Official website (http://www.elekta.com/)
Elekta
Sign in to saveElekta is a global Swedish company that develops and produces radiation therapy and radiosurgery-related equipment and clinical management for the treatment of cancer and brain disorders. Elekta has a global presence in more than 120 countries, with over 40 offices around the world and about 4,700 employees.
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company, Funder
- Founded
- 1972
- Location
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.454112.7 · ISNI 0000 0004 0545 1206
Official website
Elekta | Radiotherapy Treatment Solutions | Cancer Care
Helping clinicians treat cancer & brain disorders through precision radiation medicine. Our radiotherapy treatments target the tumour & protect the patient.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- public company
- Country
- Sweden
- Founded by
- Lars Leksell
- Headquarters
- Stockholm
- Stock exchange
- OTC Markets Group
- Legal form
- aktiebolag
- Official website
- www.elekta.com
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- inception
- 1972-01-01
- product or material produced
- gamma knife
- carbon footprint
- 531640
- Commons category
- Elekta
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Acquired companies
- Products
- Neurosurgery products
- Linear accelerators
- Brachytherapy devices
- Software
- Environmental, Social, and Governance commitment
- References
- External links
Elekta is a global Swedish company that develops and produces radiation therapy and radiosurgery-related equipment and clinical management for the treatment of cancer and brain disorders. Elekta has a global presence in more than 120 countries, with over 40 offices around the world and about 4,700 employees.
==History== Elekta was jointly founded in 1972 by the late Lars Leksell, Professor of Neurosurgery at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, and his son Laurent (Larry) Leksell, in order to commercialize the development of the Leksell Stereotactic System, and Gamma Knife, which he had been researching since the late 1940s.
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