Business World |
March 2015
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“In order to build this machine, we weren’t
able to grab off the shelf components, we
had to build everything from scratch,” said
Gregerson. “We had to go to a number of
companies that make x-ray tubes, x-ray gen-
erators and CT detectors, you name it what-
ever goes inside a CT, and ask them if it was
possible to make these components smaller.”
“We partnered with a large number of big
vendors such as Varian Medical Systems to
build the most compact X-ray CT tube in
the world; it’s about 1/5th the size of a stan-
dard CT tube but has almost the same heat
capacity and it generates about the same
power,” Gregerson continued. “It turned out
to be quite the challenge, but in order to de-
velop what the surgeons wanted, it was nec-
essary.”
CLINICALLY DRIVEN
Founded in 2008, Mobius Imaging’s corpo-
rate structure is just as unique at the product
they’ve re-invented. Completely angel-fund-
ed, the outside injection of not just capital,
but expertise and personal experience puts
