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North American gets clearance for device.


Chatsworth-based North American North American

named after North America.


North American blastomycosis
see North American blastomycosis.

North American cattle tick
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 Scientific has received clearance CLEARANCE, com. law. The name of a certificate given by the collector of a port, in which is stated the master or commander (naming him) of a ship or vessel named and described, bound for a port, named, and having on board goods described, has entered and cleared his ship or vessel  from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market nTRAK, its new stereotactic stereotactic /ster·eo·tac·tic/ (-tak´tik)
1. characterized by precise positioning in space; said especially of discrete areas of the brain that control specific functions.

2. pertaining to stereotactic surgery.
 image guidance system used to position and monitor patients during radiation therapy treatments for head and neck cancers.

The system uses an optical camera and markers attached to a bite block to make sure that a patient can be positioned correctly time after time during radiation therapy treatments. The company expects to start selling the system in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005.

"With nTRAK, we continue our product development strategy to provide targeted, accurate and effective treatment for patients fighting cancer." said L. Michael Cutter Michael Cutter is a character on the long-running NBC series Law & Order. He will be played by Linus Roache and will make his first appearance in the premiere of the show's eighteenth season, tentatively slated to begin in January 2008. , President and Chief Executive Officer of North American Scientific.
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Author:Colburn, Jonathan D.
Publication:San Fernando Valley Business Journal
Date:Aug 1, 2005
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