Media Room
11 September 2018
Combine radiation protection for personnel and well-being for patients: the example of the Centre Georges Charpak at Quimper
The opening of the Centre Georges Charpak at Quimper is the result of collaboration and discussion between the medical teams and the Lemer Pax engineers, leading to a high level of quality both as regards care of patients and the...
9 September 2018
Jerome Lim
“I love using the Easypharma Compact hot cell since it offers a complete field of vision, the inclined front and the height are very comfortable when working standing up or half-seated. It is also extremely easy to clean.”
25 June 2018
Lemer Pax-CEA-Rosatom, the winning troika at the WNE
With the signature of two major partnerships with the CEA and Rosatom, Lemer Pax is once again demonstrating the extent of its know-how in the design and manufacture of biological protections at all levels of the life cycle of a...
4 June 2018
Lemer Pax involved in a scientific mission to save the whale
Sea Proven, a company from the Mayenne department, the journal Mer et Océans and Lemer Pax, in collaboration with the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), the university of Toulon and the association Longitude 181, are launching the first oceanographic...
4 June 2018
Radiation protection: new directives regarding the employer’s responsibility
Radiation protection regulations are changing. Decrees transposing the European directive 2013/59 Euratom were published in the Official Bulletin on 4 June 2018. These regulations consolidate the cohesion and efficiency of the teams at all levels and propose a graduated approach...
20 May 2018
X-ray dangers in interventional cath labs
HOW TO OPTIMISE RADIATION PROTECTION OF INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY WORKERS FROM X-RAY DANGERS ? Although the benefits of catheter-guided procedures are certainly unquestionable in terms of patient health outcome, X-ray used during these interventions are extremely harmful to the operator. Great...
17 May 2018
68Ga, progress in theranostics
The JFMN to be held in Lille on 24-26th May, will include several scientific sessions (equipment, oncology, radiopharmacy, etc.) concerning the new perspectives for the use of 68Ga. This is an opportunity for us to provide a brief introduction to...
18 April 2018
Chris Marshall
We have been very happy with our new Posijet system. It has proven to be very reliable and has significantly reduced our staff radiation doses. In addition, as FDG producer, the recent increase in maximum concentration capability has enabled us...
16 April 2018
Posijet® in the spotlights @BNMS
PETIC Cardiff operators take the opportunity of this 50th edition of the British Nuclear Medicine Society congress to present a poster including a complete dosimetry study of the implementation of an automated FDG injector designed by Lemer Pax, Posijet®. Indeed,...
13 April 2018
Evaluation of a radiation protection cabin for invasive electrophysiological procedures
The use of the radiation protection cabin allows to perform catheter ablation procedures without hindrance and with negligible radiation exposure for the operator.
1 April 2018
3 questions to Yann Valy, interventional cardiologist at the La Rochelle Hospital
With emergencies, weekly scheduled activities, simple and complex angioplasty procedures, with rotablation and intracoronary imaging, the radiation risks are increasing, and since I started using the booth, my exposure doses have dropped significantly.
30 March 2018
New guide for the transport of radioactive substances
This month, the French Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) published a new guide on Radiation Protection in Radioactive Substance Transport Activities for professionals. Focus on a key issue! Nearly one million packages of radioactive substances are transported in France each year. Twelve...
30 March 2018
Significant reduction of radiation exposure using a protection cabin for electrophysiological procedures
The use of the radiation protection cabin allowed the operators to perform a variety of catheter ablations without hindrance and negligible radiation.
19 March 2018
Pr. Michel Haïssaguerre
“These protections represent a crucial step forward in conducting our procedures safely. Moreover, they fulfil all of their functions regarding radiation protection, with only minor constraints in the hand gestures associated with such interventions. I considered it important that the ASN learn of...
2 February 2018
New dose limit for the eye lens under Directive 2013/59/Euratom
February 6, 2018 is an important date for medical staff exposed to x-rays, since that is when the Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom goes into effect. Published more than 4 years ago by the European Atomic Energy Community, the Directive limits the...
5 January 2018
Pr. David Keane
“Cathpax® AIR is a disruptive platform that provides unprecedented protection to interventional physicians who have been exposed for so many years to ionizing radiation. The system also provides ergonomic and orthopedic relief to the interventionist thereby improving occupational health.”
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