Varian Medical Systems and BrainLAB Join Forces to Introduce Novalis® Tx

Novalis® Tx unveiled at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) meeting in San Diego, California

September 18, 2007 – Palo Alto, Calif. – In a move to offer superior noninvasive treatment options for patients, Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (NYSE:VAR) and BrainLAB have teamed up to create Novalis® Tx, integrating the most successful radiosurgery technologies from both companies for imaging, treatment planning, and treatment delivery.

Novalis Tx integrates Varian’s Trilogy® Tx linear accelerator and new HD120 multi-leaf collimator offering 2.5 mm leaves for finer beam shaping. This ultra-precise radiosurgical instrument will use a variety of standard and configurable options including Varian’s On-board Imager® device, the BrainLAB ExacTrac® X-Ray 6D room mounted X-Ray imaging system, BrainLAB iPlan® treatment planning software as well as Varian’s Eclipse™ treatment planning and ARIA™ information management software.

“This powerful platform enables both companies to offer radiation oncologists, neurosurgeons and other medical specialists the sharpest knife available for radiosurgery,” said Tim Guertin president and CEO of Varian Medical Systems.

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