In The News

Canadian Breast Imaging System Ushers in New Era of Breast Cancer Management 

September 8, 2009 

Calgary, AB (September 8, 2009) Ontario biomedical engineer Cameron Piron is to receive a $25,000 prize from the Ernest C. Manning Awards Foundation for his development of a dedicated system for breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and intervention... Read more...(PDF) - Read The Media Backgrounder (PDF)

Kingston General Hospital Acquires Sentinelle’s Advanced Breast Imaging System 

August 27, 2009 

TORONTO, Ontario, August 27, 2009 − Dr. Morris (Mickey) Milner, President and CEO of The Health Technology Exchange (HTX), announced the successful adoption of Sentinelle Medical’s new breast imaging system by Kingston General Hospital (KGH)... Read more...(PDF)

Celebrating Ontario's Innovators

June 17, 2009

McGuinty Government Invites Nominations For Premier's Innovation Awards. Ontario has opened the call for nominations for the 2010 Premier's Innovation Awards.

Today's call for nominations was made at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new headquarters of Sentinelle Medical Inc. Read more... 
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Tested to the limit

April 9, 2009 By RASHA MOURTADA, Globe and Mail

By the time the deal was done, Cameron Piron was exhausted. At the age of 33, he had spent the previous 10 years developing his breast cancer detection technology...
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New Breast Cancer Diagnostic Tool Developed

eWeal Number 1 - January 2009, Faculty of Engineering, University of Waterloo

Medical technology entrepreneur Cameron Piron (BASC 1998, Systems Design) has created a dedicated system for breast cancer screening and intervention, called the Vanguard System. Read more...(PDF)

Innovation that Resonates

In his quest to advance the early detection of breast cancer, Cameron Piron, the 2008 R&D Magazine Innovator of the Year, is staying at the forefront of a renaissance in magnetic resonance imaging. Read more...(PDF)

Sentinelle launches new breast imaging tools, breast coils

Sentinelle Medical demonstrated its new Aegis with Bright 2.0 and introduced several new coils, along with its next generation of breast visualization and interventional planning software, at the 94th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago last month. Read more...

Javelin/SolidWorks "Cool" Design Awards

Sentinelle Vanguard for GE Tabletop Receives Honourable Mention. Javelin Technologies presents the winners of the 2008 "Cool" Design Contest. Entries were submitted from a variety of commercial and educational customers. Read more...

Detecting Breast Cancer With MRI

A mammogram is still the gold standard for detecting breast cancer in women.
But for some high risk cases, an m-r-i can be helpful. A health care company with ties to Waterloo Region is quickly becoming one of the world leaders in this field.
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Sentinelle Expands Line And Channel - "…and increases relevance as well"

Toronto-based Sentinelle Medical Inc. has introduced new breast coils and visualization
software, and has entered into an OEM distribution agreement with Toshiba.
Technologies from companies like Sentinelle are contributing to the ongoing debate
about the efficacy of screening, detection and treatment for breast cancer.
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