Canon Medical Systems Corporation
Canon Medical offers a full range of diagnostic medical imaging solutions including CT, MR, X-Ray, Ultrasound and Healthcare Informatics across the globe. In line with our Made for Life philosophy, patients are at the heart of everything we do. Our mission is to provide medical professionals with solutions that support their efforts in contributing to the health and wellbeing of patients worldwide.
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- Business Type:
- Manufacturer
- Industry Type:
- Medical Equipment
- Market Focus:
- Globally (various continents)
About us
Our goal is to deliver optimum health opportunities for patients through uncompromised performance, comfort and safety features.
At Canon Medical we work hand in hand with our partners – our medical, academic and research community. We build relationships based on transparency, trust and respect. Together as one, we strive to create industry-leading solutions that deliver an enriched quality of life.
History
When we look at the history of Canon medical equipment, the word 'first' often reappears.
Canon Medical Systems was the first in Japan to begin research on X-ray tubes in 1914, and has continued to be a national leader in diagnostic imaging equipment, being the first to introduce many products, including MRI and helical CT.
We are continuing to write new pages in the history of medical equipment development.
- 2018 Renamed to Canon Medical Systems Corporation
- 2017 Introduction of 1.5T MRI Systems Zen Edition
- Introduction of world’s first high definition CT Aquilion Precision
- 2016 Toshiba Medical becomes a Canon group company
- Real Madrid appoints Toshiba Medical as official medical systems partner
- Launching the premium Aplio i-series ultrasound platform
- New matrix array transducer with the world’s first intelligent Dynamic Micro-Slice(iDMS)
- Toshiba Medical leaves the Toshiba group
- 2015 Completed acquisition of Olea Medical SA
- Signed an OEM agreement with OptiGene in the UK
- Selected as the official medical systems partner of FC Barcelona
- Achieved cumulative production of 1,000 Aquilion ONE™ systems
- 2014 Established Toshiba Medical Systems Manufacturing Asia Sdn. Bhd. (TMMA) as the third production base outside Japan
- Established a local subsidiary in Malaysia
- Established Toshiba Medical Systems R&D (Dalian).
- 2013 Launched operation of the production facility in Brazil
- Achieved cumulative production of 30,000 CT scanners
- Established regional subsidiaries in Turkey and Korea
- 2012 Selected as the official medical systems partner of Manchester United
- Produced the 500th Aquilion ONE™ system
- Opened the 'Academic Center', the first medical device training facility in China
- 2011 Started multicenter study of non-contrast-enhanced MRA technology Time-SLIP (First in the world)
- Developed low-dose CT scan technology (AIDR 3D)
- Acquired Vital Images, Inc. in the USA
- 2010 Began sales of large-bore 3-Tesla MRI system (Vantage Titan™3T)
- Began sales of hybrid surgical X-ray angiography system with tilting catheterization table (First in the world)
- 2009 Established Customer Support & Training Center (CSTC)
- Toshiba Medical Visualization Systems Europe Ltd established
- 2008 Developed new image processing technique for diagnostic X-ray angiography system (PureBrain™)
- Acquired the Advanced Visualization Imaging System section of Barco in Scotland
- 2007 Began sales of diagnostic cardiovascular ultrasound system (Artida™), which can display three-dimensional image of the heart in real time
- Achieved production of the 20,000th CT system
- Developed 320-row area detector CT (Aquilion ONE™)
- Toshiba Medical Systems (China) Co., Ltd. established in Beijing
- 2006 Toshiba Medical Research Institute USA established
- Began sales of diagnostic X-ray angiography system with floor-mounted multi-access arm (Infinix™-i INFX-8000V) (First in the world)
- 2005 Began sales of PET-CT system with moving gantries (Aquiduo™) (First in the world)
- 2004 Achieved production of the 15,000th CT system
- Began sales of the 64-detector-row CT system (Aquilion™64)
- Established software development centers in software houses in China and India
- Achieved production of the 150,000th electronic-scan-type diagnostic ultrasound system
- 2003 Began sales of EXCELART Vantage™, the world's quietest MRI system with the world's shortest magnet
- Began sales of X-TV system with direct-conversion type flat panel detector(FPD)
- Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation established
- 2000 Global Headquarters functions consolidated at Nasu operations
- 1999 MRI noise-reduction technology developed (Pianissimo mechanism) (First in the world)
- 1998 Multislice and half-second helical CT (Aquilion) developed (First in the world)
- 1997 Achieved production of the 100,000th ultrasound system (First in the world)
- 1996 Super-conducting, open MRI developed (First in the world)
- 1995 CT fluoroscopy developed (First in the world)
- 1993 Began sales of digital fluorography systems incorporating digital CCD camera (First in the world)
- 1992 Quality assurance system for ISO9001 certified
- 1987 Achieved production of the 20,000th X-ray TV system (First in the world)
- Toshiba Nasu Tube Factory established
- 1985 Slipring CT scanner (TCT-900S) developed (First in the world)
- 1984 Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co. Ltd. changes their name to Toshiba Corp.
- 1983 First MRI (MRT-15A) and Digital fluorography system (DFP-02A) developed
- 1981 Toshiba Medical Systems Europe B.V. established
- 1979 Nasu Operations established
- 1978 X-ray Whole body CT system (TCT-60A) developed (First in Japan)
- 1977 Electric scan-type Ultrasound system (SAL-10A) developed
- 1976 Toshiba International Corporation Medical Division established in U.S.A.
- 1972 Toshiba Medical (domestic company) established
- 1967 Medical Systems Division established.
- 1961 Successful clinical test of electronic transmission of X-ray TV images Tokyo and Osaka (First in Japan)
- 1959 Transistorized electrocardiograph developed (First in Japan)
- 1955 Fluorescent intensified X-ray fluoroscopy system developed (First in Japan)
- 1954 X-ray fluorescent intensifier tube (I.I.) developed (First in Japan)
- 1951 Electroencephalography system developed (First in Japan)
- 1948 Reestablishment of Nihon Iryo Denki Ltd., the forerunner of Toshiba Medical
- 1942 Nihon Iryo Denki Ltd absorbed by Toshiba through a war-time business merger
- 1939 Merger of Shibaura Manufacturing and Tokyo Electric Co. Ltd.
- and establishment of Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co. Ltd.
- 1935 Condenser discharge X-ray tube developed (First in Japan)
- Ink-recording electrocardiographs developed (First in Japan)
- 1932 Fluorescent plate developed (First in Japan)
- 1930 Establishment of Nihon Iryo Denki Ltd as a sales company for medical devices, including X-ray, fully financed by Tokyo Electric Co. Ltd.
- 1915 Tokyo Electric Co. Ltd. successfully prototyped an X-ray tube (First in Japan)
- 1914 Tokyo Electric Co. Ltd. started research on X-ray tubes