Brainlab is a privately held German medical technology company headquartered in Munich, Bavaria.
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17 Facts About Brainlab
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Brainlab develops software and hardware for radiotherapy and radiosurgery, and the surgical fields of neurosurgery, ENT and craniomaxillofacial, spine surgery and traumatic interventions.
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Brainlab was founded in Munich in 1989, by CEO Stefan Vilsmeier, at age 17.
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The first Brainlab product was a mouse-controlled, menu-driven surgical planning and navigation software introduced in 1990 at the University of Vienna and exhibited at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting in Washington, DC in 1992.
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In 1993, Brainlab developed a linear accelerator-based system for stereotactic radiosurgery using micromultileaf collimators.
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Three years later, Brainlab entered into a partnership with Varian, Inc, which resulted in a long time collaboration in the field of radiosurgery.
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Brainlab expanded into the field of image-guided surgery in 1997 with the VectorVision Neuronavigation System and was the first to develop passive marker technology.
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In 1998, Brainlab became a public limited company and put in place both a supervisory board, made up of shareholders and the management board, and the managing board.
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Brainlab introduced its first shaped-beam radiosurgery system, Novalis, in 1998.
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Brainlab began in the parental home of CEO and founder, Stefan Vilsmeier, in 1989.
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In December 2016, Brainlab moved into a newly constructed headquarters in the Munich suburb of Riem on the grounds of the former Munich-Riem Airport.
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Brainlab acquired Medineering and its line of robot-assisted surgery devices on March 20,2019.
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In March 2021 Brainlab procured the german company Mint Medical, which is based in Heidelberg and develops image reading and reporting software for clinical routine and research.
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In May 2022, Brainlab announced the majority acquisition of Austria-based robotic and medical device developer and manufacture MedPhoton.
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In September 2022, Brainlab announced the acquisition of Dr Langer Medical GmbH.
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