Plan and start civil works on approval and
  complete it in two years.
• Multilateral product development using related
  technologies involved will be explored.

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Overall scenario

• 6 MV Medical Linac machines will be available
  for users to serve millions of cancer patients.
  Indigenous solution is cheaper due to thorough
  understanding of the technology and minimal
  dependence on imported components.
• Patients will have to travel short distance for
  affordable treatment.

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Overall scenario. Contd.

• Development work at present campus will provide
  value addition to the products after thorough
  field tests and retrofitting.
• Part of the technology will provide work for
  skilled youth.

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Thank You.