South Africa Healthcare - MarcoPolis Your local business media with a global reach Tue, 30 Aug 2016 11:13:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 A South African Revolution in Breast Imaging Technology /a-south-african-revolution-in-breast-imaging-technology.htm Tue, 30 Aug 2016 11:13:38 +0000 /a-south-african-revolution-in-breast-imaging-technology.htm "I think the end game for CapeRay and for me would be that CapeRay continues to exist, perhaps as a research and development enterprise where we develop new products that we ultimately license off or that get incorporated into other businesses."

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]]> Synthetic Heart Valve Ushers in a Revolution in Heart Surgery – Strait Access Technologies /synthetic-heart-valve-ushers-in-a-revolution-in-heart-surgery-strait-access-technologies.htm Thu, 12 May 2016 17:21:47 +0000 /synthetic-heart-valve-ushers-in-a-revolution-in-heart-surgery-strait-access-technologies.htm "We are expecting the first product, the balloon, to be ready for the first world in early 2017. Our first valves will be ready second half of 2017."

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]]> National Health Insurance Scheme in South Africa � Commentary by CapeRay /national-health-insurance-scheme-in-south-africa-commentary-by-caperay.htm Sun, 27 Mar 2016 17:39:35 +0000 /national-health-insurance-scheme-in-south-africa-commentary-by-caperay.htm "I think the government’s biggest challenge is going to be funding it adequately. Do we have the tax base in this country to fund such a program?" asks Dr Kit Vaughan, CEO of CapeRay.

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]]> Medical Technology in South Africa: Competitive Advantages /medical-technology-in-south-africa-competitive-advantages.htm Sun, 27 Mar 2016 17:34:49 +0000 /medical-technology-in-south-africa-competitive-advantages.htm "There are people with good ideas; here in the Western Cape we have four institutions of higher learning, each of which has an engineering faculty and two of them have medical faculties and so in the medical device space there is every opportunity for new products to be developed," says Dr Kit Vaughan, CEO of CapeRay.

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]]> Medical Equipment Manufacturing in South Africa /medical-equipment-manufacturing-in-south-africa.htm Sun, 27 Mar 2016 17:26:04 +0000 /medical-equipment-manufacturing-in-south-africa.htm "I write a weekly blog about various activities in my field including more generally about medical devices and I have compared the Western Cape as a medical device destination with other areas in the world," says Dr Kit Vaughan, CEO of CapeRay.

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]]> PantoScanner: Technology for the Detection of Breast Cancer /pantoscanner-technology-for-the-detection-of-breast-cancer.htm Sun, 27 Mar 2016 17:13:30 +0000 /pantoscanner-technology-for-the-detection-of-breast-cancer.htm "The revolutionary part is the ability to combine the two technologies. Traditional mammography relies on x-rays and that has been around for forty or fifty years, while ultrasound has also been around for forty or fifty years," explains Dr Kit Vaughan, CEO of CapeRay.

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]]> CapeRay � Mammography Devices Manufacturer from South Africa /caperay-mammography-devices-manufacturer-from-south-africa.htm Sun, 27 Mar 2016 17:04:46 +0000 /caperay-mammography-devices-manufacturer-from-south-africa.htm "CapeRay is a spin out company from the University of Cape Town. It spun out 6 years ago. The focus of the company is the detection of breast cancer; we have developed imaging products that are specifically geared towards women who have dense breast tissue," says Dr Kit Vaughan, CEO of CapeRay.

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]]> Cutting-edge Medical Imaging Equipment for the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer – from CapeRay /cutting-edge-medical-imaging-equipment-for-the-diagnosis-of-breast-cancer-from-caperay.htm Tue, 15 Mar 2016 13:36:09 +0000 /cutting-edge-medical-imaging-equipment-for-the-diagnosis-of-breast-cancer-from-caperay.htm A revolution in breast imaging. An innovative dual-modality imaging system that integrates full-field digital mammography and automated breast ultrasound in a single platform.

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