Leo Cancer Care and DCA Design International an Award-Winning Partnership
The team at Leo Cancer Care are celebrating the fact that their innovative upright radiation therapy solution, Marie™, has just been awarded a Good Design Award. The Good Design Awards have been established for more than seven decades and are organised by the Chicago Athenaeum, ‘to create awareness about contemporary design and to honour both products and industry leaders in design and manufacturing that have chartered new directions for innovation and pushed the envelope for competitive products in the world marketplace’.
Leo Cancer Care’s upright Particle Therapy solution, Marie™, affectionately named after Marie Curie, is set to change the face of radiation therapy forever. One of the main barriers to implementing Particle Therapy is the huge costs associated with purchasing and installing the technology. By removing the need for a large rotating gantry, utilising a fixed radiation beam and introducing upright patient positioning, Leo Cancer Care has designed a product built for the economics of the future.
Marie™ - Leo Cancer Care’s Upright Particle Therapy Solution
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Leo Cancer Care was founded with one vision in mind, ‘to become the more human way to deliver Radiation Therapy’ and when designing Marie™, the team at Leo Cancer Care knew they wanted to collaborate with a design company to ensure that their product would provide a comfortable and seamless experience for both patients and clinicians. The chosen partner for this project was DCA Design International, a leading product design and development consultancy, with many years of experience working within the medical sector.
"The Leo Cancer Care team works tirelessly to improve the quality of, and access to, Radiation Therapy globally so it is great to receive this recognition for the difference that they are making. The Good Design Awards has an incredible history and recognises best in class design, which is something we are constantly striving for with the help of our fantastic partners at DCA".
Stephen Towe, CEO of Leo Cancer Care.
With DCA’s blend of creative thinking and pragmatism combined with Leo Cancer Care’s innovative product and user experience focus, the partnership was a perfect fit. This successful collaboration has led to Leo Cancer Care’s Marie™ system being awarded a prestigious Good Design Award and an iF Design Award, which is a testament to these two companies’ hard work and expertise.
“Winning an iF design award in April 2021 was a fantastic achievement, following this with a Good Design Award – one of the world’s most prestigious and oldest design awards, in the same year, is outstanding! These recognitions of design excellence are testament to the intelligent approach to design development and the collective team’s passion to ensure a truly integrated technical, visual, and user experience design. The engagement and dedication of the Leo and DCA teams, working principally remotely over the last 18 months, has continued to build both a successful and enjoyable partnership – a great combination! Huge congratulations to all involved in the project, the greatest reward for which is ultimately helping to improve the future of cancer care”.
Malcolm Boyd Senior Sector Manager - Medical and Scientific from DCA.
To find out more about Marie™, Leo Cancer Care’s particle therapy solution, download the brochure here.