Sentinelle Medical Inc.
Sentinelle Medical Inc. is a leading developer of MRI coils and diagnostic software. The Sentinelle Vanguard line of breast coil systems has been developed to transform standard MRI units from GE Healthcare, Siemens Healthcare, and Toshiba Medical Systems into powerful tools for the early detection of breast cancer. The Sentinelle Vanguard breast MRI coil systems have been designed from the ground up to achieve clinical excellence and solve the real world problems radiologists, technologists, and oncologists encounter in their efforts for earlier detection and better treatment of breast cancer. To achieve this goal, Sentinelle has developed industry leading products and patented technologies to enhance breast MRI image quality, interventional access, patient comfort, and clinical workflow efficiencies. This revolutionary technology is at the core of all Sentinelle Vanguard products. Please visit our Products page to learn more about our current product lines.
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- Business Type:
- Software vendor
- Industry Type:
- Medical Monitoring
- Market Focus:
- Globally (various continents)
- Year Founded:
- 2004
About Us
Sentinelle technology is developed by clinicians for clinicians and has evolved over ten years and more than 10000 patient trials.
Our products come out of diagnostic imaging research initially conducted at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the University of Toronto Medical Biophysics department, and continuing over the past three years at Sentinelle. Our ongoing collaboration with academic institutions ensures Sentinelle technology is at the leading edge of the field of breast MRI imaging advances.
Sentinelle develops products for General Electric Healthcare, Siemens Medical Solutions and Toshiba Medical Systems.
Cameron Piron, Founder of Sentinelle Medical® was awarded the 2008 Premier’s Catalyst Award as the Best Young Innovator of the Year. The Premier’s Innovation Awards are just one part of Ontario’s Innovation Agenda – a plan that is investing $3 billion over eight years to support research excellence – and ignite growth in the industries that will shape our future and create Ontario’s next generation of jobs.
Cameron was also honoured with R&D Magazine’s Innovator of the Year Award, 2008.
Sentinelle Medical Inc., established in 2004, is a private company based in Toronto, Canada. In August 2010, Sentinelle Medical Inc. was acquired by Hologic Inc.
Hologic, Inc. is a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of premium diagnostic products, medical imaging systems, and surgical products dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of women throughout the world.